when dodson begins spending the money to feed his lavish lifestyle, fortune threatens to kill him. after dodson pulls his starting pistol, an enraged fortune forces him to commit another bank robbery under the eye of his thugs. the teller's supervisor is uncooperative and calls dodson's bluff, but dodson intimidates the teller into handing over the money. as dodson runs from the bank, the supervisor chases him; dodson eludes both the thugs and the supervisor. at his house, pauline, who has finally returned, says she has already told the police everything, as she no longer loves him, though she quickly contradicts herself by saying the police do not know of her existence. the police surround the house, and dodson first imagines suicide by cop before, in reality, being arrested by det. mercury, who recognizes the starting pistol as fake.