True Love Waits

Chapter 498 What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger

Carlos' mockery angered Decker. If he could, he would find another man for Debbie. He believed that any other man would show him more respect than Carlos had.

Debbie tugged on Carlos' sleeve and reminded him. "My brother has a girlfriend."

"When did I..." Decker suddenly stopped mid-sentence recalling that he had once brought a woman with him when he went to see Debbie. "Oh, she's not my girlfriend. Just a cover," he explained. Debbie rolled her eyes at him and scoffed, "This is my brother who has been lying to me."

Since he indeed had lied to her about many things, he promised, "I had no other choice, but I won't lie to you again." Decker used to think his identity as a gangster would put Debbie in danger. He didn't believe that he was powerful enough to protect her, and so he kept his real identity from her and even tried to drive her away for her safety. However, now that she was back with Carlos again, Decker knew that she was safe. He didn't need to pretend to be someone else in front of her anymore.

"Okay, tell me everything," Debbie said.

Decker reclined on the couch, lost deep in thought as though he was organizing what he was going to say. It took him a long while before he began.

Decker and Yates used to be enemies. Even so, Yates appreciated Decker's capabilities. Therefore, when he found out about Decker's relationship with Carlos, he had reconciled himself with him. Decker used to build up his force overseas. Since Carlos was in Y City and he could help him a lot, it made more sense for Decker to move to Y City.

However, it was Elroy who had made Decker into what he was today.

Elroy had fostered Decker for a few years before he abandoned him as a boy and sent him to a children's welfare home. Whether Decker survived or died was of no concern to Elroy. He simply didn't care anymore.

Fortunately, Decker did survive. When he was just ten years old, his talent began to show. However, Elroy found out about it as well. The evil man decided to destroy the young boy at any cost.

piano competition. While he was at the backstage, he happened to overhear someone warning the judges

gunning for

one of the top students. Everyone expected him to get a scholarship and go on to

the scores, there was no way that he

part-time job. On the opening day of high school, Decker went

wife was a district official, and their

he wanted in life was for his family to be safe

favors before. The day that Decker came to his house asking him for help, the professor didn't turn the

professor's home, it had been pouring rain. Decker used to see a bright future ahead of him, but that night he had a heavy heart, and saw nothing

Someone threatened to harm us if he did. The very first day that you gave me a lesson on how to play the piano, someone had broken into our

finally understood what

Decker's every move and consequently quashing all of his hopes for the future. But

devastated at the realization, Decker rushed out into the torrential rain and yelled out at the top of his lungs, "Who are you? Come

skin and soaking him to the bone. The cold

professor sadly watched the boy through the window that night as he vented out his frustration to the night sky. Despite the threat, the professor eventually helped Decker anyway. He managed to enroll Decker into a private high school that was founded by

in the high school entrance examination. Even its best students merely had

self. He slept in classes. His marks ranked at the bottom of the class. He did nothing but

was the only way that he could finally

that his boss was a gray-haired older man. After he graduated from high school, he learned that the older man was in fact, Elroy Lu, his foster

capable, he put a knife at the throat of one of Elroy's bodyguards. The bodyguard told him that the older man was Decker's grandfather.