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.

a piano competition. While he was at the backstage, he happened to overhear someone warning the judges not to let

was gunning for him, but he didn't

and go on to an elite high school. However, the day before the high school entrance examination, he was kidnapped

that he would be

that he knew from his part-time job. On

was a district official, and their daughter was in junior high. Decker was the girl's part-time

honest man. All he wanted in life was for

had never asked anyone for favors before. The day that Decker came to his house asking him

future ahead of him, but that night he had a

doesn't want to help you. Someone threatened to harm us if he did. The very first day that you

what was going

suppressing him, sabotaging Decker's every move and consequently quashing all of his hopes for the future.

Decker rushed out into the torrential rain and yelled out at the top of his lungs, "Who are you? Come out and show yourself! I know you're watching me! Who the hell are you? Come out

mercilessly and spattered on Decker's head and face, stinging his skin and soaking him to the bone. The cold drops ran down his cheeks, taking with it

window that night as he vented out his frustration to the night sky. Despite the threat, the professor eventually helped Decker anyway. He

scores had been at the bottom in the high school entrance examination. Even its best students

self. He slept in classes. His marks ranked at the bottom of the class. He

punk. This was the only way that he could

his graduation, he followed the man and found out that his boss was a gray-haired older man. After he graduated from high school, he learned that the

the throat of one of Elroy's bodyguards. The bodyguard told him that the older