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.

year, Decker had entered into a piano competition. While he was at the backstage, he happened to overhear someone warning the judges not to let him

that someone was gunning for him, but he didn't

Everyone expected him to get a scholarship and go on to an elite high school. However, the day before the high school entrance examination, he was kidnapped and missed

the scores, there was no way that he would be accepted by any

that he knew from his part-time job. On the opening day of high school, Decker went

official, and their

wanted in life was for his family to

asking him for help, the professor didn't turn the boy

Decker left 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 but a

him and said, "It's not that my father doesn't want to help you. 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

understood what was going

sabotaging Decker's every move and consequently quashing

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 and show your

and face, stinging his skin and soaking him to the bone. The cold drops ran down his cheeks, taking with it his

frustration to the night sky. Despite the threat, the professor eventually helped Decker anyway. He managed to enroll

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

to hide his true self. He slept in classes. His marks ranked at the bottom

was a little punk. This was the only way that he could finally have

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

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