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 not to let him

then that someone was gunning for him, but he

was one of the top students. Everyone expected him to get a scholarship and go on to an elite high school. However, the day before

was no way that he would

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

man was a professor in A Country. His wife was a district official, and their daughter was in junior high. Decker was the

an honest man. All he wanted in life was for his family to be safe

that Decker came to his house asking him

rain. Decker used to see a bright future ahead of him, but

father doesn't want to help you. Someone threatened to harm us if he did. The

finally understood what

sabotaging Decker's every move and consequently quashing

top of his lungs, "Who are you? Come out and show yourself! I know you're watching me! Who the hell are

no one came out. The heavy downpour pelted mercilessly and spattered on Decker's head and face, stinging his skin and

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 one of the

that school were the ones whose scores had been at the bottom in the high school entrance examination. Even its best students merely had a score of

school, Decker started to hide his true self. He slept in classes. His marks ranked at the bottom of the

thought he was a little punk. This was the only way that he could finally have some peace in his

and Decker knew it. One day near 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 older man was in fact, Elroy Lu, his foster

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. He also said that Elroy had another bodyguard watch