"Have you forgotten that I can’t swim at all?"
"And didn’t you want Lester to apologize to Russell? Fine, let him go down to the underground to find him."
"Lester is dead!"
At these words, Kendra’s face froze for a moment, her expression turning to disgust and contempt. She yanked her hand away and let me fall to the ground.
Standing over me, she looked down with a sneer.
"Joseph, you’re more cruel than I thought. You cursed your own child to die."
"You’re just afraid that if Russell’s child is born, I won’t train Lester anymore, and it’ll mess with your interests. So, you hid him with my father."
"I won’t let you succeed."
With that, she wiped her hands on her clothes, as though touching me had been a disgusting act.
"If it weren’t for you, my child with Russell would be five years old by now. Joseph, you stole his credit and his place. Now I’m just letting things return to their proper state, and that’s already being polite to you."
After saying that, she embraced Russell and walked away. I stood frozen, watching her retreating figure, my heart aching so deeply I could hardly breathe.