Chapter 169: A glimpse of the bitter past
VOLUME II: Crawling out of the burning sun.
PROLOGUE
"One of my friends said I was foolish to bring a child into this world." A woman’s eyes gleamed as they mirrored the innocent face of an adorable child. "I agreed with her. It was foolish to bring a child into this catacomb, and now... that statement hit differently. I shouldn’t have birthed a life, because now it scares me that she’d get hurt."
The woman smiled bitterly, trying to caress the baby’s plumped cheek only to stop midway upon realizing her hand was stained with blood. "She is so precious. I feel terrible that such a precious thing had a mother like me."
"Madam, please do not say such a thing." Bear’s expression turned hard, staring at the woman standing beside the crib where her child was sleeping.
"And why not? I am merely speaking of the truth." The woman slowly turned her head in Bear’s direction, who was standing a few meters from her. "Considering the life she will have, I already feel sorry for her. She deserved much more than the mountain of corpses her parents were standing on and the long list of enemies we have."
Bear’s jaw tightened, wanting to argue with his boss’s wife. However, even he didn’t know the right words to twist this fact. This woman standing before him was the best assassin in her generation. On top of that, her husband was a notorious felon in the underworld.
Having a child together... one could already tell what life their child would have. It was a life of luxury at the cost of her freedom. But at this time, Bear didn’t think that would be a problem. He believed they were very free. Sure, they were felons, but with the power his employers had, nothing or no one could stop them from going to places anytime they pleased.
"It’s alright, Bernard." The woman turned her head again and her eyes instantly fell on the child sleeping soundlessly in the crib. "Even though there’s regret in my heart, I can’t undo the past. It’s already too late, and she’s already here. Funny... that I had always thought I can kill anyone even if it’s my husband if he give me enough reason to. But I guess I now have met someone I can’t kill even if she asks me if she can skin me alive."