Chapter 170: Three promises
For Bear, Felice and Vicenzo were his saviors. He owed his life to those pairs, devoting his life to them and their beloved daughter, Hera. However, even if Felice and Vicenzo were his saviors, their sins and crimes were facts this world would never disregard.
Only a few years after that incident, Vicenzo’s bad habits bit him, taking his life without mercy. He left his wife and child, and since then, Felice took charge of the organization. Even when she was grieving the loss of her husband, Felice had no other choice but to stand up for her daughter.
Felice was not in a position where she had the luxury of entertaining her grief. Vicenzo’s death was bad news for her, but for many, it was a situation worthy of celebration. His death raised their enemies’ morals, attacking the organization from all directions.
If Felice was even a tiny bit incompetent, all of them would’ve died. However, not only Felice protected the organization, she made it even stronger than ever. She lived for as long as she could, watching her daughter grow up into a lovely young lady until an unfortunate event took her life.
With the loss of her mother at the young age of sixteen, Hera continued her mother’s legacy. Despite Felice’s efforts, Hera stayed in her hazardous life, the same life that had taken her parents.
Bear witnessed all of it.
He was there since the beginning, watching Felice and Vicenzo’s love story unfold. He was there when the two tied the knot, even becoming his boss’s best man, and until their love born fruit two years after their wedding. He stayed on the sideline as they raised their child together, present at both of his boss’s funerals and even until their child claimed the bloody throne they left vacant.
Bear watched Hera since she was a child until she grew up into a mischievous little girl and then into a sweet teen. He saw firsthand how the bright smile on her face slowly disappeared, replaced by nothing but coldness and emptiness.
Funny, he thought, that he attended his boss’s funeral, and then his boss’s wife’s funeral, before lastly burying the remains of his boss’s daughter. He unwillingly fulfilled his promise to live as long as he could, but there were times, he couldn’t help but question himself.