Chapter 385: An unexpected reunion
People were like that. They could go through something without realizing much at the time, only to feel remorse and guilt afterward.
After that incident, the support payments had never stopped, but the weekly calls had ceased bothering Oliver. She had thought that was a good thing, yet as time passed, she began to feel strangely uneasy.
When she happened to mention Blaze to her son Neil, Oliver no longer sounded as disgusted as before. At least, her disgust was no longer so obvious.
"Your father, perhaps..."
Oliver did not know how to put it. After a moment's hesitation, she followed her heart.
"Perhaps he had his reasons..."
Neil still muttered quietly.
"Maybe he's already dead."
At school, many students were afraid of Neil, and quite a few even admired him, because rumors had always circulated that his father was a gangster.
For many other rebellious teenagers, that was something cool.
But not for Neil. It had affected him for years, and he hated it.
Even now, when everyone was terrified of the otherworldly monsters outside, he did not believe his father could come and save him. He knew what gangsters were like. They could never measure up to regular troops, and they were selfish. Even his own father would be no exception.
But did Neil really know his father?
Whooo-boom! Rat-tat-tat... Boom! ...
The gunfire and explosions, which had quieted for a while, intensified again. Flashes of fire lit up the darkness outside. More monsters must have been attacking the defensive line.
Dozens of civilians waited in frightened uncertainty in the school's lecture hall. Suddenly, two soldiers rushed in.
"Who knows how to use an automatic rifle? Anyone? If you can use a gun, come with us!"
Everyone's heart sank. If they were looking