Chapter 43

Throughout all of this, my dad never said a word. He simply lay there on the ground with his eyes closed, as if he were asleep. After a while, Jeremy and Liam arrived. Jeremy dragged a stool over and sat near my dad. "George, stop pretending to sleep. Let's talk." Dad, who had kept his eyes closed, suddenly opened them. He shifted his body and sat up on the ground. "I'm starving. We grew up in the same village after all. Could you be nice and give me something to eat?" Throughout my life, my dad had always been a tough, unyielding man. In this situation, he would rather starve to death than beg Jeremy for food. Therefore, his actions surprised me. It was out of character. Jeremy didn't refuse. He glanced at Freddy, who immediately grabbed a half-eaten duck from the table and threw it in front of my dad. Freddy made a loud munching sound, clearly mocking my dad as if he were a dog. But my dad didn't seem to care. He picked up the duck from the ground and ate it hungrily. "Give