The War God's Homecoming novel Chapter 6

Chapter 6 An Apology

"Their methods were very professional, and it would be difficult to make any breakthroughs in the short term." Billy said solemnly from inside the car.

"Should we go find Miss Knight again?" Casey nodded slightly. "See if she can provide any clues?"

Billy took a deep breath before nodding in response. Casey pulled out his phone and sent a message to track Harleen's location, then stepped on the gas pedal.

Half an hour later, Casey drove into an old-fashioned neighborhood. After several twists and turns, they stopped in front of a dilapidated building.

"Miss Knight lives on the first floor with her sister and parents!" Casey looked at Billy sitting in the passenger seat and spoke up.

Billy let out a heavy sigh of guilt as he looked at the almost dangerous building, "I'm responsible for getting them involved." After speaking, he pushed open the door and got out of the car.

"Dad, please help me beg Grandpa again to send someone to find Tasha..."

As soon as they walked into the entrance of the building, they heard Harleen sobbing inside.

"Alas... it's not that I don't want to help you. You saw it yesterday too, they won't even let me through the mansion gate. I can't see your grandpa..."

Harleen's father, Fletcher Knight, sighed in response. "I tried calling him, but he won't pick up. What do you want me to do?"

"You should call Uncle Roger and ask him to talk to Grandpa for us. You helped him so much before, he'll be grateful." Harleen's voice rang out again.

"I already did that. As soon as he saw my number, he hung up." Fletcher sighed again.

"We... we can go back to Ozin and find him. He must be at the company..." Harleen was unwilling and continued speaking.

"Harleen, when will you come to your senses?" A middle-aged woman shouted loudly. She must be Harleen's mother, Sharon Knight.

"The Knight family has nothing to do with us anymore. They won't care about our life or death anymore. Do you understand?! Everything today is caused by yourself. You can't blame anyone else for ruining your own life! When I asked you to abort that child, you refused and even ran away from home giving birth outside! Now do you know what heaven or hell is like with just one thought? If it wasn't for that little bastard, we wouldn't have ended up in Cloud City. By now you would have been Mrs Malcom!"

"Mom! Let me say it again, Tasha is not a little bastard, she's my daughter and she has a father!" Harleen responded loudly, "I don't want to hear those two words from your mouth ever again!"

"What good does shouting at me do?" Sharon spoke out loud once more.

"She has a father? Where is her father then?"

"In all these years has he ever come here even once just look at his daughter? Has he ever called or sent any money?"

"Nobody has heard from him in five years."

"Mom, please stop talking. Harleen is already upset enough!" A young woman's voice rang out, and it was none other than Harleen's sister, Felicia Knight.

"Why should I stop talking? Did I say something wrong? Is there anything I said that wasn't right?" Sharon retorted.

"If that man had even an ounce of responsibility, he would have contacted her by now! Only someone as brainless as your sister would willingly give birth to his daughter."

Upon hearing this, Billy trembled slightly and his eyes turned red. As a husband and father, he felt like such a failure. He owed so much to Harleen and Tasha. Taking a deep breath, he walked towards the Knight family's door. The wooden door inside was open but the iron gate outside was closed.

Felicia asked them as she saw the two of them standing nearby, "Excuse me, are you looking for someone?"

Felicia didn't recognize Billy. Although he had lived in Ozin for many years, he rarely showed up in activities of the playboys before and he used to stay at campus most of the time. Besides, after all these years of living in an army barracks, Billy had changed in terms of his appearance and temperament. Thus Felicia didn't know him.