"You can never feel affection from me because there is no such thing as a free lunch. Since you have never devoted your time to raising me, how could you gain anything from me?"
Heinz said in a calm and composed manner.
Lawrence raised his eyebrows and looked at him, thinking of something.
Heinz said scornfully, "Oh! I seem to have forgotten that you are not a person who is willing to make any effort for your family, so even if you have a new child, I think you would still be the same. What you would do is to leave your child behind and not take the responsibility to raise him. It is because you are born to be heartless. The results would still be the same, even if you find ten thousand women. You are such an irresponsible man after all."
Lawrence squinted a little bit.
Heinz continued to say disdainfully, "You want to enjoy family love with your child without raising him? Don't even think about it!"
After spending quite some time fixing his gaze on Heinz, he said, "On what basis do you say these words?"
Heinz chuckled and said, "It is based on your conscience. I am an example. Just look at me. What have you done to make me who I am now? Dare you to deny it?"
Lawrence suddenly stood up and looked down at him. He took a deep breath.
"Sit down!" Heinz said sternly.
Perhaps the voice was too loud, because it shocked Lawrence. He was in a daze and sat down again unknowingly.
Maybe the son in front of him had really grown up into a capable man.
The son in his memory had grown up, and he didn't need anyone's protection anymore.
He gave a rueful smile and said, "Does my presence really make you feel so unpleasant?"
Heinz sneered and said, "Humph! Do you think I should be happy?"
He threw it back to his father. Lawrence said in surprise with a wry smile, "It seems that in your heart, I really have failed as a father."
Heinz said it, word by word, "It's not just that. In my heart, you're nothing but an a*shole."
Lawrence tensed up again because of his words. Those criticism and condemnation hurt him to the core, which made him stunned for a long time.
After Heinz finished speaking, he looked unemotionally at his father.
He was wondering if his father would tell him about Lowell's background. He had an uncanny feeling that he would not.
Sure enough, he guessed it right.
His father didn't say anything.
After a while, he smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, I see. I'm such a person in your mind."
Heinz remained unruffled.
Lawrence paused for a while before continuing, "Are you really not going to introduce Grace to me?"
He replied in an unfriendly manner, "Why do you have to know Grace? Do you also want to know my sister-in-law, Alice?"
"Or do you want to know Grace's mother?"
"But her mother is about to die soon."
When he said this, Heinz stared into his father's eyes and did not miss out on any emotions in his father's eyes.
He saw that his father's eyes narrowed before he calmed down again.
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