---- line while wearing a mask to cover her face. "you know how it is. News spread really quickly in a small area. The moment word gets out that a woman with a disfigured face works somewhere, my annoying ex will go over to cause her trouble. "T heard that she never manages to hold onto a job for long; she's done quite a few by now. If she gets a job where she has to show her face, the bosses find some excuse to fire her the moment they see her. "So, she can only do jobs that don't need her seeing anyone." I nodded calmly, feeling nothing about it. She had forced me to take my own life in my previous life. This bit of punishment was nothing. Sooner or later, she was going to rip her own face off out of pain and frustration. "Also..." Charles's voice faded for a moment. "Her ---- mother eloped with a younger man a year ago. He was only two years older than Hedgar. "Without anyone taking care of him, her father passed away half a year ago..." I was expecting this. Charles seemed like he wanted to say something else, so I asked, "Do you think I'm cruel?" After some thinking, he shook his head. "They brought this upon themselves. It has nothing to do with you." I nodded and continued dealing with the things at the restaurant. Charles added, "Don't blame yourself for this, Henry. Pitying that sort of woman will only bring you bad luck." That was true. Fortunately, both of us managed to shake off the ---- people who would bring us down and lived much better lives.