Takeshi glared at Knight, his eyes burning with rage, while Knight simply stood there, a small smirk curling his lips.

Then Takeshi spoke in Japanese.

“I treated you like a son, taught you everything you know, but you stabbed me in the back. You stabbed my mama in the back,” he spat. The last words barely left his mouth before the smirk vanished from Knight’s face, and he stepped forward.

“I did not betray her—or you,” Knight said calmly. “You said you took me as a son, but that’s a lie. If you truly thought of me that way, you’d know I would never betray either of you. It’s true,...