Captain Wright, who had been taking notes, suddenly looked up. 'What did he just say?'
'On purpose?!'
Seeing all eyes on him, Kane Lloyd closed his own, seeming to savor the moment.
"Explain yourself!" Captain Wright slammed his hand on the desk, his expression stern.
Kane Lloyd opened his eyes and pouted, as if his fun had been spoiled. "It's their fault for flaunting their pregnant bellies. It reminded my parents of what they lost."
A while back, when the young couple was on their way to a prenatal check-up, they happened to walk past Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd.
The happy look on the couple's faces as they caressed the woman's belly reminded Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd of the grandson they never had.
Then they looked at their younger son, who was disfigured and had no chance of finding a wife to carry on the family line. Overcome with grief, they cried all the way home.
