Meanwhile, Nathan was staring at Klay and his son as he muttered, "Weren't you looking for Colonel Henderson?”
Soon, Patrick realizing something was amiss so he turned to glare at Klay and Keller.
When both found out that Nathan was the General, they were shocked to the core.
Now, when Nathan's indifferent gaze and Patrick's glare landed on them; their knees went weak, thus, they fell to the ground and knelt before Nathan.
With a pale face and stuttering voice, Klay said, "G-General, we were blind fools for not recognizing you. Please forgive us."
Keller was more terrified than his father was. He was lying sprawled on the ground as he trembled. The front of his pants was soaked, and there was a stench of urine in the air. Keller Lillard had peed himself from fright.
Nathan answered, "It's true that you were blind fools. It's one thing to not recognize me, but it's another thing to break off the engagement with my friend Candice. She's an excellent woman, and you're both blind idiots."
Friend?
Upon hearing his words, both Klay and Keller turned to look at Candice, who was standing in the crowd, in shock.
The person they had ridiculed as a penniless woman from a garbage dump and broke off the engagement without her consent was a friend of the General!
Shock and regret overwhelmed both Klay and Keller.
If they had found out that Candice was an associate of the General, they would have never broken off the engagement; they would have taken her into the family with a grand wedding.
Nathan asked, "Do you know why I gave the plaque to the Lillard family?"
Klay really did not know why. He recalled that his eldest son was in the North Army, and he heard that he was being valued for his abilities.
He could not help but ask, "Isn't it because my son, Joseph Lillard, is in the North Army. Isn't he a soldier you value?"
Joseph Lillard?
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