C42 Finally

"Don't you think that excuse is a bit of a stretch? You're really trying to paint yourself as some kind of sentimental fool," Quinlan said with a cold laugh.

"Look, I'm not trying to make myself out to be anything. I'm telling you the truth," the man with the battered face insisted, his expression earnest.

"Apparently, the beating wasn't enough to coax the truth out of you