‘Besides, they spent so much money on your training. It seems ungrateful to leave.’ ‘So I should stay out of gratitude?’ ‘I mean, if you don’t feel you can keep up, then for sure, you should go. But they brought you in knowing what your deficiencies were and—’ ‘My deficiencies?’ ‘Yes. Your deficiencies. I won’t say what they are. You already know. You come from a challenging background. It is unfortunate, but it is how it is.’ Wallace can only taste ashes in his mouth.
