Without turning to look at Cristofer, Nelson kept his gaze fixed on the sea and explained, “Wearing that bracelet was a superstition for good luck. I don’t believe in it anymore.”

“Buddha would disapprove of your words,” Cristofer gently remarked.

Nelson snorted and replied, “Humph. If Buddha really existed, he wouldn’t have treated me like this. Cristofer, you know how devoted I was to Buddhism. I genuinely believed in Buddha, but all he gave me were two traitors.”

Cristofer ...