Chapter 212 Not a vacation alone
On a winter night in New York, Colin held a can of light beer that was cheaper than bottled water in his hand, and sat lazily on the sofa in the living room. Instead of turning on the TV, he looked gently at the people sitting around In front of the blazing fireplace, Bethea, whose face was red by the fire, was discussing extracurricular reading with her tutor, Mrs. Morgan.
Although I can't understand what kind of story Mrs. Morgan and her daughter are talking about, but it feels warm.
His son Tommy was at the far end of the living room, talking to Sophia in a low voice. If Sophia was replaced by Ottilia, and Tony and Ashley were added next to him, Colin would feel that his life was close to perfection, and the rest of his life would only be All that remains is to wait for God to inspire him to ascend to heaven, where he will be reunited with his wife Alida.
After Tommy and Sophia finished talking, he also came over, picked up a can of beer on the coffee table and opened it, sat next to his father, glanced in Bethea's direction, and asked curiously to the attentive father :
"looking at what?"
"People who violate morality." Colin turned his head and looked at Tommy and said.
Tommy froze for a moment, looked in Bethea's direction again, and then realized that his father was not judging himself, but that Bethea and her tutor were surrounding the book called "People Who Violate Morals". "French novels are discussed.
"What do you think of the various behaviors of the protagonist Michelle in the book, Bethea?" A member of the committee of the Education Advocacy Association, if it is not for raising funds for the association that initiated the initiative to increase the homework load of primary and middle school students, it would be difficult to hire her as a private tutor. At this moment, she pushed the reading glasses on the bridge of her nose, staring at Bethea and asked.
Although the father is waiting for God's call, Bethea feels that there must be no God in this world.
Because since I was seven years old, before I go to bed every night, I will pray devoutly to God, praying that Tommy will lose money in business, at least he can’t afford to hire a tutor for himself.
Or praying sincerely to God to bless Mrs. Morgan and all the various teachers who oppressed her for Tommy. There are various emergencies, such as unexpected pregnancy and childbirth, sprained ankle, etc. In short, they cannot provide her with counseling on time.
But until now she is fourteen years old, and those pious prayers have never come true once. On the contrary, they have gradually increased. As she grows older, she has many extracurricular courses such as dancing, fencing, equestrian, and tennis. My classmates can use weekends to go to big cities to watch live concerts of celebrities, while I can only go to listen to those symphony concerts that I can't appreciate.
Bethea felt that standing by the lake with a group of ducks quacking and running and swimming was more interesting than sitting under the stage in a dress and watching a group of people playing various instruments all at once.
After finally coming to New York to enjoy a vacation and a family gathering, her dear brother Tommy thoughtfully helped her pick up her exclusive Nightmare Mrs. Morgan to her holiday villa in New York in a special car, and she walked into the bedroom before taking it off. The cotton-padded jacket took a breath, and Mrs. Morgan had already asked if the homework she assigned yesterday had been completed.
Why Tony and Tommy can enjoy a carefree childhood. Tony knew Ashley when he was a child.
In my childhood, I was only accompanied by witches like Mrs. Morgan.
"After reading it, I only think about my brother Tommy." Hearing that Mrs. Morgan had cleared her voice slightly, Bethea immediately came back to her senses and told Mrs. Morgan the answer.
Mrs. Morgan was stunned for a moment. Tommy and his father, who were drinking beer comfortably on the sofa not far away, also heard Bethea's words, and subconsciously sat up straight. The father said to Tommy happily: "See No, you are Bethea's idol, she said you are as good as those celebrities in the book."
Tommy licked his lips, and whispered to his father: "I don't think very optimistic about you."
"What do you mean? What is your brother Tommy?" Mrs. Morgan was a little surprised by Bethea's first sentence, but it is not surprising that the students gave any answers, it depends on the follow-up understanding.
Bethea turned her face and glanced at Tommy, and then looked at the cover of "The Man Who Violated Morals" in her hand: "I think Tommy is very similar to Michelle, an immoral person. By this, I mean he would take me to the forest to catch butterflies, or to help me out, he would chase a dog that scared me into tears for 2 months until the dog would howl every time he saw me He ran away, but he didn’t know when it started. He betrayed himself. Like Michelle, he had layers of clothes on his body. He began to love learning, and he kept talking about God. There was no life, only work. You can give up reuniting with your family in order to earn more money."
"I think she just complained about you at the beginning, and she is about to thank you solemnly." Hearing this, Colin was a little embarrassed to make some necessary additions to what he had just said.
But the old man obviously guessed wrong again, Bethea looked at Tommy from time to time, and said more sharply: "Michelle knows in his heart that he doesn't love his wife Marceline at all, but he still married her, Because Marceline is gentle, considerate, beautiful and virtuous, and Tommy is the same, I don’t think he loves Otilia that much, or in other words, he doesn’t love everyone except himself.”
"Bethea, I want you to talk about the book..." Mrs. Morgan immediately spoke after hearing Bethea's words, trying to get Bethea to change the topic from her evaluation of his brother Tommy to the plot of the book .
"It's okay, Mrs. Morgan, please let her finish. I think it's very interesting, if this is what the book gave her." Tommy said to Mrs. Morgan with a smile.
Bethea continued: "Michelle married Marceline. He was sick and received Marceline's careful care during the honeymoon, but when Marceline aborted him, what about him? He fell in love with The joy of being **** and hoping that Marceline dies will free him from marriage."
"Mrs. Morgan, let me interject. I don't know if the school allows children to read such books, but it's best not to let my daughter read homosexual books." Colin said suddenly.
"This is a Nobel Prize winner..." Mrs. Morgan wanted to explain that this book is a world famous book, but Colin was obviously not interested in listening to her explanation:
"I don't care what award Michelle won, he is Einstein, and it can't be the reason why he doesn't care about his wife, but wants her to die! He is an irresponsible bastard! God will punish him for being a **** gay! Also, Bethea! I don't allow you to speculate about Tommy like this, and you have to apologize to her."
"I don't have any malice, Dad, and I didn't say that Tommy and Michelle are as bad, but I think Tommy, like Michelle, is a pure individualist, which is what the book says, an immoral person." ’” Bethea responded to Colin.
Then he looked at Tommy again: "Am I not cute at all now? So, do you wish more in your heart now that you didn't let me read so many books back then, and gave me a happy but ignorant childhood? In that case, Bethea, who is sitting here at the moment, will only talk to you about how to make yourself more beautiful with makeup, or argue about which TV series is better? Instead of reading a book and deeply dissecting her brother. "
"Ms. Morgan, what score can you give her for this kind of reading comprehension?" Tommy drank beer, looked at Mrs. Morgan, and asked with a smile.
"The words are very sharp, and after reading it, I concluded that the protagonist is an individualist with indulgent thoughts. I think it deserves an A." Mrs. Morgan stood up and gave her own answer, and then turned to everyone politely. Smiled, said goodbye and went upstairs, went back to the room to rest.
She is only responsible for Bethea's homework, not for alleviating the conflicts between siblings, and she has long guessed that Bethea will hate Tommy when she sees herself on the first day of her New York vacation.
"Heard, it's just an A, when I was your age..." Tommy stopped, because he couldn't get an A at fourteen himself, so he changed his words and said, "I mean, you need Got an A+."
"If you give me this kind of surprise again, I promise to answer sharper next time." Bethea said to Tommy in a provocative tone.
"Thirdly, and most importantly, I am not and will never be gay, and finally, to right my wrongs, Michelle doesn't like the layers of clothing that his family puts on him, he likes freedom, and I, more Enjoy the freedom that comes with getting dressed."
"Apologize to Tommy, Bethea, you went too far just now!" Colin raised his face and said seriously to his little daughter, "You can't speak to your brother in that tone!"
Bethea came over and stood in front of Tommy, looked at Tommy for a few seconds, and then gently leaned her head on her brother's chest: "I'm sorry, Tommy, did my words make you sad?"
"One thing, after all, you compare me with a homosexual who likes to pretend to be poor." Tommy patted Bethea on the back and said with a smile:
"But after I know that you can actually get an A+, the sadness will disappear immediately. After all, you are just trying to make me reflect. It's not really that I can only get an A."
Bethea raised her head in shock, and stared at Tommy as if she had seen a ghost, from the expression of affection between brother and sister before to incredulous: "Comeon! You can guess this? Mrs. Morgan didn't even notice! But that's not important, The important thing is, have you reflected on it?"
"No, before you became the first Harvard or Yale college student in the Hawk family, you could only listen to your family and dress obediently, Miss Michelle." Tommy said with a smile.
Bethea grew up, and actually learned to try to set herself up, to let herself feel guilty for reflecting on her words, and to relax her demands on her.
It’s just that the tricks are clumsy and immature, but Tommy is looking forward to it. When his sister grows up, she will use this method to routine the world. It must be wonderful.
Bethea, who had been exposed, picked up her extracurricular book angrily. She didn't even say good night to everyone, and went back to her room in a rage. There were heavy footsteps on the stairs when she went upstairs, which represented her anger.
"Can't you reflect on it? After all, I'm just like Michelle, forced to accept your arrangement..." At the stairs on the second floor, Bethea turned around and glared at Tommy: "You suck! Tommy!"
Tommy raised his beer to her and said with a smile, "Thank you for the compliment."
"So... so what Bethea said just now is false, I mean what she said about you not loving Otilia, being selfish?" Colin was a little confused and asked in an uncertain tone.
Tommy nodded as a matter of course: "Of course it's fake. She just wanted to deceive me, then make me emotionally fluctuate, and then fall into reflection and guilt, and finally give her a free vacation."
"When my mother was about to organize a pretty serious family meeting to discuss your sibling conflicts, you told me that everything was fake?" Colin opened his mouth wide and said to Tommy.
Before Tommy could answer, Sophia had already finished the phone call and came over: "Tommy, Martin called and said that he...Although it cost you a lot of money to rent a driver, a luxury car, and go to nightclubs, he relied on His well-developed business acumen has been earned back from director Spike Lee who is doing reshoots in New York, and he wants to ask, can he get the money..."
"Of course, what he earns belongs to him." Tommy said affirmatively when he heard Sophia's words, but immediately asked suspiciously:
"Martin still makes **** money, if I didn't hire him to help me scold Earl, Wolfe and other black people, he would have died on the street in Los Angeles relying on his crappy haircutting skills, Rick said to me , he helped Kevin, the host of BT "Black News Today", cut his hair once. After the cut, Kevin dragged a body of more than 200 pounds and chased him five floors. From this point of view, you know that he Back then, she boasted that she was a well-known black hair stylist in Miami, which was definitely a lie, maybe it was because the hairstyle she designed for a black gang member was terrible, and the other party issued a killing order, so she fled to Los Angeles."
"But this guy who has no other merits other than scolding people for you said that he has earned 10,000 yuan in cash, and Spike Lee, a black youth director who is obviously highly educated, owes him 60,000 yuan instead." Sophia said to Tommy. definitely said:
"And it doesn't sound like Martin is drunk. After all, if he was drunk, he would rather call Mr. Page than call me or you."
"Whatever he is, have you told him? He will live this kind of life every day for the next week. Can his body handle it?" Tommy asked.
Sophia hasn’t opened her mouth yet, when Colin next to him hears Tommy’s words, he no longer has time to think about the family problems of the brothers and sisters playing tricks on each other. His mind is full of images of the black Martin using the Hawker’s money to rent a luxury car, and the nightclub is luxurious.
What Tommy said just now made his blood pressure surge more than a sibling quarrel.
Colin originally wanted to wait for Sophia to leave and no one else was present to ask Tommy, but when he thought of a **** spending his son's hard-earned money and enjoying beautiful cars and beauties, he couldn't bear it anymore. :
"If I hadn't been sure that I hadn't touched other women since I was married, and you crawled out of your mother's belly, I would have thought I was forced into bed by some **** woman with drugs to give birth to you, Tommy, you The **** run a TV station, you film the TV series for the **** that make the neighbors watch their blood pressure watch, you even help the **** women find their husbands... Now, you let the **** rent a luxury car, and Chauffeur, take him to nightclubs in NYC? I take Bethea to NYC and I drive myself! What's wrong with the world? Niggas riding white bosses? I'm gonna call the **** back Warwick, call on everyone to put on white robes again, it's time for the Ku Klux Klan to stand up for this country!"
"I think for Tony's sake, you'd better not send out the Warwick 3K Klan neighbors~" Tommy said with a smile when he saw his father going crazy.
Hearing that it was for Tony, Colin immediately calmed down, but he couldn't figure out what Martin's going to spend and drink had anything to do with Tony, so he asked suspiciously:
"What's for Tony? You're not gay, but Tony is gay? And the man he cheated on Ashley or Martin the nigger? Where's my capon knife?"
"Do you think Tony's vacation is for him to disembark alone and reunite with our family members who came to New York from other places? In fact, some comrades or superiors who have a good relationship with him also need to disembark for vacation. For example, four of them Five blacks from the inland states, all of them have the status of officers or non-commissioned officers on the ship. Although the families of these blacks are from ordinary families, they will appear in New York tomorrow to surprise those black comrades in arms of Tony. Have the money to pay for this kind of off-site vacation? No, so I will bear the cost." Tommy looked at Colin and said seriously.
Colin shook the corners of his mouth: "You mean, you not only paid money for the **** Martin, but also paid for the travel expenses of several **** relatives, so that they could travel thousands of miles to New York and Tony's **** soldiers Private meetings, maybe after returning home, many little blacks will be born because of this..."
"Not only travel expenses, but also hotels, Yankees, Knicks home game tickets, transportation car rental fees during the New York holiday, so you see Sophia is on the phone today, it is to arrange These trivial affairs, in addition to some nightlife entertainment, always need to be accompanied by someone, Tony can't entertain them, so I can only find a black employee to experience it in advance, and then as my right-hand man, to accompany them for entertainment, I think Martin can make Tony's comrades feel closer than a formulaic tour guide, after all, Martin works for me, and they work with Tony." Tommy looked at his father calmly and said.
No matter how poor his mind is, Colin has already understood at this time, so he can only sit back and accept the reality: "What did Tony discuss with you?"
"Tony gave me the list, and I will be responsible for contracting the holidays of his comrades or superiors on the list." Tommy nodded and said.
Colin felt that the beer suddenly lost its taste: "All this is for Tony's promotion and fortune?"
"It's a little different." Tommy drank his beer and threw the can in the direction of the trash can:
"Seriously, it should be for Tony's promotion and Tommy's fortune."
(end of this chapter)