Chapter 36 Business in progress
"CQ, CQ, CQ! This is the fishing boat Ottilia calling Tony from Missouri."
The sky full of stars was clearly visible above the head, and the silver last quarter moon was reflected on the black blue sea. Tommy Hawke drove the fishing boat into the open sea near the Gulf of Maine, and started to communicate according to the channel left by Tony.
Melonie was not sleepy at this time, and she was staring nervously at the microphone on the bridge of Tommy Hawke. After all, this business has reached the most dangerous moment in her opinion.
After the fishing boat sailed into the Gulf of Maine, Tommy Hawke called several times, but failed to get a response, which made Melonie even more nervous.
"CQ, CQ, CQ! What the **** is the Ottilia, Tommy? Aren't you supposed to call Mr. Rocco-Waldman's D.T.F? I'm Tony, and my coordinates are 43.423312, -66.534485 in the Gulf of Maine , you'd better remember to turn on the searchlights, and don't hit this boat from behind." Finally, Tony's voice rang through the radio along with the hissing electric current.
Melonie let out a sigh of relief, and sat back down.
"Received, Captain Tony, the latest instructions, hit your ass." Tommy Hawke said with a smile after receiving Tony's radio response.
"You haven't said what the **** is the Otilia?" Tony asked curiously on the radio.
"My instructor, she gave me some very precious gifts to me personally. In order to thank her, I decided to temporarily name Mr. Waldman's ship after her..." Tommy originally had a cheerful expression He laughed and joked with Tony on the radio, but then he froze, and when he spoke again, his voice became as calm as before the storm:
"You shouldn't know that I sail Mr. Waldman's D.T.F, Tony."
"I guess... I saw that boat on the dock." Tony paused there, then smiled and said, "DowntoFuck, right? Well, save your boat some battery, see you later .”
After finishing speaking, Tony ended the call in a hurry, Tommy Hawk slowly showed effort on his face, grabbed his hair with both hands, took two steps back and kicked the console fiercely: "Fuck! Fcuk! I should have guessed that he would tell Dad about it! Last time he said he couldn’t answer me right away, I need to think about it! I’ll call as soon as I get back to the apartment! Fuck! According to his character, It shouldn't be like that! He used that **** time to tell Dad! It must be this...NO..."
Melonie took two steps back in fright from Tommy Hawk's sudden madness: "Tommy, what's wrong with you? Calm down, OK? If you kick the rudder, we..."
"Wait, wait, when I was looking for a part-time job at the pier, Dad went to see Mr. Waldman, and I didn't know about this business at the time." Tommy tried hard to let Tony promise himself a secret from the beginning but broke his promise calmed down from the anger, and kept talking to himself, trying to piece everything together: "Mr. Waldman decided to lend me this D.T.F in the morning..."
Although it is not clear what Tommy Hawk is angry about, Melonie still decides to speak up to comfort: "Tommy, no matter what happens, you have to believe that Tony will not hurt you, he will never do that."
"He is causing this matter to be unpredictable." Tommy turned his head, looked at Melonie, and said with sharp eyes: "And the unpredictable consequences are likely to hurt me."
"For example, when I need to submit family information when I apply for college, I may have to write that I have a criminal father who is a stupid alcoholic who claims to love his family and is on vacation in prison! Then those colleges will worry that I will inherit my father's will in college! For my Print the application for PASS!" Tommy Hawk shouted almost growling.
When Melonie heard Tommy's words, her eyes widened, and she said sternly: "If he really started the cigarette business, I believe it's because he loves this family, Tommy Hawk! Be respectful to your father. Some respect!"
"Damn Italian family view, huh?" Seeing Melonie's expression, Tommy Hawk smiled mockingly, then turned around, turned on the radio, and continued to drive towards the designated location. Tony on the radio, still to Melonie, or just to himself:
"That guy wants to get money and bring his daughter home so he can talk me out of school and take my hard-earned money and never think about me, and I make money, not selfishly for tuition, I just want to Help him bring Bethea back, I can do this kind of thing, but Tony told him... If I can tell him, of course I will say it myself, because I know that guy, for Bethea, he can't Resist the lure of money, he will die of greed, like Hugh Spader."
This time, there was no response from the radio, and neither did Melonie.
At 2:27 in the morning, Tommy Hawke finally saw the...fishing boat that came to pick up the goods, which was even more worn out than his own. Melonie nervously grabbed a harpoon and moved towards Looking at the nearby fishing boat, after all, according to the movie, when the two parties trade, there will always be someone who wants to cheat.
As a result, four people came out of the fishing boat, two men and two women, all Italian-speaking compatriots. Apart from Tony, the only remaining man was over sixty years old with white hair, and the two women were older. It was his wife, and the one who was throwing the rope at him at the moment was his daughter.
"There are no intelligent machines here, only manual handling, Aunt Melonie." Tommy Hawk moored the fishing boat next to the opponent's fishing boat, spread the boards, and Melonie, who was standing on the deck with a harpoon in her hand, was cold Said, "Let go of that harpoon, before they think you're an idiot."
This turn of events seemed to make him completely disappointed in everyone in this family.
Tony greeted Tommy with a smirk, and Tommy stared at his brother: "Where is Dad's person? Tell me, while I still think of you as my brother."
"Things are not what you think, brother, calm down." Tony took out a cigarette, handed Tommy one, and then walked towards the bow with his arm around Tommy's shoulders.
Meloni also threw away the awkward harpoon at this time, and greeted the Italians on the other ship, and then the four began to cooperate to carry the cigarettes.
"Father and I have been planning to do this kind of business for a long time. Before you told me, we planned it, but not as detailed as you. He heard about it when he was helping overhaul speedboats at the dock to make money, but we couldn't find it. That kind of speedboat, so I can only use fishing boats, so I found Mr. Waldman. It was the first day you went to Mr. Waldman to work part-time. When I met you, my father was so frightened that he didn’t dare to look you in the eyes. Lest you see what he's hiding from you." Tony whispered, putting his arm around Tommy's shoulder.
Tommy said irritably: "What about the principal? The sale starts at 100 boxes, and Dad also mortgaged the house? If something happens and the house is taken away, let alone Bethea can..."
"Calm down, brother, there is no mortgage on the property. I made this suggestion, but my father vetoed it. He thinks the house should be left to you and Bethea, so that if there is a real problem between him and me, you will not be homeless. , Bethea would not want to see the result that even the house would be taken away by the bank.” Seeing that his brother was getting excited again, Tony immediately explained: “However, I don’t know where he found the money, maybe Borrow some from Ruby, or someone else?"
Tommy Hawke breathed out: "So before tonight, he and Mr. Waldman had already started this kind of business?"
(end of this chapter)