American Entertainment 1982

  Chapter 30 We Are Italians

"Bethea likes you very much. She had a great time today." In the sunset, Colin Hawke held the steering wheel and drove the car along the interstate highway towards home, while talking to Tommy in the co-pilot Said.

  Tony Leon, with his cat whiskers left by Bethea on his face, curled up in the back seat and dozed off.

  Tommy turned his face and looked at his father: "I don't know why, Dad, I always have the feeling that you are confessing your last words. I hope it is my illusion."

"Last words? No, not last words, but some thoughts I have recently... I think you should spend more time with Bethea. Although I seldom mention her after your mother passed away, I often think of what she said before she was alive." Colin Hawke's eyes were a little sad, and he said in a sigh: "You know, if your mother is still alive, she will definitely not let me..."

  At this time, Tony in the back seat suddenly opened his sleepy eyes, and leaned his upper body between the two of them: "Dad, please stop at the convenience store owned by Old Jason. I'm going to buy Trojan. Ashley is waiting for me."

   "That thing can be bought in any supermarket, son." Colin Hawke, who was completely ruined by Tony's words, said angrily: "Why do you insist on buying in the store opened by old Jason?"

   "Because old Jason allowed me to take it first, and then Ashley will help me pay the bill the next day." Tony said shamelessly.

"You're dating your girlfriend, and you even have to pay for that stuff? Boy, let Dad teach you how to make a better impression in front of your girlfriend and avoid being treated as a jerk. The first thing is that stuff You must pay the bill with your own money..." Colin Hawke was quite shocked by his son's shameless words. He held the steering wheel with one hand, and fumbled in his pocket with the other hand, and finally found it in vain. She withdrew her hand and changed the subject: "Ashley is a good girl, she is a bit like your mother, gentle and kind, you can't let her down."

After being interrupted by Tony, Dad didn't return to the original topic until Tommy Hawk got out of the car. Colin Hawk poked his head out of the car window, looked at Tommy standing outside, and grinned After a while: "See you next time, son."

   "Goodbye, Dad, goodbye, Tony." Tommy Hawke waved his hand, watched the pickup truck turn away, then turned his back to the setting sun and walked towards the apartment.

  He didn’t know if it was because his father had been enlightened by the pastor or for other reasons, but now he didn’t have time to find out more deeply. The most important thing at the moment was to make money. All the troubles of this family at this time needed to be solved with money.

Taking out the key and opening the door of the apartment, Tommy saw that Melonie was sitting on the sofa in the living room with her knees bent, resting her head on her knees, biting her fingertips with her teeth, her expression looked a bit tangled, although The TV was on, but her eyes fell on empty spaces.

   "Is Bethea okay?" Seeing Tommy Hawk coming back, Melonie put away her expression when she was alone, sat up straight, and asked Tommy Hawk with a smile.

Tommy nodded: "Very good, she has grown about half an inch taller than when I saw her last time, she looks more and more like my mother, but her personality is a bit like my father, with an attitude of always being curious about everything in the world , and I spent most of this visit playing with Bethea."

   "What are Tony and your father doing?"

"Tony went to help Mrs. Hopkins of the foster family clean the lawn and check the car, hoping to use this behavior to express their gratitude to Bethea for the meticulous care of the couple." Tommy Hawk changed his slippers , sat on the sofa, kept the same position as Melonie and said: "As for my father, he sat in the park and watched me play with Bethea, I don't know what happened to him, I always feel that he is a little abnormal, When I finish the cigarette business, I will check it out."

  Melonie sighed, "Tony inherited the character of your mother Alida Leon, like a lion, with a strong family concept, and he will do anything for the family."

   "When I first walked in, I found you a little tangled, aunt, worried that if you don't pay the loan, the bank will take this apartment away?" Tommy Hawke asked Melonie.

Melonie looked at the layout of the room casually, then looked at Tommy Hawke, and said seriously: "I use this apartment, apply for a mortgage loan with a maximum amount of 40,000 US dollars, the bank agrees, and I can go to sign the formal agreement at any time contract."

"It seems that you are more confident in this matter than I am, aunt, you know, 20,000 yuan means that if we don't make money in this business, we can barely pay the bank interest if we work hard, but Forty thousand yuan, if there is an accident in the business, you will only be left to dance the striptease, and I will work as a drug dealer to make money and pay off the debt so as to avoid being taken away by the bank." Tommy Hawk looked at the apartment calmly. Melonie.

Melonie looked back at Tommy Hawke for a long time before she nodded and smiled: "I have considered this issue, if you can do what you promised me at the beginning, why can't I give you all my trust, if you really My business failed, at most I went to elementary school to teach during the day, and went to striptease at night, I can handle it, after all, even my nephew bought my champagne time, I don’t think I will encounter more embarrassing things than this.”

"Thank you for your trust. I never thought that teaching Hugh Spade a lesson would make your trust in me expand to the point where it is now, but it's not important. What's important is, what were you struggling with just now?" Tommy- Hawk smiled.

Melonie withdrew her gaze and looked at the empty space again, as if thinking seriously, then turned her head and looked at Tommy Hawk again in frustration: "You know, before you came back, I was thinking about a question, You are a high school student, how do you find a buyer, and it is in Canada, I want to complete this part of the work for you, but I sit here thinking for a long time, but I have no idea, Tommy, I really want to help you, but I can’t help you. Knowing how to help you is my struggle."

"Buyers don't sit here and think about it. In fact, if your mortgage application is approved, I am going to take a three-day trip to Yarmouth, Canada and Portland, New Hampshire." Tommy -Hoke told his next arrangement.

"I won't agree with you that a high school student goes hiking away from home, and the real purpose is to find cigarette dealers." Hearing that Tommy Hawke was going to go to Canada and Portland alone, Melonie shook her head decisively: "Tommy , you are smart, but it doesn’t mean you have enough social experience.”

Those are two coastal cities, one belongs to Canada and the other belongs to the United States. Although Portland is not too far away from Warwick, about 470 kilometers, the farthest city Tommy Hawke has been to before is also It is Boston, a hundred kilometers away. As for Yarmouth, it is located in Canada, across the Gulf of Maine from Portland.

"I will find a paid guide for myself." Tommy Hawke took out his cigarette and lit it: "I guess there will be a lot of buyers in Yarmouth, because the tobacco ship was parked on the open sea near Yarmouth before. , spread Marlboro across Canada through smuggling channels, so Yarmouth should have a complete cigarette trafficking network."

"Unless you agree to be accompanied by me as a guardian, I will not agree. I will inform your father as soon as possible. You are only a high school student. I cannot let you go to a strange city alone, and you will deal with smugglers." Mei Loni spoke quickly to express the worry in her heart: "Maybe they will deceive you, like in the movie, they refuse to pay after receiving the goods..."

  Tommy Hawk looked at Melonie with a smile, and Melonie was a little puzzled by that gaze. When she found that the other party had no intention of speaking, Melonie could only ask, "What's wrong?"

   "It's nothing. If you insist, of course you can travel with me as my guardian, but I still need a paid tour guide." Tommy shook his head and said to Melonie.

  Melonie stared closely at Tommy and asked: "But your eyes seem to be mocking me, did I say something wrong?"

   "Nothing, just to remind you that you missed a little bit when you were thinking about certain issues."

   "What's missing?"

   "We are Italian."

   Sorry, I just got busy and the update is late, I'm sorry.

  (end of this chapter)