(Thanks to the leader Daleks for his strong support for this book)
Looking at the smiling man in front of her, Lindsay felt a little complicated.
At first, her mother Aurora wanted to match her with Luke, who was still a young detective, but unfortunately, she and her parents had just been having a long fight over the misunderstanding about her "painter boyfriend".
Plus, she was still very young at the time and didn't have the energy to think about this issue.
After so many years, she already has a fiancé, but there is no love between them at all, it is just a purely political marriage.
Moreover, for those involved in American politics, personal issues are no longer a question of whether they are clean or not, but a question of how low their bottom line is.
Killing hundreds of people is the norm, but what is kept secret are the dark sides that violate basic ethics and morals - for example, those killed by Joker, it is considered a "light sentence" to just kill them.
Originally, this wasn’t a big deal, since Lindsay had already decided to focus on politics.
Her personal emotional issues are just an indispensable "facade" for her. It is enough for the public to see it and say "not bad".
But the scene of Luke and Elena standing together just now made her feel envious.
Almost ten years later, the two are still as close as they were when they first went to the Monroe-Peterson exhibition.
Lindsay, who has been involved in politics, can see that it is not an act.
There was an unspoken understanding and harmony in the manners, eyes and expressions of Luke and the other man.
No man is polite on the surface but is impatiently thinking about which female ghost he will find next.
There was no woman with a smile on her face, but her eyes showed dissatisfaction and anger towards her male companion.
She even felt that these two people just came to see the evening seaside scenery of Long Island, and accepted her invitation just by chance.
Of course, Lindsay had no complaints.
At this kind of banquet, as long as the other party is willing to come and just say hello, your attitude is very clear, and it doesn't matter whether they leave or stay.
Otherwise, the dozens of people she invited tonight would have to accompany her throughout the whole process, and they would only be able to sit together for the meeting.
What made Lindsay even more envious was that Luke and Elena seemed to have a more mature temperament than when they first met, but their appearance and figure still looked very young and full of energy.
Although Lindsay has been exercising, doing beauty and maintenance, her appearance and figure are still slowly declining due to the continuous damage of overtime work, staying up late and makeup.
However, she was just thinking about it.
It is impossible to want power without paying the price.
If she was willing to be a good helper to her husband like her mother Aurora, she would naturally have a lot more free time.
But that would mean being tied to her husband and losing most of her independent voice, which was unacceptable to the proud Lindsay.
So, I'm just envious.
After Luke and Lindsay exchanged pleasantries that neither of them took seriously, Margaret also pulled Elena over, and when they got closer, she happily hugged Luke.
Lindsay is a social expert and she has a good grasp of the scale of the half-hug gift, which is slightly intimate but not excessively touching.
But the cheap sister-in-law is very confident in Luke, which can almost be called a "full hug gift".
The thin summer clothes allowed him to easily feel her body temperature and the soft and elastic touch.
In response to this, Lu just complained in his heart out of habit: You are one level worse than your sister, and you don’t like to wear a chest protector. Do you really think that B-level players don’t have to worry about sagging
Well, this really doesn’t exist!
As the only relative the female doctor cared about, Margaret even secretly added "Harley" to her own name when she went away to college.
When Margaret was targeted by the gang, Harley risked her life to rescue her from the trap, and the two sisters were almost beaten into briquettes together.
From this we can see that although this pair of sisters are only cousins, they are closer than biological sisters.
After getting Life No. 1 from Luke, Harley was reluctant but finally gave part of it to Margaret.
Otherwise, how could Margaret, who is the same age as Elena and almost 40 years old, still maintain such a "lively and lively" body
Of course Margaret was happy, because Luke was her only male friend in all these years.
In contrast, she has had several boyfriends over the years, but they all ended in breakup without exception.
This is not a big problem, after all, the limits of artists' relationships between men and women are far beyond those of normal people.
Like Elena's "roommate" at Palande College, Luke had never seen the real person - she was either in the beds of boyfriends from all over the world or on the way to bed.
My sister-in-law is almost 40 years old and has only been married once.
Let’s not even mention the several boyfriends I’ve had over the years. Most of them just developed into just eating, hugging, and kissing, and then… that was it.
There are always various accidents that expose the true colors of these men with bad intentions. They are either greedy for her body or her money, and some even want to have both her and her money and take over her nest.
In short, my sister-in-law's love history is purer than that of most young people—except for those who can't find anyone to have sex with.
And Luke himself was also confirmed by Harley herself as someone who could be her sister's friend.
Because he is one of the few men who never has any interest in Margaret, and he remains as steady as an old man even if he has plenty of opportunities.
Luke had nothing to say about this.
He couldn't tell the female doctor: Actually, it's enough for me to convince you, and I will definitely not touch your sister.
But she, who plays with psychology, will definitely not be able to accept the truth, so the Joker's secret must remain.
Lindsay brought the lost Margaret back and didn't stay any longer. She said sorry and went back to work.
Luke was left alone, strolling on the beach with two beautiful artists of different styles on his left and right, amid the jealous glances from people around him.
On the other hand, double the beauties naturally bring double the troubles, and differentiated competition is no joke.
Margaret and Elena are one tall and one short, blonde and one black-haired, tall and thin and one petite and plump, lively and enthusiastic and one gentle and intellectual, and basically they can win the favor of most men.
For the many men at the banquet who claim to be celebrities and gentlemen but are actually beasts in human form, he is a target that cannot be missed.
Just give it a try, maybe you will succeed!
At first, the two women could still laugh at Luke's various ways of scolding people, but after a few minutes they couldn't stand it anymore and decisively pulled him away.
The three of them didn't drive home directly. It was a rare occasion for Margaret to go out with Luke and Elena, so she was reluctant to go back.
And compared to the cold and damp autumn and winter seasons that make people feel moldy, New York's summer is really suitable for traveling outdoors.
So Luke took the two women for a slow walk along the beach.
Rich families are extravagant with their private beaches.
Not to mention glass shards and pebbles, even the various plastic bags, packaging papers and beverage bottles commonly seen on other beaches are rarely seen here, and most of them are kept out by cleaning nets.
Margaret was so excited that she ran onto the beach in her high heels and started chewing mud... well, sand.
Then, after falling down, she didn't cry or feel sad. She just crawled on the ground for a while, and then she started to laugh to herself.
Luke rolled his eyes: This naive girl is really hopeless, she is completely natural and pure!