Claire had missed this big bathtub for a long time, but she wanted to give Luke a surprise, so she didn't start the bathing operation.
Now that Luke is home and they've had enough of each other, she decisively chooses to enjoy life.
Luke sat by the pool, occasionally handing drinks to the two guys and asking Claire about her itinerary.
Of course, Claire, who is about to enter college as an adult, cannot be arranged by him, as is the custom in most American families.
Claire is not the kind of person who cannot take care of herself, and she has a strong sense of independence. Luke will not arrange everything for her. Letting her handle these things on her own is the best option.
Claire talked a lot about this and that.
To sum up, there are two points: First, she has to live on campus in her first academic year to adapt to college life.
Second, she will go out on her own in a few days to explore the environment for her future study and life.
In short, Luke and the other man were not on her schedule.
Luke wasn't surprised either.
Claire will be staying at his place this month, and the two of them will spend a lot of time together.
But that's just for this summer.
By next year, Claire will rent a house on her own and will not come to live with Luke permanently during the holidays.
Of course, this was Claire's own plan.
Luke might be in New York next year, and if she wanted to find him, she would have to fly to the East Coast.
But there is no need to talk about this now. Claire came to Los Angeles to study at college not just because Luke is here.
This is Los Angeles, the city of angels where all the stars gather in the United States.
Being a star is one of Claire's ideal career options, but she hasn't thought carefully about whether she wants to be a singer or a movie star.
So, let this guy think it over slowly.
To be honest, Luke still has vivid memories of some English songs from his previous life.
Of course, in his previous life he was a pseudo-otaku and seldom listened to English songs.
The songs he can still remember are definitely the hit English songs that are popular all over the world, such as My Heart Will Go On or A Cute Guy From Out of Province.
If Claire wants to be a singer, then Luke will have less to worry about.
After all, most of the time, it is the songs that make people famous, not the people singing the songs.
Luke didn't make a fortune from these songs before, and the reason was simple: he had no talent in singing or dancing.
His limit is to be able to sing in tune and dance without being awkward.
When System Dad shows up, he won't need to take this path anymore.
The three of them spent the night chatting in the backyard.
The next day, at nine o'clock in the morning, Claire sat up suddenly when she smelled the aroma of food: "What's that smell? It smells so good."
She casually put on a large T-shirt and walked out of the slightly opened door.
I saw Luke watching the computer in the living room, and Selina and Meidao were eating breakfast there.
She jumped onto the couch next to Luke: "Why aren't you having breakfast?"
Luke: "I'm done eating. Selina and Meidao will need to eat for a while. Aren't you hungry?"
Claire touched her belly: "A little bit."
Luke: "Why don't you go wash up?"
Claire pouted: "Why are you like your mother, nagging so early in the morning."
Luke didn't care: "If I didn't tell you, you could still lie on the sofa for ten minutes. Can you blame me?"
Claire snorted and jumped up, "I'm on vacation, of course I have to be lazy."
When Claire came out of the shower, she looked at Selina and Meidao who were still eating, and asked in shock: "How much did you eat?"
Selina blinked and tentatively answered, "You thought... I exercise a lot?"
As she spoke, she opened another steamer: "Come and try it, it's still Luke's specialty, steamed buns."
"How's the burger?" Claire sat down, picked up the burger and took a bite. "Hmm, it seems delicious."
The two people and the dog ate there for more than ten minutes and finished all the buns.
Luke finally spoke up: "Come over when you're done eating. I want to give you a little safety training."
Claire's face fell: "It's vacation time, and you're still giving me lessons?"
Luke: "It's very simple. Remember those safety rules that Catherine told you?"
Claire nodded and walked over to look at the notebook in front of Luke.
"It's the same thing, but I need to update the data for Los Angeles." Luke said, clicking on the map, and a large area of small red dots appeared on the map: "These are the locations where serious injuries or murders occurred in Los Angeles in the past twelve months."
He pointed again and said, "These are the locations where robberies took place in the last twelve months." Yellow dots of light appeared on the map, far exceeding the red dots, and were densely packed all over the map.
"You just need to remember the high-incidence areas of the two types of cases in this map. Don't stay in these places at night, and don't enter the remote streets in these places during the day. Simple, right?" He smiled and patted her head.
Claire: "That's it. It's not difficult. Why are you so serious?"
Luke sighed. "I'm in the serious crime unit, and I handle these two types of cases. Many people become victims because they are lazy or accidentally walk on remote roads at night. This is not Shackelford. It's easy for lone women to be targeted in certain areas at night."
Claire nodded, but then added: "I can run very fast. Yes, I also know women's self-defense skills."
Luke rolled his eyes, "Most of the people with guns are in groups of three or five. Do you want to run away from a few guns, or grab the guns with your bare hands and show your power!"
Claire groaned, feeling that she didn't have such a high fighting capacity, so she could only nod: "Okay, I understand."
Luke then stood up and said, "Let Selina tell you about other things women need to pay attention to. I have to go to class."
Claire: "Teaching? Teaching others?"
Luke hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "I can't say for sure."
Claire watched him leave in confusion, then looked at Selina: "What class is Luke going to? Isn't he a detective in the major crime squad?"
Selina: “Police training.”
Claire scratched her head: "He went to train new police officers?"
"He is the one being trained. Have you forgotten? He has never attended the police academy, so it's good for you to know this, but don't mention it outside." Selina said.
Claire laughed. "Well, I had forgotten that Robert had brought him to the Shackleford Police Station."
Selina also stood up: "Let's go to the training room, I will give you some basic training for women."
Claire became curious: "What is it?"
Selina looked at her: "Real women's self-defense."
A moment later, Claire's scream was heard in the training room: "Ah? Is this necessary? Isn't this a bit too harsh?"
"Hit here? Use more force? OMG!"
"You want to break it until it breaks? We don't need this, right?"