Ding dong ding dong, the doorbell rang. Rachel, who hurried to the door, looked outside through the cat's eyes, and then opened the door with a smile on her face, but when she carefully looked up and down the visitor, she couldn't help but be stunned.
"What's the matter? Thought it was a ghost standing in front of you?" Kate said with a smile after taking off her sunglasses.
"Of course not, but..." Rachel raised her hands to make a few shapes on her body. "You look like you've gotten a little fatter—that's the truth, not a joke."
"Oh, of course I'm fat," Kate shrugged, a flash of complexity flashing through her eyes. "I've got a new movie coming up next month, and I'm going to gain at least 5 to 8 pounds for that role."
"New movie?" Rachel showed a surprised expression, "Aren't you participating in the performance of "The Matrix 2"?"
"Are you going to let me make it clear here before going in?" Kate said sarcastically.
"Ah? Oh, sorry." Rachel smiled and raised her hands to move away, and the two came to the living room one after the other. Kate sat down on the sofa and Rachel came behind the bar: "Want something to drink?"
"Soda will do," Kate said after thinking for a few seconds.
"Soda water?" Rachel raised her eyebrows while bending her mouth, "I remember, your favorite should be..."
"Gin Tonley with a little whiskey!"
The two said it at the same time, and after smiling at each other, Kate shook her head: "Since I discovered something, I seldom drink like this, even if it's a little whisky... So let's forget it."
"What or something?" Rachel asked inexplicably, and then shook her head again: "I don't have anyone else here, so let's make a cup for you. My level of making gin and tonics has never dropped."
Kate hesitated and shook her head: "No, thank you, let's forget it, soda water is fine."
"Okay, soda." Rachel shrugged, only sighing inwardly as she turned away.
"To be honest, I thought you had already returned to London before I called, but I didn't expect you to stay in Los Angeles." After coming to the back room from the living room with their respective drinks, the two started chatting again.
"I really wanted to go back to London, but I have to attend the premiere of "The Mummy" in June, so I just waited until then to go back, just to spend the summer in London." Rachel shook the cup in her hand and glanced at it intentionally or unintentionally. Looking at Kate, there was a slice of lime on the floating ice, a gin and tonic she had made for herself.
"Going back to London for the summer was a wrong choice, I thought so too." Kate smiled.
"How about going back to London this summer?" Rachel suddenly said. "Usually I'll take on stage roles, why don't you try it out? I remember when you were in college, you were always on stage. Like a puppet being pulled on strings."
"Of course, anyone under your light is a marionette." Kate replied with a small smile.
"But now your light has overshadowed me, haven't you, Miss Best Supporting Actress?" Rachel laughed teasingly.
Hearing this, an inexplicable complex look flashed in Kate's eyes, but she quickly adjusted and shrugged to Rachel: "You will get your own honor, Rachel, I absolutely believe it. ."
After a pause, she sighed again: "Unfortunately, I'm going to shoot a new film soon, so I'm afraid I won't be able to go back to London with you."
"New movie? Oh, yes, I asked you before, aren't you filming "The Matrix 2"? Why is there a new movie coming soon? Don't you plan to rest?" Rachel asked immediately.
"My role in "The Matrix 2" has almost been filmed, and there are only some final shots left, which can be completed by the middle of this month at the most. The new film will not start shooting until at least late May, and the rest and weight gain are enough. That's it." Kate took a sip from the cup, and a complicated look flashed across her eyes again.
"Don't you think the schedule is a little tight? Do you also want to be a workaholic?" Rachel blinked.
"Hey... I promised Angie a long time ago about this movie. If I unilaterally terminate the contract, I may be prosecuted." Kate's tone was ridiculed, but she lowered her head and took a sip of soda.
Rachel looked at her intently, and after a while, she sighed: "You have something on your mind, Kate."
"What's on your mind?" Kate put down the cup and showed a puzzled look, her natural appearance didn't seem to be falsifying.
"Don't try to lie to me, after all, we..." Rachel suddenly stopped here, hesitated for a few seconds and sat next to Kate, "At least we are still friends now, you can tell me what you have in mind."
Kate was silent, leaning on the sofa for a long time before sighing softly: "I... I think... I think... Angie seems... Angie seems to be dating another woman!"
After saying this, she closed her eyes and slumped on the sofa softly, as if all her strength had been taken away.
"This... is not possible, right?" Rachel showed a surprised expression, but the surprise seemed to be bluntly posted, "Are you saying that there is... definite evidence, or do you just think there is?"
"I don't know, Rachel, I'm not sure." Kate suddenly sat up and waved her hand irritably, "Remember her 21st birthday party? What Liv said... should... should only be... and Then you look at her and them...and Britney...even though it's not very clear, but...damn, I keep telling myself, you are too suspicious, you should believe her. But...but there's always...a pain in my chest!"
"I heard some too." Rachel said in a low voice, gritted her teeth, "This bastard!"
"What's wrong?" Kate didn't hear clearly, she quickly shook her head: "It's nothing, I want to say... Since it's like this, why don't you... ask her clearly in person? Hesitating is not your style."
Having said that, a miserable look flashed across Rachel's face. After being silent for a long time, Kate held her face with a wry smile: "I thought about it... but I didn't dare... I'm afraid, I don't know how she will answer, what if she answers me? The answer is no, how can I judge the truth, and will she feel that I hurt her?"
"You're thinking too much, Kate, this feeling of worrying about gains and losses will affect your judgment." Holding her own thoughts, Rachel pondered her words, "I think—you'd better ask clearly in person, no matter what. What's the answer, at least you won't be as... uneasy as you are now..."
As she spoke, her hand slid out from behind, as if trying to hug Kate's shoulder, but it bounced back every time she was about to put it down. After doing this a few times, Rachel gritted her teeth and finally let it go.
Kate remained silent without saying anything. After a while, she finally turned her head and her wry smile deepened: "You don't understand, Rachel, you don't understand that feeling. That kind of accumulation from childhood, that kind of The feeling of being attracted all the time. Honestly, I should be thankful for you, Rachel, if it weren't for you... dating made me understand what it was, and maybe I would have run away... When those emotions erupted, what? Nothing can stop me, I want to have her! I want her by my side, I want her to be mine, totally mine! But... but..."
She buried her head between her arms and shrugged her shoulders slightly: "I love her, I love her very much, I don't want to lose her, I don't know what to do, maybe... just wait... "
Rachel just put her arms around Kate's shoulders and said nothing, her eyes full of complexity: that feeling... I get it!
"Forget it, don't talk about this, let's talk about happy topics," Rachel suddenly stood up, "if you don't want to chat, watch TV or something. The Disney Channel has many good TV movies. Of course, It’s also good to watch current affairs news or talk shows once in a while.”
She said and turned on the TV in the inner room, and Kate didn't stop her, silently watching Rachel do everything.
"How about this? Oh, no, this host is too boring... This? I've seen it before..." Rachel held the remote control and kept changing the channel, as if she didn't know what to watch until a picture jumped into the two of them. Eye.
"...you can see that the firepower of the two gangsters is still very fierce, even if the police have received reinforcements, there is still nothing they can do. In addition, the SWAT team is on its way, and will arrive at the scene in a few minutes at most. We'll have to wait and see if the gangsters can be subdued as soon as possible. NBC reporter, Stanley Lawford for you."
Although the picture broadcast by the TV station was rather blurry, two lunatics could still be seen shooting unscrupulously on the street with automatic rifles.
"A bank robbery in North Hollywood?" Rachel read aloud while watching the scrolling captions.
"It's terrible, those guys can't even do anything about the police." Kate's attention was also attracted.
Seeing that the gloomy and sad Kate had improved emotionally, Rachel stopped changing channels.
"According to observations, the weapons the bandits took should be AK47s or AKMs, as well as other weapons, and they were wearing thick body armor, so the police's firepower didn't play a big role at all. Because the opponent's firepower was too strong, we couldn't fly. Too low. Likewise, police helicopters have to be pulled high enough to not have air superiority.”
With the reporter's explanation, the gangsters in the camera appear more and more fierce.
"It sucks, what the hell are the police doing." Kate couldn't help frowning.
"I think it's not just about the police. There aren't many bank robberies like this one in the US in a year." Rachel shrugged, "Forget it, don't look at this."
As she said that she picked up the remote control and was about to change the channel, just then the reporter's voice rang: "Great, the SWAT team has arrived, I believe it should be able to control the situation... Wait, who is that? God, That... Kirkland! Move the camera over there! Zoom in, quick! Oh my god, that's Angela Mason!"
In the footage, two men and two women are hiding behind a car that has been shot. Although it is not very clear, when the camera is zoomed in, the appearance of the girl in the white coat and denim trousers can still be distinguished.
After staying there for a few seconds, Kate and Rachel both bounced from their seats: "Angie!"
"That's right! It's her, Angela Mason! God knows how she's here?!" the reporter on the TV said in a tone of amazement, "It looks like they're in bad shape, no. Know if anyone was injured."
"No no no! How could this happen!" Kate cried out in panic, covering her mouth, then turned around and was about to rush out.
"Don't get excited, Kate! Don't get excited!" Fortunately, Rachel hugged her in time. "She'll be fine!"
"She's going to be hurt! She's going to die!" Kate struggled desperately, but Rachel hugged her tightly and didn't let go: "It's no use going to the scene! The police won't let you pass!"
"The SWAT team has split up a group to rescue Angela, great, they're very close now. It looks like a plan is being communicated."
Following the reporter's voice, Rachel patted Kate's shoulder in surprise: "Okay, it's alright now, someone has come to save her."
Kate also stopped talking, staring at the TV with wide eyes without blinking, but still covering her mouth with a pale face.
"Okay, they look like they're going to move, and Angela is surrounded... they're running—oh, hell!"
In the footage of the TV station, a woman rolled on the spot with Angela in her arms and rolled back to the back of the car. The terrified Kate couldn't help screaming, sobbing and burying her head on Rachel's shoulders, not daring to look again. And Rachel didn't say anything other than hugging Kate tightly. She didn't even notice it, she just stared straight at the figure on the TV without thinking.
"Oops, someone seems to be injured? Fortunately, it's not Angela... Wait, what does she seem to want to do?"
Bang bang bang bang bang, this is not the sound of gunfire but my own heartbeat. Angela squatted behind her bulletproof car and clenched the gun in her hand, her face flushed with blood.
"No, their accuracy is too poor, so far they haven't hit a single shot." Angela found two small sticks from somewhere and used chopsticks to pick up a small piece of car mirror, learning from war movies The soldiers inside looked out like that.
"Don't waste your energy, just lie down and watch." Meiweisi, who was half lying on the ground by the car, said with a wry smile, her lips were a little white, and there was a small pool of bright red blood next to her.
"Damn, they can't hurry." After Yiyan climbed down and observed, Angela said anxiously but calmly, "You bleed too much, and if you don't get treatment, you will fall into a coma and be disappointed."
"Although your plan is good, but... But don't forget, there is no shooting angle at all, and the other party... moves at any time and can hide in the car for cover..." Mavis said weakly.
"Better than not being able to do anything!" Angela frowned and looked at the police officers who had retreated a little further than before, and suddenly leaned over and looked out from the tires of the car, "Damn, they're so far away. getting closer."
At this moment, another idea popped into my mind. After crawling on the ground and observing it carefully, Angela turned her head and called to Mavis, "Give me your gun!"
"What do you want to do?" Mavis frowned.
"Do you think the PPK in my hand can penetrate their boots?" Angela said quickly, "They are only a few dozen feet away from us now, and the angle is much better than the police, I can hit the target!"
Mavis hesitated, didn't care about anything like before, reached out and handed the gun in her hand. After taking it, Angela immediately slumped on the ground, ignoring the burden on her chest, clenched her hands and began to aim at the bandit's moving feet.
This is the method she thought of, even if the bandit wraps his body tightly, there are always some places that he can't take care of - such as his feet.
However, no matter how good an idea is, there will be problems in the execution. After Angela told the police this way through Buckett over there on her mobile phone, although some of them started to shoot from the bottom of the car, they didn't do it for one reason or another. Didn't have much effect.
It can't be dragged on anymore, those two guys are getting closer to here little by little, and Meiweis, who was injured for her, is still bleeding. So even though Angela knew that there were TV cameras all around, she still crawled on the ground to aim and shoot, she wanted to leave this damned place quickly.
Calm down, keep calm, you can do it, it's like shooting a target in a club. Angela said to herself silently in her heart, looking carefully at the feet that were moving from time to time under the car. Although the heart was beating non-stop, although the excitement caused the blood to concentrate on the head, but deep inside he was very calm.
The rhythm of the world seemed to have slowed down, and the intense gunshots also seemed ethereal. The feet that were moving back and forth in the field of vision suddenly stood on the spot, standing there firmly and motionless.
It's now! Angela pulled the trigger violently. Although the recoil was stronger than PPK, she still held it firmly.
The bullet flew out, but apparently missed. Angela unhurriedly continued to pull the trigger, firing one shot at a time, and the bullet casings flew out of the gun barrel one by one. She did not fluctuate emotionally because she missed a hit.
Finally, in the field of vision, the bandit's foot suddenly twisted, and he immediately knelt on the ground with one leg. Obviously, someone hit him, Angela immediately seized the opportunity to shoot all the remaining bullets, and the guy finally fell to the ground.
Although the guy didn't seem to be seriously injured, he didn't know and didn't care whether he hit Angela and how many. Obviously, many people were shooting at that time, and she only cared about one thing.
So when she heard shouts from around her that the guy behind the car had lost his threat and the other was running away and finally let out a long sigh of relief.