Unknowingly, it was almost seven o'clock, and the sky gradually darkened.
Caroline sat on the sofa in the living room, absently picked up the remote control and changed to another TV station. She could faintly hear the music coming from the banquet hall of the resort, and couldn't help but look at the door again.
Eric said to prepare food for her, but now it has been more than an hour. Although she knows that Eric will never lie to herself, the girl is still a little worried about gain and loss, and even wonders if something happened temporarily, otherwise Eric K shouldn't have been away for so long.
Mayer came from the kitchen with a pot of boiling water, and happened to notice Caroline's eyes, and said with a smile, "Carly, why don't I call and ask?"
Caroline shook her head quickly: "No need, I, I'm not hungry either."
Mayer poured a glass of boiling water for Caroline and herself, put ice cubes in it, handed a glass to Caroline, and said, "Maybe the boss is cooking for you, that's why it took so long .”
Caroline took a small sip from the glass and said, "Mary, the party over there should have already started, why don't you go there first."
"I'm not in a hurry." Mayer shook his head, sat down on the sofa, and said, "If the boss comes back and finds that I left you here alone, then I will suffer."
Caroline said: "Of course not, Eric is so kind to us."
Thinking of all the things since joining the company, Mayer also agreed with Caroline's words very much. Eric is indeed very kind to the people around him. Even if she makes some small mistakes occasionally, Eric just laughs it off. Mayer felt that, apart from being a bit of a showman, this man was impeccable. Even, deep in her heart, Mayer still has some small resentments that even she herself is reluctant to admit: this guy, who likes to tease women so much, just turns a blind eye to himself.
However, I think of that night in the villa on Kensington Gardens Street in London. Perhaps, it wasn't considered turning a blind eye, but she didn't seize the opportunity herself. Whenever she thought of the situation at that time, Mayer regretted why she didn't take the initiative at that time.
The two women chatted casually, and after a while, the sound of a car finally sounded outside the door.
Eric walked in carefully carrying a plastic box, which was lined with several layers of cotton cloth and covered with a white ceramic casserole.
As soon as Eric walked into the living room, Caroline and Mayer immediately smelled a strong smell of meat, mixed with a faint smell of sweet corn.
After saying hello to the two women, Eric walked to the tea table next to the sofa, gently cushioned the casserole in the box with a cotton cloth and put it on the tea table, and said: "Mary, can you go to the kitchen to get some tableware?" ?”
In fact, Mayer hasn't eaten anything yet, smelling the rich aroma around her, she couldn't help swallowing, nodded, got up and walked towards the kitchen.
Eric lifted the lid, and the smell in the living room became more intense, and he said to Caroline who looked curious: "Corn rib soup, the chef in the resort can't make it, so I sent someone to find a chef outside, When cooking for the first time, the other party actually put cream, which completely covered up the aroma of the ribs and corn itself, so I asked him to do it again. In fact, I can do it myself, but I am not very good at removing fishy smell. The taste will be even worse if it is done well. Now, your foot is injured, it is very beneficial to drink more bone broth during this period, and I will find a chef to help you cook it every day when I return to Los Angeles."
Caroline felt a little sweet in her heart when she heard Eric talking nonsense, and finally said hurriedly: "No need, Eric, and, if you eat too much of these things, you will get fat."
Eric smiled and said, "Don't worry, no, I asked specifically, rib soup is very nutritious, but it's actually very low in calories."
Mayer quickly came back with two sets of utensils from the kitchen. Caroline saw these and said, "Eric, there is a lot of soup, and Mary can eat it too."
"I don't want it anymore," Mayer shook his head and declined, "I can just go over there and eat."
"Mary, let's stay together," Eric picked up a small bowl to help Caroline serve the soup, and after hearing what Caroline said, he also said, "These are enough for the three of us, and you can get another one." Come here with the tableware."
Mayer hesitated for a while, but finally couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food, and ran to the kitchen again.
Eric helped Caroline serve the soup, carefully picked out a few ribs, and tried the temperature on the outside of the small bowl with his palm against it. It wasn't too hot, so he handed it to the girl and said, "Try it."
Caroline carefully held the bowl in her hand, picked up a spare rib with a spoon and brought it to her mouth, and took a ladylike bite. The meat of the spare rib was tender and crispy. Although there were not too many seasonings, the taste was just right: "Ai Rick, it's delicious."
Eric smiled and said, "Then eat more."
"Well, Eric, you eat too."
Eric nodded and got himself a bowl, and Mayer soon came back and started eating together.
Although he knew that he had been a light bulb once, but after finishing the last bowl of rib soup, Mayer felt satisfied that his light bulb was worth it.
After the three finished a pot of rib soup, Mayer tidied up the tableware graciously, and left immediately with great interest.
Eric and Caroline were left in the room. He carefully checked the splint on Caroline’s feet. Eric knew that the smell in the room would take a while to dissipate. The attraction is not so great, so he said: "How about, I will take you out for a walk."
Caroline nodded, as long as she can be with Eric, she can do anything.
Eric got up, hugged the girl in the wheelchair, and pushed her out of the room.
Because of the sparsely populated area, the resort has a large area. Eric pushed Caroline to the concrete corridor outside, blowing the cool night breeze. Although the sound of music in the banquet hall not far away was more obvious, Eric didn't intend to join in the fun.
The two stopped by a bush of columnar cactus that is common in Arizona nearby. Eric said: "By the way, I have asked someone to arrange that we will return to Los Angeles tomorrow. I will let Mary take care of you for the next month."
"Eric, the doctor said that I only need to rest for half a month. In fact, my feet don't feel so painful now."
"This is not possible. If you don't pay attention to things like ankle sprains, it is easy to leave sequelae, so you must make sure that you can recover 100%." Eric was determined, and then smiled: "Don't worry, you If you are injured at work, you don’t have to work, and your salary will be paid as usual.”
Caroline felt Eric's tone, so she didn't say anything more, and said instead: "Eric, will those reporters be troublesome this afternoon?"
Eric said in a relaxed tone: "Of course not, but disappointment is certain. However, we have no obligation to provide them with big news."
After walking around the resort, Eric pushed Caroline back to the residence. The smell of rib soup in the room had dissipated. Looking at the time, it was already past eight o'clock. Eric hugged Caroline again. Going to the sofa, he said, "Why don't you go to bed early today, and we'll go back tomorrow morning."
Caroline nodded, but her eyes wandered a little, drifting to her right foot that was fixed with a splint, she lowered her head slightly without saying anything.
Eric also realized something, and was suddenly a little embarrassed.
Caroline was still wearing daytime clothes at this time, with a khaki women's coat on her upper body and tight-fitting jeans underneath, a splint was fixed on her right foot, and a pink sock had been changed on her left foot, wrapped in the small and exquisite beautiful feet.
Wearing these things, you definitely can't go to rest.
Realizing the situation in front of him, Eric got up and said, "Hey, wait a minute, I'll call Mary over."
As she said that, she was about to get up, but she felt her skirt being pulled by Caroline, and a girl's voice sounded in her ears, with a bit of longing and reluctance: "Eric, you, can you stay with me for a while. "
Eric had to sit down again: "Okay then, or, let's watch TV for a while."
Caroline's voice became smaller: "I'm sleepy, Eric, you carry me to the bedroom."
Eric hesitated for a moment. Seeing Caroline raised her face expectantly and looked over, he nodded, stretched out his hand and carefully hugged the girl, and said, "Which room do you live in?"
Caroline and Mayer lived together in this apartment. Caroline pointed to a door: "Which one is on the left."
Eric walked over with the lithe girl in his arms, pushed open the door, put Caroline on the bed under the light of the living room, and then walked over to turn on the light. He closed the bedroom door casually, went to the bed and pulled up the quilt to cover Caroline, then pulled a chair and sat down beside the bed.
Caroline quietly let Eric do all this, and when he sat down next to her, she turned her body carefully, resting her head on the pillow, looking at Eric with bright eyes, with a tone of tone Superficially coquettish: "Eric, I'm not sleepy anymore."
"Then lie down," Eric smiled and stretched out his hand to help Caroline tidy up the scattered blond hair, and said, "Would you like to listen to a bedtime story?"
"Well," Caroline replied, but with a bit of memory, she said: "When I was young, my mother would tell me bedtime stories, but because I always complete the stories in the books I have read. I wrote it down neatly, and when I heard that what my mother said was different from the book, I couldn't help arguing with my mother, and then my mother stopped telling me."
"Oh, then I dare not tell you, I can't remember the story in the book."
"You can tell a story I haven't heard."
"Let me think about it," Eric smiled and thought about it, and said after a while: "Once upon a time there was a mountain, and there was a temple in the mountain. There was an old monk and a young monk in the temple. The old monk said to the young monk, Once upon a time there was a mountain, and there was a temple in the mountain."
At this point, Eric stopped, and Caroline blinked her eyes, and the corners of her mouth were curved, but she looked like she wanted Eric to continue talking.
Eric was stared at by Caroline for a moment, and could only spread his hands and smiled: "Well, I have no inspiration today, and I can't find a good story."
"Then will you sing to me?"
"This," Eric thought for a while, remembering a song he thought of as an episode of "Gravity" recently, nodded and said: "Okay."
After finishing speaking, after brewing for a while, Eric slowly opened his mouth and sang the song "Rocket-Man" by Elton John.
*She-packed-my-bags-last-night-pre-flight
*Zero-hour-nine-am
*And-I'm-gonna-be-high-as-a-kite-by-then
*I-miss-the-earth-so-much, I-miss-my-wife
*…
*…
Eric has always loved the sense of drift in this Elton John song.
This episode was not included in the original version of "Gravity", but this time Eric decided to use it as Matt Corvo in the process of Ryan and Matt rushing to the space station after they escaped for the first time. Song played by Ski.
Of course, the song will definitely need to be properly re-arranged in time to fit the setting in the film.
Caroline quietly listened to Eric's singing, and said softly: "Eric, I found that you are very similar to Kowalski."
Eric shook his head and said, "I can't be as free and easy as he is."
Caroline suddenly took these small insistences and said, "No, you are."
"It's probably because I already have a lot of things. Just like beautiful people always say that looks are not the most important thing, rich people always say that money is not the most important thing. If they have nothing, they must not be able to say that. Talking."
"No, no," Caroline shook her head again, and said, "I always feel that you are different from everyone in this world."
"Well, it seems that you discovered it," Eric lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "Actually, my hometown is in the Alpha Centauri galaxy. Do you know the Tunguska explosion ninety years ago? That's when the spaceship crashed into the earth."
Caroline held the corner of the quilt with her little hand, her delicate face was a little cute, she blinked her bright eyes and said, "And then?"
Eric put away his expression and said in a serious tone: "People on Earth, you already know too much."
"Hehe," Caroline laughed lightly, paused, and said, "Eric, this is uncomfortable."
Eric wondered: "What?"
Caroline's face began to look a little rosy, but she said boldly, "It's uncomfortable to sleep with clothes on."
Eric stretched out his hand and scratched Caroline's little nose, and said, "I'm all injured, and I still want to think about bad things. It seems that you have learned to be bad."
"I learned it from you."
"I have to pay tuition."
Caroline's face was ruddy, maybe she was a little more courageous because she was wrapped in a quilt, and she continued: "I have no money, only, only myself."
"Okay," Eric smiled helplessly, stood up and walked to the closet in the room, and said, "Take off your shirt yourself, and I'll help you get a pajamas, and don't move your pants. Be patient." One night, let the nurse come over tomorrow to temporarily remove the splint, and you can wear skirts for the next month."
As Eric said, he opened the closet, rummaged through Caroline's neat hangers, found a light pink silk nightdress, walked back to the bed, and handed it to the woman who had already thrown the coat and knitted top out of the bed. The girl said, "Hey, put it on first."
Caroline shyly took the nightdress handed over by Eric, and changed it under the quilt for a while. Eric continued to sit beside him, a little foot covered in pink cotton socks slowly protruded from the bed, and rubbed against Eric: "There are still socks."
Eric grabbed Caroline's calf, helped her take off her socks, and gently scratched the girl's soles, saying, "Okay, don't make trouble anymore, be careful of the splint on your leg."
Because of Eric's movement, Caroline smiled and moved her body. Somehow, she was already lying on the bed, her whole face was buried in the pillow. After a while, the retracted calf came out again, crystal clear Yurun's toes moved, as if to attract Eric's attention, and at the same time the girl's faint but very clear voice sounded again: "Eric, the jeans are very uncomfortable to wear, yes, you can cut them off."
All right.
Eric suddenly understood that this girl was planning to become a sperm tonight.