"Is Falcon a baseball fan?"
It was Zach who spoke. What he meant to say was less important than where he was. This is the Falcon Manor office.
Early this morning, Zach received a call. A woman who had said she would keep in touch—Fiona Falcon—invited Zach to Falcon Manor, "I realize you have never been a guest at my house. Come on, come and pick up the balance of your entrustment. I am a weak woman and don’t want to go out with so much cash~' is what the phone call said.
Zach didn't dare to neglect this woman's words, so he could only tell Danny to wait for Louise to tell her where he was going when she came back, and he went to the West End. Oh, by the way, didn't Louise go away with James for dinner last night? She didn't come back this morning.
This time Benjamin did not come with him, but stayed in Grande to watch over Tam.
Back to the present. Fiona glanced at Zach with a dazed look, "What did you say?"
She couldn't blame Fiona for not paying attention to Zach at all, because she was reading a textbook, which she had been reading when Zach arrived, and was still reading - "Charlotte's history homework project, I hate this kind of thing" . The meaning of sending children to school is that they don’t have to participate in their education, but schools always come up with some of these ‘projects’ to embarrass parents. I hate this kind of thing.”
So Zach became the guest who was completely forgotten after being invited. When the host who invited him was looking at a junior high school history textbook, he doubted whether he was invited.
It's a pity that Zach really can't say, 'Fiona, you invited me to get the money, where is the money? 'Such words.
So that's it, Zach pointed to the display cabinet in front of him. There was a bat with peeling paint placed in the transparent glass cabinet, "I asked if Falcon is a baseball lover."
"Why him?" Fiona looked in Zach's direction and blinked behind the large desk, "Can't I be a baseball lover?"
This conversation is somewhat pertinent, try to understand—
Zach raised his eyebrows, "Sorry, I just took it for granted that this was Falcon's office, and the things placed here should be his, um, collections." Just like the taxidermy in Fisher Manor, Zach Ke's apology seemed sincere, "After all, you are a woman, and he is the man of this family."
Fiona raised her eyebrows and curved her lips into a smile, "Okay, that makes sense, haha, but he is not the only man in this family~ This office does belong to him now, haha, it belongs to my dear husband, But before he showed up, it was my father's~" He raised his eyebrows, turned his head, and glanced at the atrium outside the window behind him, "By the way, there is an old man who is too obsessed with gardening now." He turned back and looked at Zach. , squinting, "This office is also the place where I spent the most time growing up, haha. So, to answer your question, my husband is not a baseball fan. I am, haha, you can say, well, a bat lover, then The bat is mine."
This is probably telling Zach that this office belongs to her, and it is more about the meaning of Falcon as a man, and that baseball lovers and bat lovers are different.
What else could Zach do except continue to nod with apologetic eyes after listening. Silently walking away from the stick, he looked at the next collection, "Are you also a hockey lover... Sorry, are you a hockey stick lover?" In the display cabinet in front of him was an equally old stick.
"Yes~"
Zach nodded and the next, "Golf."
"Yes~"
Go on, "Hockey puck."
"Haha, yes~"
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After reading everything, Zach looked at Fiona, "You had a very colorful youth." Zach pursed his lips. No matter how he said this, it would never sound normal. "You are very passionate about A stick-type 'swinging' sport."
Fiona's attention finally seemed to shift away from the history books, and she smiled and shrugged, "I'm a girl~ You can't expect me to wave my fists like a wild man~" while saying this He raised his fists, as if sighing, "They are so small~"
Zach didn't want to comment, so he finally saw something normal. It seemed to be a photo of Fiona when she was young - a girl with heavy makeup wearing a shirt around her waist, holding a billiard cue, raising her eyebrows, and leaning against the table. . Well, not that normal, considering this is an office environment.
Zach pursed his lips and prepared to look away.
"Oh, you found something that belongs to my husband~"
Zach pursed his lips and had to continue looking at the photo, "I don't see Mr. Falcon in this photo."
"Because he was the guy who took the photo, that's when we met~" Fiona seemed to have fallen into memory mode, her smile seemed sweet, "He didn't know which unlucky guy he stole this camera from, no. I knew whether the camera could still work, so I randomly found someone to try it out~" He tilted his head and said, "Hahaha, I still remember that night, after we confirmed that the camera could be used, he went to the pawn shop, changed the money, and returned He came back and gave me half, 'Thank you for your cooperation,' his exact words were, 'This is your photo, you are beautiful.'"
Ah, youth.
If Zach hadn't known very well that the woman with the smile on her face was the one who said, "I'm tired of this game," Zach would have almost exclaimed, "What a sweet encounter."
Zach adjusted his mood and became a little more serious, "Fiona, if you still have something to do." Pointing to the textbook in front of the other party, "I can come next time." It was impossible for Zach to ask for money. of.
"Oh!" The recalling look on Fiona's face disappeared and she looked at the time.
This action gave Zach a bad feeling.
Sure enough, "It's almost time." He raised his eyebrows, "I can't let you come here in vain, right? Haha, don't worry." He took out an envelope from the drawer, "Are you interested in staying here for a while? I promise it will be fun~”
Funny, in a sense Zach was already agreeing. Because within earshot of the vampire, the front door of Falcon Manor was opening, and the place was about to get busy.
After taking the envelope and putting it away without paying attention to the weight, Zach looked at Fiona, "Should I just sit here?"
"Please." Fiona pointed in the direction of the sofa, then motioned to the wine cabinet, "Please feel free~"
Zach nodded obediently.
Fiona continued to look down at her history textbook, as if she already knew everything. Zach, considering what he heard, did not touch the wine cabinet and sat on the sofa honestly, waiting for the footsteps approaching quickly.
Bang!
The office door was pushed open. The first one was Falcon, who looked gloomy and angry. Behind him were the four children, Charlotte and Sherlock, as well as Eve and Judy.
"Dear?" It was Fiona who looked up from the history textbook with a confused look on her face, "Why did you come back early? Darlings, why are you back too? Didi and Eve? Did you have an early holiday today?"
The person who answered this series of questions was Falcon's gloomy eyes. Then he probably fully realized that Fiona would not let go of the desk. He turned around and was about to walk towards the sofa. His hands were also greeting the children behind him, but As soon as he turned around, Falcon's face froze because he saw Zach on the sofa.
And Zach's eyes were not on Falcon, but on the children. Eve was the plainest one, while Judy and Charlotte had their eyes wide open. Sherlock, he was too young and could be ignored. .
"Dear!" Fiona spoke again, this time with a bit of urgency in her tone, "You haven't answered me yet..."
"Why is Alice's other brother here?!" Following the way Laura called Zach, it was already a clue, but it was still a bit hard to imagine that it was Charlotte who asked this question.
At the same time, Zeddy almost instinctively looked at Charlotte with a 'sorrowful' look. Please, among these West Side kids, who doesn’t know what Zach does? Besides, do you need to specifically explain where these people came back to the manor from—the police station!
"Baby, the name is Mr. Grande." Fiona, a parent who had just said she would not participate in education, was actually correcting her child's education. Then, her eyes continued to look at Falcon without pause. "Dear, this is what I want to ask. Zach has been waiting here for a long time. Why did you invite him? My dear, at least be a competent inviter and give me some clues. How can I even entertain him?" He doesn’t even know.”
Oh, is that what happened? Oh, that's what happened.
Zach decided to stay quiet and put a smile on his face. I should go and touch the wine cabinet. At least now I can shake a wine glass or something in my hand instead of just sitting here and feeling the eyes on me getting tighter and tighter.
Falcon's long face glanced at Fiona, then turned to Zach who was smiling, then to Jeddy who was still questioning and 'contemplating', and finally back to Fiona, "Honey, what are you doing."
"Oh, Charlotte's history project, I'm having a headache what to do." Fiona's eyes fell on Eve, "Eve~ What are you going to do?"
"The first mayor of Barton, the genealogy of the Barton family." Eve answered.
"What a great idea!" Fiona raised her eyebrows, "Do you mind sharing this project with Charlotte? I've been reading here all morning and haven't thought of anything!"
"do not mind."
"Awesome!" Fiona immediately closed the textbook and stood up from the desk, "Let's go to the balcony to discuss ~ I can help. I think I was hugged by Mayor Barton's father when I was a child... "
"Honey, I have something to ask the children!" Falcon interrupted, gloomily.
"More important than Charlotte's history homework?"
"Yes!" This was the man who once asked a beautiful strange girl to test the camera in the bar. Now he was almost gritting his teeth. "It's more important than that stupid history homework!!"
"Watch your language, dear." Fiona tilted her head, and it was difficult to tell what her expression was. "It's up to you, dear. After all, you are the man of this family." When she turned her face, she smiled clearly. He said, "Children, I will be on the balcony~Charlotte, when your father's matter is over, come and find me." She walked away happily.
"I can avoid it." When Fiona's footsteps disappeared, the silence in the silent office was broken by Zach.
"No!" It was still Charlotte. This girl pushed her brother, "Go to the balcony to find mother!" Regardless of whether the other party wanted to, she pushed directly out of the door, closed and locked the door, and then rushed directly to her father. , "Alice's other brother stays here!!"
Zach wanted to remind him that he could just call himself Zach, but now seemed like a bad time.
Charlotte continued, "Father! Who is that woman named Heather?! How did she die?! Is it you... you..." It's not that this accusation is too serious to say out loud, but eh Dee covered Charlotte's mouth, "Charlotte! Don't say that!"
"Let me go!" Among boys and girls of this age, the woman still has the absolute advantage. Charlotte easily used her height advantage to get rid of Ji Di's restraint, "This has nothing to do with you!! You shouldn't be here at all. my home!"
Jeddy didn't have any reaction yet. Eve bowed and said to Falcon, "I should go back to Smith Manor..."
"No! Eve, stay!" It was Charlotte, who held Eve back, "You should see what the real West Enders, us!" are like!" Charlotte's thinking may be that of people who don't know. There was a little jump in the eyes, but we are all insiders - "Those West End people who would rather purse your lips and remain silent than answer the conversation! Take a look here clearly!"
He actually looked at Zedi and said, "Zedi is at least somewhat right! Why are the 'privileges' of us children so meaningless! Because the real privileges lie with these adults!! The things these adults do require privileges!! Now, My father is about to use this real privilege in front of us!! Eve, look at it! That matter in your family is so confusing! Let me tell you! You are so good! You and your father should While there is still some hope, stay away from Smith! Stay away from the West End! Stay away from this ghost place... "
"Charlotte!!" Falcon did exercise his privilege, but this privilege is called 'Father', "Shut up!!"
"Shut up?! It's a little late now, isn't it?!" Charlotte was probably not a typical good girl. She almost shouted back following Falcon's last note, using a girl's unique high-frequency tone, "You would rather Shut up when we are being questioned by the police at the police station!!" and speaking at a high speed, "For example, they asked what the woman named Heather said to my brother and me, such as why the woman approached us, such as Why should Eve help us get rid of that Heather, like..."
"I said shut up!!" Falcon took a step forward.
This atmosphere is so bad! It was so bad that Eve and Zeddy instinctively stood in front of Charlotte. It's just that Jidi looked frightened, while Eve was still calm, looking up at her delicate face like a porcelain doll.
Zach did not continue to sit on the sofa with a smile, but stood up and walked towards Falcon, "Falken." He reached out and took Falcon's arm.
Falcon stood still and swayed, "I..."
Whatever he wanted to say, he swallowed it back. Because Charlotte's half-open mouth was interrupted and closed, she raised her hand with a huge movement, pinched her fingers and pulled them from left to right in front of her mouth.
After looking at her father Falcon with the most hateful look a girl could express, and sealing her mouth permanently, Charlotte pulled Eve and Jeddy, "Let's go! Let's go!" Get on the balcony! I have nothing more to say to this man!!"
It was at this time that Zach finally understood the meaning of this chaos, the chaos caused by Fiona - to attack where it hurt.
Do you think the pregnancy note on an autopsy report is painful? No, this is where it really hurts. (.)