All Barton people read the same Barton Daily. Vertex 23S. Updated fastest. If even Zach, who was reading the newspaper on his back porch, looked embarrassed, imagine how the other parties involved, such as James, felt.
In the North District Police Station, guys who are not familiar with James at all will give James a thumbs up with a sure look on his face.
"Why is everyone showing me their thumbs?" James didn't read today's newspaper. The main reason was that he got up late and was almost late. He rushed to the police station after washing up. The person he asked was Wes.
Wes glanced at James's appearance and said, "Hair." He was mocking James for not having a completely tidy appearance, and then pushed the breakfast box on his table to James.
"Just right!" James ignored his hairstyle and took the breakfast box, "How do you know I didn't eat breakfast?"
"I don't know." Wes was quite calm. The moment James opened the breakfast box, "Shut up."
James did as he was told, took a deep breath, and took the sandwich in the lunch box with 'Miss You' written on it in jam. Another look at Wes confirmed that Wes didn't want to talk about the origin of this breakfast at all, so he opened his mouth and took a bite.
It took some effort to swallow the food in his mouth, "Today's newspaper?" James was trying to find a topic.
These days, his relationship with Wes has been somewhat... disharmonious.
The reason, of course, was the proposal at Fenway Park. Didn't Wes also call Zach after the incident? James didn't explain to anyone why he would do such a despicable thing, including Wes. Then, when the two had to meet for work, Wes stopped talking to James.
Needless to say, the two are partners after all, but it's very simple, like just now.
James knew that Wes was waiting for him to take the initiative to explain his sudden assassination against Zach. However, with a childish emotion, James just didn't want to explain why I had to explain, you (Wes) are my friend, you should be on my side, not because of that vampire to get angry with me!
However, apart from deliberately not explaining due to childish emotions, James tried his best in other ways to get Wes to speak.
For example, since Wes didn't answer such a meaningless question immediately, James asked again, "What about you, today's newspaper?"
Wes looked up at James again and answered, "Yes."
"Give me a few." James stretched out his hand and waited.
"There are new ones over there, take it yourself." Weiss continued to read the newspaper expressionlessly.
"I don't want to move." Childish behavior, "I want to see what you do."
Wes laughed "hum" and looked at James' deliberately rogue expression for a while. "Okay." Wes pushed the page he was looking at to James.
James curled his lips and accepted. Reading the newspaper wasn't the purpose, was it? James just wanted to mess with Wes.
But since the newspapers were here, James had no choice but to proceed. Keeping track of all kinds of news in Barton is also one of the police's jobs, and James doesn't want to neglect it.
Wes gave James the society page, as expected. James read it quietly for five minutes and then stood up. He pinched the newspaper in his hand with a gloomy face. Judging from the way his mouth was twisting hard, it should be It's silently swearing.
Wes ignored James' behavior, remained calm, closed the newspaper he had read, and threw it directly on James' desk. "Guard me for a long time, I have something to do." It seemed that he was leaving the police station directly. look.
James was stunned for a moment, then pulled Wes, "What are you going to do?"
Wes slapped James' paw off, "None of your business."
"It's working time now!" James was not prepared to accept this reply, which could be said to be indifferent, and directly blocked Wes's way.
"We don't have a case." Wes prepared to take a detour.
Two young but promising police detectives began to push and pull each other in the police station.
"Is this a playground for children?" A majestic female voice appeared from the direction of the homicide team leader's office. The right location was "You two, come here!"
James acted first, "You heard the team leader's order." With a childish attitude of success, "We have a case."
Weiss twitched the corners of his mouth and could only follow in silence.
The two police detectives sat down at the team leader's desk. The female team leader threw two documents in front of them without wasting any time, "You two, go to Newton now."
"Why?" James asked.
Wes was not in the habit of questioning his superiors, so when James asked questions, he opened the file. His brows furrowed and he looked at his boss questioningly.
The female team leader ignored James and looked at Weiss, "You were the one who caught the smuggling gang, and you were also responsible for the initial case of the nightclub under Smith's name. You went to Newton, huh, you can figure it out on your own. "
What did Hamilton say to Zach when he was at Grande
I guess this is the result of Hamilton not wanting to help Revro due to his selfishness.
The female team leader had nothing more to say to her two subordinates, so she waved her hand and dismissed them.
Wes was very good, took the documents and left. James... "This case has been concluded in Barton. Everything we know has been written in the report. Why not let others serve as consultants to Newton? It has to be just the two of us?" James, didn't want to go to Newton. Newton, because he knew Revero was in Newton.
The female team leader was very direct, "Do I look like Director Darcy? Why do you think you can make demands of me?"
Deserve it.
Five minutes later, James started the car and looked gloomily at Weiss in the rearview mirror. Weiss was not sitting in the passenger seat, but sitting in the back seat very lively, "Do you know what Newton has? ! Why did you agree to go to Newton!" This is childishly blaming his partner for not cooperating with him.
Wes didn't bother paying attention to James. Wes' current operating principle is very simple. As long as the words that come out of James' mouth are not to explain the reason why he assassinated Zach, he will not respond if he can.
James couldn't get any relief and controlled the steering wheel, heading south.
The silence in the car lasted for a while, and Weiss suddenly said, "Turn right here, go to Paisiying."
"Why!"
"none of your business."
James' cheek twitched and he continued walking straight.
Seeing that the intersection had been missed, Wes stretched his head over the back of the front seat and looked at James who was driving with a sullen face. "You, hum, you can." He sat back in the back seat and closed the document he had read. , closed his eyes, looking like he was ready to take a nap.
Wes's eyes didn't close for long. After entering the South District, the car stopped. James got out of the car and went directly to the back seat. With Wes's murderous eyes on his face, he forcibly dragged Wes out. In the back seat, he stuffed himself into the driver's seat and said, "I'll sleep if you want!" He walked around to the passenger seat.
After James forcibly tied Wes in the driver's seat with a seat belt, he really closed his eyes.
Wes looked sideways at James' profile for a while, clicked his tongue, and the first thing he did when he started the car was to turn around and drive into Paisiying.
James squinted his eyes briefly to see Wes turn around, then closed them again when he didn't say anything.
Well, you should understand, it's a childish show of kindness.
This childish overture was accepted by Wes.
"Jason made the sandwich you ate."
James' heart skipped a beat instinctively. Wes would never talk about this kind of topic to James.
"He lived at Blake's place before and was kicked out by Blake's parents." Wes did not check whether James opened his eyes. If anyone is curious, James tried hard to keep his eyes closed. "Now he lives in In Paisiying." Wes seemed to click his tongue, "The landlord is very bad. When he moved in, he didn't change the chain. Yesterday, I was asked by him to talk to his landlord about... life."
Wes paused for a moment, "We can't let those people think that we orphans don't have anyone to take care of us." Wes and Blake both grew up in the former South District Quinn Orphanage, so they probably still have memories of it.
Wes still didn't look at James, "Breakfast is Jason's thank-you gift." He said without a tone, "But he seems to have written the wrong word of thanks."
James kept his eyes closed, but his mouth was pulled to the side quite honestly.
Ten minutes after the silence returned in the car, James felt the car stop. When he turned to look at Wes, Wes had already gotten out of the car, "Come out and I'll beat you to death." James was speechless. His eyes moved toward a certain house next to the street where the car was parked.
While Wes was dealing with his "non-James business," James wasn't completely off the hook. The words just now were the most words Weiss had said to himself in the past few days.
Although Wes is very clear that there are some topics that he will never share with James, people are always fragile. Some important events that happened in one's life, even if he is unwilling to discuss the twists and turns of the event with the people around him, I would like to tell my friends that this happened anyway.
That's obviously what Wes is going through. And James is actually going through the same situation.
Lutresembra had already told Zach the reason why James plotted against Zach on the phone.
So we should be able to understand that for James, this is something he is unwilling to discuss (he was forced to take action because his father's future was threatened), but the whole process that happened was revealed by the people around him. You see, James was not going to hide the proposal process at Fenway Park, was he
James was thinking, 'Wes should understand me. '
With such expectations, James waited until Wes came back. Looking at Wes's face... you can't even tell. James used his own state of mind as a benchmark and thoughtfully did not ask Wes what happened just now, "You should drive. I'm really a little tired. I didn't sleep well yesterday."
Weiss said nothing and took control of the car's route again, returning to the south direction with the goal of Newton.
James didn't know how to express the 'reason' he just realized to Wes, so he could only say, "Why don't you ask me why I didn't sleep?"
"Do not care."
James didn't mind, "I was waiting for Kate. She originally promised to get off work at normal times, but she didn't come back until early in the morning."
Weiss pouted, not wanting to answer.
James laughed at himself, "After reading today's newspaper, I know what she was doing yesterday." According to the report on the social page, "I don't know... what this means."
Weiss frowned, hesitated for a while, and then spoke, "Don't you know, everyone is saying that you are really 'strong' and can make Kate completely ignore Grande's past grudges and help Grande write That kind of public relations article." Wes's tone was not very friendly. Anyway, it was James himself who started it with a self-deprecating tone. There was no problem for Wes to follow the ridicule, "Huh, what I mean by past resentment is that you put it in Glen Virtue’s secret lover.”
James naturally understood what Weiss was talking about. As mentioned before, reading newspapers to understand what is happening in Barton City is part of the police's job. James had also read the gossip report published by the Barton Daily News after the proposal that misrepresented the relationship between James and Louise.
Continuing to laugh at himself, it was rare for Wes to have a real conversation with himself. James was not ready to give up easily, "No wonder they all show me their thumbs. A bunch of guys with nothing to do, boring."
Weiss shook his head. Not in a negative sense, but in a deeper psychological sense that James didn't seem to be addressing the real point of the mocking dialogue: Grande.
Originally, Wes was not prepared to take James's words. His previous hesitation was also to give James a chance because the word 'Grand' could appear. But the fact is that Wes obviously overestimated James' IQ.
James waited for a while, but received no response from Wes. The feeling of frustration was spreading uncontrollably. There was nothing to complain about. James should not have had any expectations. James pursed his lips and said, "Wes, why do you care so much about that vampire?" He wanted to make the unhappiness of the past few days clear.
"That vampire?" Wes repeated the title, "Huh." This was an angry laugh, "So now you are going to use this title instead of him?"
"Am I wrong?" James was about to strike, "Isn't he a vampire?"
Wes tilted his head and didn't want to speak. If the other party continues to be so childish, then the communication is meaningless.
James did something even more childish. He reached out and turned on the wiper on the front window of the car.
Weiss's vision, which was focused on the road ahead, wavered meaninglessly. Wes showed no emotion and raised his hand to turn off the wipers.
James opened it again.
Wes closed it again.
Open. close. Open. close.
repeat.
Until, "If you move again, you will drive directly to Grandry, believe it or not."
James' already stretched out hand stopped in mid-air.
The atmosphere in the carriage was stagnant and could not last.
Almost the moment James stopped, the entire car seemed to be bounced up, giving the two young police detectives in the car a momentary feeling of weightlessness.
After several quick bumps after the feeling of weightlessness disappeared, the harsh braking sound was accompanied by non-linear translation of the entire body. Wes's hands and feet were still on the brakes, and he looked at James with a shocked expression, and James was the same. Then the two police detectives pushed open the car door together, pulled off the seat belts, rushed out of the car, and looked at the road they passed just now.
Anyone who has had the same experience knows that the mental activity at this moment is to pray, 'Oh God! Bless me, it was just some unlucky animal! … '
But as you all know, in this story... in reality, God is so merciful.
James and Wes's faces turned black at the same time
Zach twisted up from the ground and stood up, "Are you serious??" He straightened his arms, "Hit the heart of the rake?" He took off his coat that was ruined by the violent friction as everyone can imagine, "Between us No need to even pretend to be polite?" Zach looked at the blood all over his body, "Are we going to jump directly to this stage now?"
"I didn't see you..." Wes was about to step forward, but was pulled by James.
Zach then looked at Wes, "Then why did you turn on the wipers? I thought you were greeting me." Swinging, isn't it
Wes was very smart and directly grabbed James' hand with his backhand, showing off in a victorious manner, "He drove it."