As expected, Bishop's car was parked outside the Church of the Holy Child, and the people in the car showed no sign of getting out of the car to handle any business. Is this what Sher said as 'natural'? She was the one who did everything, but she was not treated with any gratitude.
But don't feel sorry for Shel; all her alien ambitions depend on this. I don’t know how the couple who bear the surname of the founder of Barton got to this point. In addition to being a warning, it is also a warning!
Father Constantine and Sher were introduced. Of course, Zach still used the title of Mrs. Bishop. After the introduction, the content of the farewell ceremony has nothing to do with Zach. The number of guests and program arrangements... need to be discussed with the owner of the church, Constantine.
All Zach could do was purchase the decorations and move things around before and after the farewell ceremony.
However, when Zach was about to avoid it while the two parties were discussing, Constantine made a subtle gesture to Zach and asked Zach to go to the back of the church.
By the way, it needs to be mentioned that the nuns from the Church of the Holy Child are back. Crowley gave Constantine the privilege of choosing his own men. Constantine wanted back his original members, those who had originally guarded this unpopular church.
The ones who were entertaining Schell at this time were the nuns who were already familiar with Louise. As for the demons, I don’t know if they were ordered by Constantine, but they were all locked in the backyard and did not meet the guests.
Zach asked Louise to stay and listen to the arrangements made by Sher and Constantine, recording the items that needed to be purchased, not wanting to be looked at with contempt by Sher. In her eyes, I'm afraid this is another proof that Zach left things to women, and it is still the worst kind - Zach is the boss, and it is natural to order his subordinates.
Zach was helpless. Arguing with one's clients is rude behavior after all. Zach didn't want to say anything more and walked to the backyard.
Mike seemed happy to see Zach, standing in the door of his room waving, "He didn't want to go out, he stayed inside."
Do you know who Mike is talking about? Cue it was Blake yesterday. Complete worldview.
Mike is talking about an undead, a half-grown teenager we are familiar with—Jackson Bishop.
Zach smiled, walked a few steps quickly, and entered Mike's room.
Light cyan light and shadow floated in the center of the narrow room. Jackson looked no different from what he remembered, except that he was a little greener, well, a little lighter than Dylan.
"Aren't you going out?" Zach chuckled and looked at the boy who asked Mike to return to the world yesterday. "Your parents are in front." Zach maintained the teasing attitude towards Jackson when he was still a human. "It's your funeral, aren't you curious?"
Jackson looked at Zach sinisterly, "Do you really rely on blood to survive?"
The focus of curiosity seems a bit off. But Zach didn't care. He took out his snack can and shook it in front of Jackson's green face, "See for yourself."
"Same as the person who killed me." Jackson drifted away slightly and said with a strange expression.
Zach was a little offended by this sentence, which was related to the self-esteem of Toledo, one of the real thirteen clans. "I have nothing in common with him."
"It's different." Jackson floated to the corner, not knowing what to do. He said sadly, "You are even more shameless."
Zach twitched the corner of his mouth, "I think you should change your attitude toward me." Zach nodded to Mike to express his gratitude, "I was the one who asked you to be taken out of hell, and I helped you get revenge. You need to express your gratitude."
"Really?" Jackson remained gloomy. "I remember it clearly now. You tampered with my memory."
The vampire's charming eyes targeted the memory. The dead Jackson was no longer controlled by the charming eyes, so he remembered clearly that Zach was in front of Blake. In two sentences, he eliminated the commission he was about to make.
"If you hadn't done this to me and honestly accepted my commission, Eddie would have been discovered long ago, and I would still be alive now, and Elena would still be alive..." Jackson said sinisterly, his voice As it goes to the back, it gets smaller and smaller, and finally disappears.
Zach opened his mouth, it was the truth. If Zach had accepted to find out why Woody would attack Elena, Eddie would have been discovered earlier, and the tragedy of Bishop would not have happened.
At this time, Zach was not qualified to demand Jackson's feelings. On the contrary, Zach should apologize.
This kid was indeed very smart, but Zach was not prepared to apologize. At that time, Zach thought everything he did was right. No one can escape from themselves and observe all parallel event threads from the perspective of known causes and consequences. Again, Zach still made the same choice.
Zach thought about Jackson's words and realized that there was a very obvious shift in his emotions. First, he targeted Zach for his shamelessness, but ended up targeting Elena.
Zach looked at Mike, "Where is Elena now?" Jackson would be brought back to the present world for Blake. Before this, Zach had never thought about this girl.
Mike's expression was a little unnatural, "No more..." He lowered his voice, "The girl's soul is very pure and young, and has been..." Mike did not continue, but looked at Jackson, not knowing why. The reason was that he did not avoid him and said directly, "Because he is Bishop, when he was taken to hell, Crowley specially told him to keep him well."
'Keep' is an expression that completely objectifies Jackson.
Remember what I explained before, the feeding of demons? It's a binding, it's swallowing. It's hell there after all, so don't force the personal safety of half-grown teenagers.
Zach nodded understandingly. Regardless of the nature of hell, Crowley's refusal to give up was a bit helpless. Regarding Hailey's actions, Crowley completely failed, but now it seems that the fallen angel still wants to take advantage of Jackson.
There was a reason for Jackson's gloominess, Zach wasn't going to continue teasing this kid, it was time to get serious. Just in time, Mike's habit of betraying Crowley provided Zach with a reason to say, "Jackson, you heard me. Do you know who Crowley is?"
"I know." Jackson replied calmly.
Zach would not say anything bad about Crowley in front of Mike, but instead expressed it in a different way, "You are now Crowley's, can you understand?" Jackson, who was suspended in the corner, lowered his head. , look at his light cyan body. "Know."
Zach smiled at Mike and spread his hands towards Jackson, "You know, the first time Grande accepted your father's commission, the original reason was that Crowley and your maid Hailey signed a devil's contract. Want Control you, Bisharp." This is not a bad word, it is a fact.
Combined with what Zach said before, it means that Jackson is now just Crowley's personal tool against Bishop.
Jackson glanced at Zach and thought for a while, "I don't know what happened to Hailey in the end."
"There was a car accident caused by the Newton Demon on the border of Barton and Newton. Mother and son died, and Hailey's soul was bound by a contract. It was at Crowley's place, and then I don't know." Zach frowned, "Unfortunately, Putting aside Crowley's initial seeds, the person responsible for this matter becomes your mother, Ms. Schell."
"Is this what you Grande calls completing a commission?" Jackson looked at Zach more sinisterly, because Jackson understood why the atmosphere in his home was so bad. After Grande's first visit, it was so bad!
"You have seen hell and demons." Zach tilted his head. In a questioning tone, "How do you think I should complete this commission? Tell the truth to your father?" The question that doesn't need to be asked is 'will anyone believe it'
Jackson stared at Zach and said nothing for a long time.
Zach gave Jackson time to think and looked outside the room. In the church in front of the backyard, there was the boy's mother. Arranging his own funeral with the priest. In front of him, there was this boy's father, sitting in a comfortable limousine, turning the entire trip into an excuse for drinking.
Such a structure is not conducive to this undead's thinking. So Zach gave him time to slowly accept this 'new' world that was passively thrown in front of him and forced him to integrate.
"Why do you want me back?" I don't know if Jackson has figured it out. Seeing Zach speak, he was still gloomy, "What do you want to do, use my 'Bishop' like Crowley, do you want to do anything to my family?"
"No." Zach shook his head. He had already pushed Crowley to the 'evil' side, and it was time to put himself and Grande in the 'good' side. "I found a partner for you." The vampire began. Distortion, no, deconstructing the truth, "A partner who, like you, suddenly finds this world extremely strange and needs to adapt again."
Doesn't Zach often do this kind of thing? He is obviously trying every possible means to win over the other party, but it seems as if the other party has made the right choice based entirely on his own will after weighing the pros and cons.
"Partner." Jackson repeated without continuing.
"A friend." Zach continued, "A friend who can completely free you from Crowley's control and be trustworthy..."
"Can I trust myself..."
"It's Blake." Zach gave Jackson the opportunity to interrupt him at the right time, and then interrupted himself to conclude and give the answer.
Jackson shut up and fell silent.
Zach glanced at Mike and found that Mike was also lost in thought.
Of course Zach has to explain responsibly, otherwise how could you ask this demonic Mike, who responded to Grande's every request, to report to Crowley that Zach had told Crowley that Jackson, who was "kept on purpose" by Crowley, had run away?
"Blake is working for Mayor Anthony. If there are people around Anthony to protect Jackson, Crowley should no longer dare to 'use' Jackson for anything. Just like Dylan in Grande. "
Zach looked at Mike's raised eyebrows, smiled, and added, "Right?"
Mike also laughed, "That's right! That's it!" I've said it a long time ago. Mike's position is confusing. I really don't know which side he is on.
Jackson looked at Zach sadly, then at Mike. The cyan human figure huddled up in the corner, lost in thought again.
Zach gave him time again, the options were spread out, and the choice was up to him.
But before Zach could wait for Jackson to make the obvious choice, Louise came over.
"So soon?" Zach frowned. As he said before, what is going on in the church now is not suitable for a half-grown teenager to think calmly. If Sher arranges the funeral casually, God knows what Jackson's decision will be. What an impact!
After all, we all know that what a young man fears most is giving up on himself. If Jackson is completely disappointed in his family, the foundation of everything Zach just said will be completely destroyed.
Fortunately, Louise shook her head, first looked around the room, and then randomly chose a direction, "Good morning, Jackson."
Zach pointed to the corner, and Louise smiled apologetically and reoriented, "Ah, I'm sorry. We are still discussing what to put on the coffin during the ceremony. Mrs. Bishop said you have never been interested in flowers and the like. Something I’m not interested in…”
Zach was relieved that, whether Louise realized it or not, she was assisting.
Louise smiled, "She said that you are looking forward to a comfortable high school life, so you want to contact the Reiput School to make some symbolic badges, which would be more meaningful."
"Tell her that I want to wear the tie she gave her as a graduation gift." The crouched Jackson raised his head, glanced at Louise whose gaze was wrongly focused, and then shrank back, "If that means the beginning of the next chapter of life. In terms of the meaning of process.”
Zach may not know the origin of this tie. But we know that Jackson is right, that’s what it means. As a gift, the tie represents his progress into adulthood. The day after receiving it, he went to sit in on an adult meeting.
Zach nodded at Louise's confused eyes, "We will make sure to remind her." Then he patted Louise, relayed Jackson's words, and walked out of the room at the same time, avoiding the area to make sure that the undead would not pay attention. place and ask, "What's the matter?"
Louise's expression turned helpless, "Benjamin just called, and James came again, and even took the initiative to help us get the newspaper."
Zach blinked, twitching the corners of his mouth, and asked with a strong premonition, "Have we received another 'fan' letter?"
Louise's eyes flashed with disappointment and she nodded, "And he also read it. Now he is fighting with Benjamin... to read the first letter."
"Fight for?" It's hard for Zach to imagine that scene. Words are not something Alpha is good at. If he does it, Benjamin will just stretch out two fingers and James will be quiet. James couldn't be so stupid as to have a 'fight' with Alpha, unless he was looking for death.
"Well." Louise's expression turned helpless again, "Because the decoration people are here. Benjamin's exact words, 'Four middle-aged strangers are drinking tea in Grande and watching us like cats fighting. Grab a letter. If Zach doesn't come back, I can't guarantee that I won't be able to help myself and shove the letter down James' throat with my fist.'"
Alpha used 'cat fight'…
Zach raised his eyebrows. James was relying on the innocent bystanders and believing that Alpha would not explode in front of those people and cause collateral damage, so he became unscrupulous.
Zach twitched the corner of his mouth, really wanting to ask James what position Grande held in his heart. Good and evil seem to be switched at will when James finds it convenient.
Well, James has undoubtedly acquired new skills. (..)