"... There will be a memorial service at the Municipal Theater at seven-thirty tonight."
Some voices came from the radio of the taxi, but the people in the car didn't seem to pay much attention to the big cousin and the second cousin who sandwiched Caroline, while Lawyer Carlo was sitting in the passenger seat.
Originally, Lawyer Carlo's plan was that, in fact, he could just take a bus there.
But the eldest cousin said that it is better to take a taxi, and they will pay the fare at worst, so Lawyer Carlo readily agreed.
"Caroline, you have a good relationship with your second cousin?" There was some silence in the car. Lawyer Caro tried to find some topics. He saw that Caroline and second cousin were holding hands all the time, even though they were covered by clothes. This seems a bit odd.
But who doesn't have some weird hobbies
The second cousin just gave Lawyer Carlo a cold look, which made Mr. Lawyer shrug his shoulders. Bored, he simply put on his earphones and started playing with his mobile phone.
Seeing this, Caroline lowered her head and whispered in her 'second cousin' ear: "Can you untie my handcuffs, it's easy to be broken in the hospital and cause trouble."
'Second Cousin' just showed a family-like smile towards Caroline, and then looked out the window without any intention.
Caroline leaned back on the chair in frustration, feeling more and more uneasy in her heart. In fact, since she came out of the humble workshop in Boston, she has been trying to find a way to get out.
Including when she said she would spend money to buy her life in the factory, everything was just to delay time and find a chance to escape.
It's just that she didn't expect that the 'big cousin and second cousin' would watch so closely, never let up at all, and wouldn't even let her touch anything.
She is just a low-level social worker engaged in sex work, not a special elite. She has already thought of almost all the methods she can think of, and now it seems that she can only resign herself to fate.
By the way, 'Second Cousin' is still carrying a gun.
"Oh! The hospital is here!" Lawyer Carlo suddenly turned around, smiled happily, and showed a good show in his eyes.
To Caroline's surprise, when she was about to get off the car, she suddenly found that her handcuffs were missing. The 'Second Cousin' pretended not to know anything, but put his hands on her shoulders directly. Almost pushed her all the way. 'Big Cousin' followed closely behind, leaving no chance for Caroline.
…
When Caroline saw Nia again, she seemed to be a lot weaker and her complexion even worse. The ward is bright, but has a visible lowness.
The whole ward seemed to be dimmed because of Niya's ashen breath.
Caroline felt a little complicated.
Nia was very tired, seemingly from a side effect of a cancer drug she was taking.
Lawyer Carlo directly shook Nia's withered hand, and whispered in her ear why he came.
Perhaps at the end of her life, it would be a kind of happiness for Nia to have such a person speaking softly in her ear, Caroline thought so.
Caroline knew that it might be difficult for her to know the follow-up of Nia's affairs, but there was no doubt that when Nia's last wealth used to fight the disease was conspired by herself and Carlo's lawyer, what awaited her would be a A night without dawn.
Sorry, Nia...
When Nia was awake, and under the witness of Carlo, who holds a legal license as a lawyer, Caroline signed the power of attorney and other documents.
"Can I have a few words with Caroline?" Nia said slowly, her voice weary.
Lawyer Carlo nodded and politely stepped aside.
Caroline subconsciously glanced at 'Second Cousin', who also nodded, and they knew more about the whole set of truths than Caroline.
"Come here..." Nia tried to raise her hand, but she could only lift half of it, and she simply gave up.
Caroline quickly took the place of lawyer Carol, sat next to Nia, and almost leaned over Nia's pillow.
"Nia, tell me, I can hear you." Caroline almost put her ear to Nia's lips.
"I... I actually made a will..." Nia gently held Caroline's palm, "For you..."
Caroline suddenly opened her eyes, "Nia..."
"It doesn't matter... Whether the operation succeeds or fails, Lawyer Carlo... he will give you something..."
"Nia, I..."
"Actually not much..." Nia shook her head: "After deducting the treatment fee...not much..."
"Why?" Caroline was silent for a while, "Because... because I'm the only one visiting you?"
"One of the reasons." Nia said weakly: "Thank you for being willing to accompany me when I was the loneliest. Although... although you came less and less often, but... in the past six months, let me What I look forward to most is your arrival..."
"Nia..."
"What we do in our line of work... most of the time there's no way out, but now that we've gone down this road... we just have to go down and try... try to find another way out."
Caroline looked at Nia, and Nia's gaze also fell on her, but Caroline felt that Nia's gaze was elsewhere.
She said, "I thought, I thought... I thought, I've found..."
Memories are very tormenting things, they are like a flood that is about to break the dike, suddenly weakened at a certain point, and then burst out with a force of thousands of horses.
Nia... is a 'senior' who took good care of her.
She was getting old long ago, old and fading. She dresses up brightly every day, sits on the street, sometimes smokes a cigarette, and sits still, until the ashes of the cigarette are burned out, she will move.
Know how to please a man and make him cum faster? There is a little trick...
You can let a man kiss you anywhere but only on your lips.
I have lived alone for a long time, so I learned to cook some dishes more or less. Eating outside food every day is a waste of money, isn’t it? In fact, I think my craft is pretty good.
Learn to protect yourself, hold this thing, spray him in the eyes of those who don't pay, and then kick his dick.
I came out and did it when I was fifteen.
loved ones? Have you ever loved anyone
In fact, it would be nice to open a coffee shop by the sea, and it would be even better if a guy who can play the guitar came to sing love songs to me every day.
Caroline, I seem to be sick...
Caroline, am I going to die
"Nia!" Caroline suddenly grabbed Nia's palm, "You will be fine, the operation will be successful... it will be successful!"
Nia smiled slightly, maybe she felt relieved, "The money in the will is not much...but...but after you get it, maybe you can try to study...you are much younger than me...the way out...there should be..."
"It will be fine... it will be fine!" Caroline said sadly.
"Finally..." Niya slowly closed her eyes, as if accumulating, she had reached her limit, "If you can't believe what a man says, don't believe it. They are... animals that are good at deception..."
"Nia...Nia?" Seeing Nia who suddenly closed her eyes, Caroline suddenly panicked, "Doctor! Call the doctor! Doctor..."
She tried to shake Nia's shoulders, but lawyer Carlo stopped her and reminded: "She just fell asleep. The medicine she took made her drowsy. Don't wake her up. She is still very weak."
Caroline nodded.
Outside the door of the ward, "Big Cousin" suddenly started talking to Lawyer Carlo, while "Second Cousin" quickly handcuffed Caroline's hands again at this moment, and covered them with clothes.
Lawyer Carlo saw that the two men were 'holding hands', and he seemed not surprised. He still said enthusiastically: "Okay, everyone, we have a happy cooperation. I believe that in a few days, we will be able to get a very good extra money. .”
"Lawyer Carlo?" 'Big Cousin' suddenly smiled at this moment: "Do you have a card? Maybe we will have a chance to deal with each other in the future."
"Oh! It's a great honor." Lawyer Carlo smiled and handed over his card.
This kind of thing often happens, gangsters, and lawyers who treat professional ethics as shit are like dry wood. Caroline was not at all interested in the sudden mutual affection between the two.
A nurse next to him happened to be pushing a car past at this time, with various medicines and medical tools on it. She just took something from it quickly while 'Big Cousin and Second Cousin' were not paying attention, and stuffed it into her pocket.
Lawyer Caro and Caroline said goodbye in front of the hospital.
After that, 'Big Cousin' asked 'Second Cousin' what he was going to do next, and 'Second Cousin' said: "Take this woman back, and wait for the lawyer to get the money in a few days...you go and follow." This lawyer, see where he lives."
They are still careful in what they do.
'Big Cousin' nodded and quietly followed Lawyer Carlo.
'Second Cousin' grabbed Caroline's arm at once, and said coldly: "Come on, stay with us for another day, and we will take good care of you, Miss Caroline."
"Wait a minute... I want to go to the bathroom." Caroline stopped suddenly, covering her stomach, "Really!"
'Second Cousin' frowned, then dragged Caroline back to the hospital without saying a word.
He took Caroline to the women's restroom on the first floor. Seeing that there was no one around, he quickly dragged Caroline into the toilet. The "second cousin" chose for Caroline to provide for the disabled. Toilets used by people.
'Second Cousin' unlocked the handcuffs on one side of his hand, and then locked them on the handrail next to the toilet, before saying calmly, "I'll give you ten minutes."
'Second Cousin' quickly closed the door. After looking at the doors and windows in the lady's bathroom, he went out again, and then leaned against the wall outside the bathroom.
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"Three days ago, we experienced a despair in our lives here. Some of us have unfortunately died in this disaster..."
In front of the theater, people dressed in black, holding white candles in both hands, quietly lined up in rows.
There are many white roses around, dyed yellowish white by candlelight.
In addition to the master of ceremonies' speech, weeping voices could be faintly heard, probably from family members or friends who lost their loved ones in the disaster.
In the distance, a black private car was parked. Getting out of the back seat of the car, the windows were just rolled down, and a pair of indifferent eyes swept across the crowd in front of the theater gate.
"Why don't these people have a memorial service in the theater?" Suddenly came a questioning voice.
That was... Kesi Ni who was also sitting in the back seat of the car. Naturally, she was accompanied by Doflamingo who had transformed into Dr. St. Flamingo.
The reason for asking this question is that during this memorial service, San Fran operated secretly early on, and people rejected the memorial service's request to apply for a venue, and only allowed to open the place in front of the theater.
In fact, since the hijacking case ended that day and the security department and the police searched the scene, the theater has been in a closed stage. After all, there was a gun battle inside, and many things were damaged.
"Didn't I tell you?" said St. François.
"Nuclear bomb?" Ke Si Ni was taken aback, and then frowned. She was still docking with Weta of the 'lk Brotherhood' in Sao Paulo in the morning, and rushed back here at noon, non-stop.
Kirsney dismissed what Saint-François had told her as the reason why he had chosen to sponsor the renovation of the theater as an unimportant joke.
"Of course I was joking." San Fran gave a weird smile at this time, "Actually, before Roger died, he hid something that was very important to me. Nothing was found on his body, and the police I probably didn't find it either. So I suspect that things are still hidden in this theater."
"What is it?" Kesi Ni asked with a frown.
St. Fran said indifferently: "If you can find it, you will know... Well, let people watch closely and don't let any suspicious people enter. I doubt that Roger's people are still dead. Although Roger is a A lunatic, but not a fool. He should have some remaining subordinates, who did not directly participate in the hijacking, but provided support from the outside... "
"Then I'll stay here." Ke Si Ni nodded.
"No, you'll still accompany me to the banquet later." San Fran shook his head, "Just instruct the people below to do things. Also, hurry up and find Bucky as soon as possible. I have something to ask." Ask him."
"Understood, father."
"Drive." San Fran told the driver in a deep voice.
The car drove out slowly, and almost at the same time, two figures were slowly approaching from the side where the car was parked, and they were also looking at the memorial service in front of the theater.
One person lowered his voice at this time and said: "Miss You Ye, you brought me here, did you want me to participate in this memorial service?"
The people who came were... Bucky and the club's maid, You Ye.
The maid lady glanced over the black private car that had just driven away inadvertently, then looked at Bucky, and said indifferently: "It's not a participation, but a performance."
"Acting?" Bucky blinked.
The maid said at this time: "These people are in a very interesting state right now, just so you can use them. Listen, you have to develop your own beliefs, which is a little troublesome. Under normal circumstances, it may even take a long time. It's slower that way. But because of the hijacking, you have a good chance."
"I still don't quite get it..." Bucky shook his head.
The maid said indifferently: "They have heard some news. At the same time, they are also wondering about one thing..."
"What's the matter?"
You Ye said indifferently: "My master once made a group transaction with these people. The master didn't hide anything..."
"This..." Bucky was taken aback, vaguely, as if he had thought of something.
"Go ahead and use your miraculous power. In one night, let me see how many believers you can gain." You Ye smiled slightly: "Let me see how high your potential is."
"But I..." Bucky wanted to say something more.
But in the blink of an eye, the maid had disappeared out of thin air, and Bucky knew that the woman might have hidden and observed him in the dark.
Without any plan in advance, what needs to be done specifically, and without making it clear, just let yourself play directly like this? Bucky smiled bitterly, gritted his teeth, and walked towards the crowd.
…
On the rooftop opposite the theater building, the maid is holding a street food pastel in her hand.
This was bought from the stall of the little brother who set up a stall on the street.
It's just that Boss Luo bought it last time, and bought two copies. Tonight, the maid bought it, and only bought one copy.
She ate quietly, the night breeze brushing her hair.
"This is, the taste of loneliness..."