America 1982

Compared with the cramped single curtain room, the layout of the champagne box is of course much more spacious and comfortable. Although the space is only the size of a home bathroom, at least it is replaced with a sofa and has soft-covered walls. The small coffee table also changed from a small dim lamp to a colorful light ball hanging on the top.

There is still no door, but there is no longer a vague gauze curtain like the one between the curtains, but a purple opaque soft door curtain. The most important thing is that the champagne box will not be guarded by bodyguards at any time, but only for fifteen minutes. Then he appeared and opened his mouth outside the door to remind the guests and dancers inside that the time was up and they had to either renew their fees or leave.

"Have a good time, sir." The bodyguard led Tommy Hawke outside the box door, said this, and turned to leave.

Melonie, on the other hand, walked in from the outside with a bottle of cheap champagne in her arms, with an expression as if she had seen a ghost. Tommy Hawke motioned Melonie to sit on the sofa, and he stood guard at the door, raising the curtain to observe that the bodyguard had gone away. , then turned around: "Okay, we now have fifteen minutes to chat without interruption."

"Why did you show up here, Tommy Hawke?" Melonie didn't seem to be used to being found in such a gaudy outfit by a familiar person. At this time, she was sitting on the sofa, curling up a little and trying her best to Reduce your own exposure.

Tommy took off his jacket and handed it to Melonie: "You should be lucky that the highest temperature today is only 17 degrees. I wore a jacket. Let me just say that the wig is good."

Melonie took the coat and put it on herself, taking a few deep breaths to make herself look as indifferent as when she faced Tommy Hawke before: "You haven't told me why you are here, 豼It's a high school kid, Tommy."

"My classmate gave me a ticket and asked me to come and see the world." Tommy took out cigarettes from his pocket and held one in his mouth. Seeing Melonie's expression, he handed the cigarette case over: "I want one. Support it?"

Melonie took the cigarette impatiently, and Tommy lit it for her distant aunt, then retreated to the door: "I remember your job is a substitute teacher, and your business has now expanded to tutoring people like me in clubs who have no intention of studying. High school student?"

"This isn't funny, Tommy." Melonie exhaled smoke: "I...I said, I'm going to change my job."

"Aren't you preparing to attend interviews in those public schools and apply to become a formal teacher?" Tommy Hawke frowned slightly and asked.

My aunt Melonie graduated from the School of Education at the University of Rhode Island. Although this university is not a prestigious school, the career plans of graduates are very clear, which is to obtain a teacher qualification certificate and then apply to work somewhere in Rhode Island. Go to a public middle school or a public elementary school and become a teacher who teaches and educates people.

The University of Rhode Island is not a prestigious school, so it is very difficult for graduates from here to work in a high-end private school, but it is much easier to work in a public school, especially thanks to the teachers' union that fought for the rights of public school teachers after World War II. , as long as a teacher works in a certain public school for two years, he will be automatically promoted to a tenured teaching position and cannot be fired at will.

What this sentence means is that as long as the teacher does not commit a crime and goes to jail, the difficulty for the school to fire the teacher is equivalent to being an enemy of the teachers union, which has one million American primary and secondary school teachers. As for the teacher’s position in the school According to the teachers union, the performance of education should not be considered when schools fire teachers.

This is also the main reason why the quality of education in American public schools is so different from that of private schools. After all, for teachers, as long as they have passed the two-year probation period, they are an out-and-out iron rice bowl, regardless of their hard work or inaction. , all earn the same salary, then of course they choose to work in the easiest way until retirement and receive pensions on a monthly basis.

Melonie is this kind of teacher who has no pursuits. She is now working as a substitute teacher in schools across the state. All her hard work is to get an interview opportunity from a certain public school. Those schools where she has worked as a substitute The principal can give her a positive review and win the favor of the school, and then after the interview is successful and she joins the job, she will be able to earn a stable job with a weekly salary of 240 US dollars, and she will be buried in the cemetery until she retires.

You have been working as a substitute teacher for so long in order to sneak into a public school, and now you are suddenly ready to change your job? And she changed her job as a stripper?

"I came here part-time because I need money." Melonie lowered her head and said in a cold voice: "Five hundred yuan, or more."

Tommy Hawk flicked the ashes of his cigarette: "I guess it's because of your ex-boyfriend?"

"We started dating when we were in college. When we were dating... we did some crazy things." Melonie's hands were shaking as she talked about the past. She reluctantly held the cigarette to her lips and took a deep breath before continuing. : "Later, that guy became a teacher in a public elementary school faster than me, and then he struck up a conversation with a bad guy in the school and got pregnant with that bad guy, so we broke up, but now, he knows that I also To prepare to become a public school teacher, he started blackmailing me with those crazy past events."

"Perhaps he has some photos in his hand that, if exposed, would be enough to make you bid farewell to the teaching profession?" Tommy Hawke was silent for a few seconds before asking: "So the injuries on your face are also caused by arguing with him. And stay?”

Melonie raised her head and looked at Tommy a little lonely, and finally nodded slightly.

"What a bastard." Tommy said noncommittally, then glanced outside, then continued to stare at Melonie. After half a minute, he seemed to make up his mind and said, "I'll help you get rid of him, you help me." How about doing something?”

Melonie noticed that Tommy had been staring at her blankly just now, and when she heard Tommy's words, her face immediately changed slightly: "You'd better move those eyes away from me. Although we are not related by blood, I am still you." Auntie, I will never be with you..."

"Aunt Melonie, I will help you get rid of that bastard and make you a sacred people's teacher, but you need to use your apartment as a mortgage to help lend me twenty thousand dollars from the bank, and I will pay it back within a month. You, including interest." Tommy Hawke didn't seem to hear Melonie's words at all, and went straight to tell her how to cooperate without waiting for her to finish.

It wasn't until Tommy finished speaking that Melonie realized that she had guessed wrong, but she still maintained a serious expression: "You can borrow money for college tuition yourself, unless you are prepared to do something shameful, plus you Hanging out in a place like this, Tommy Hawke, I suspect you are planning to sell..."

"No! Of course not. Although I do want to do some business, I can guarantee that I will never violate any laws in the United States." Tommy Hawke looked at Melonie calmly and calmly:

"In the name of my most devout mother, she often told us about the Bible at the dinner table. The one thing she told us the most was: Do not be a heretic, stray from the right path, walk in a dark way, or follow a crooked path. The path is remote. I always keep it in mind and seriously promised her that I would never take an evil path."

Melonie lowered her head: "So, you are not going to kill that bastard, nor are you going to use the money to do hemp or drug business."

"I will send him where he needs to go. If you are interested in business, I can also tell you about it. You can decide whether to lend me money after listening to it. So, do you want to go home together, aunt? For my sake For the sake of a poor high school student, let’s go home and chat, the fees here are too expensive for me.” Tommy Hawke smiled at Melonie and extended his hand.

Melonie hesitated for a moment, and finally stood up. Instead of shaking Tommy's hand, she gently hugged Tommy in her arms: "Let's go home, kid."

The second update is a bit late, please forgive me.