America 1982

"You said that if my mother was alive and saw the two of us riding bicycles like gays and making pedestrians look at us in surprise, and all this was just because my father got into trouble again, would she want to buy a gun and kill him?" Tommy Hawke asked loudly to Tony Hawke in the back seat while pedaling the bicycle hard.

Tony Hawk chewed half a cigarette and frowned: "I don't know, but I think if daddy asks me to find a way to get some bail money again, I will have no choice but to grab the policeman's gun and kill myself. Go see mom."

Fortunately, the city of Warwick is too small, and within ten minutes, the two of them rode to the police station. While Tommy was placing his bicycle, Tony had already rushed towards the main entrance of the police station.

Tommy Hawke did not rush in after Tony, but first touched the more than four hundred dollars he had just earned in his pocket, thinking about how much he would have left after he got his dad out.

However, when he walked into the lobby of the police station, he found that the situation was different from before. His father, Colin Hawke, was not handcuffed in the lobby waiting to be interrogated. Instead, his hands and feet were standing in one place without any restrictions, pretending to be transparent. In the glass detention room, a policeman with his back to the door was explaining something with a serious expression.

"Dad." Tony pushed the door of the detention room open a crack and greeted his father.

Tommy also stepped forward: "Dad, good evening, thank you for providing your children with another wonderful trip to the police station."

The police turned around, and both Tommy and Tony breathed a sigh of relief. The other person was an old police officer they were very familiar with, Officer Lenny Kerton.

"Boys, don't worry, I'm innocent." Colin Hawke greeted his two sons with a grin.

Lenny, who originally wanted to say hello to the two of them, immediately looked away and said seriously: "Colin, if lawyer Joan Crane hadn't stopped you and I happened to be passing by on patrol, you would have been handcuffed in the same prison as yesterday. On the chair! You were almost suspected of intentionally injuring someone!"

"Actually, it was Crane who punched me first." Colin Hawke said disapprovingly.

Lenny Kerton said with an ugly face: "I don't think there is anything wrong with Mr. Crane punching you. Anyone who sees a guy with half of his butt exposed trying to seduce his wife will do this. !”

"I paid, I'm Joan's client."

"She's a lawyer, not a fucking Prostitute! You paid her, and she can help you solve your legal problems, but that doesn't mean you can seduce her into bed and show her your dick! Still a fucking gram Mr. Lan is at home! Oh my God, Colin, don’t you feel ashamed? That Colin who loves Alida so much, did he go to heaven with Alida? You were a good man before, Colin, my wife used to I talked about it with envy for the first time, how great it would be if I could love Alida as much as you love her, but now you are just a complete bastard."

"I'm charming and I haven't broken the law. I was beaten and I was the victim." Colin Hawke's angry questioning of Lenny Kerton did not show any emotional fluctuations. He just smiled calmly. Said: "Maybe Alida can turn me back into that good man, but unfortunately she is not here. Can you help me bring her back? Lenny?"

There was a deep sadness in that light and gentle smile.

Faced with Colin Hawke's rhetorical question, Lenny Kerton didn't know whether to continue to be angry or to comfort him. In the end, he just turned around and said, "Asshole, you'd better pray that your ass successfully attracts lawyer Joan Crane and makes sure that she doesn't She will report you to the police for harassing her, otherwise she is a lawyer and will send you to jail for countless crimes."

"Officer Lenny, I only care about one thing. Do we need to find a way to raise the down payment for the bail bond? Then call the bail bond company and ask them to send the money." Tommy Hawke looked at him with a confused expression. Asked.

In the United States, not everyone has the money to pay bail, so bail companies have emerged that specialize in providing financial guarantees to criminal suspects. The suspect only needs to pay 8% or 10% of the total bail amount, and the rest The money can be paid to the bail bond company. After the court hearing is completed, the bail bond refunded by the court will be directly transferred to the bail bond company's account. After deducting 3% or 5% of the total bail fee, the bail bond company will pay the remaining down payment. Refund the money to the suspect.

This is also the reason why Tony only needed to collect two hundred yuan to lead his father Colin out of the police station yesterday.

In America, anything can be done as a business.

"No, kids, no need this time. I happened to be patrolling by and stopped him in time, otherwise poor Mr. Crane would have been sent to the hospital." Lenny Kerton turned around and said to Tommy: "Your The father could leave at any time, and as long as Attorney Joan Crane did not report that she was being harassed, the police would have no trouble with him."

"She won't report the crime, she has needs..."

"Shut up! Colin! Now, boys, take your asshole dad away. By the way, his car is still outside the Crane's house. You two go and drive the car back, but don't let him go there himself. , I'm afraid Mr. Crane can't bear the excitement." Lenny Kerton stopped Colin Hawke from continuing, and then said to Tommy and Tony.

Tony patted Tommy on the shoulder and spoke proactively: "I'll drive, and you come and take Dad for a walk. Thank you, Officer Lenny. Thank you very much, Dad. Give me the car keys."

Tony took the car keys from his father's hand, winked at Tommy, and quickly left the police station.

Colin Hawke smoothed his long blond hair with his hands, then walked out of the police station with his head held high and his arms around his son Tommy.

"The smell of tequila, Tony really bought you a drink of tequila." It wasn't until he stood on the street that Colin Hawke turned his head and looked at Tommy, who was almost as tall as himself, and asked with a smile: "How was your day, son?"

Tommy gently pushed away Colin Hawke's arm on his shoulder, shrugged, and looked at the starry night sky: "It was a great day, if it didn't end early because you showed off your butt to the female lawyer. Even better.”

"Ah~ It was just a small misunderstanding. Joan wanted to check the old wounds on my crotch caused by being hit by the ship's plank to see if it was possible to use those scars to win some sympathy points in front of the judge." Ke Lin Hawk said to Tommy.

Tommy laughed, walked to his bicycle, and leaned on the bicycle: "So, if lawyer Joan Crane wants you to sleep with her to pay for the consulting fee, you will refuse?"

"Of course, there is no doubt that...if she wears that old-fashioned suit...it depends on how much consulting fees can be paid." Colin Hawke opened his mouth, and after changing his words continuously, he still gave an answer that was not certain enough. , but seeing Tommy’s half-smiling look, Colin Hawke stated with certainty:

"I love your mom, I love you all, and that will never change."

"I know, of course I know. I wish you a happy night, Dad. If there are no problems, I'm going to go back and continue studying." Tommy Hawke patted the seat of his bicycle and said in a nonchalant tone.

Colin Hawke saw Tommy Hawke pushing the bicycle and asked, "Don't you want to go for a walk? Boy, we haven't talked for a long time. Tony said to me, you can make eighty dollars a day. But still refused to drop out of high school.”

"I just wanted to avoid being blackmailed by you into dropping out of school, so I started a small business part-time. After all, you can always take away all my savings with precision, right?"

"Are you blaming me?"

"Isn't it obvious enough?"

"Why? I have never blamed you, son. Why are you dissatisfied with me in your heart?"

"Because I want to withstand the pressure you put on me and correct my life. I want to go to a good enough university and leave this small town. I don't want to be a cobbler, a car mechanic, a fast food clerk, a truck driver, etc. The best way for you and Tony is not to give up."

"You know, on that day five months ago, I once had an idea for you. I don't want to be your father. You think that if we do whatever it takes to make money and bring Bethea home, it will slow down your studies. , you know, in my opinion." Colin Hawke lowered his head and lit a cigarette, then raised his head and looked at Tommy Hawke with complicated eyes:

"Son, you seem to have forgotten that Bethea was taken to a foster family because of your damn magazines. Therefore, you owe it to this family."

Tommy Hawke's body trembled slightly, and he finally said slowly: "I will return it to this family."

"No, no need. I will take Bethea back to study. When you really get the college admission notice, I will help you prepare a check to pay for tuition. We are family." Colin -Hoke smiled at Tommy Hawke indifferently, then turned around and walked along the road towards home. The street lights under the night stretched his shadow on the ground, and finally wrapped it around Tang Mi-Hawk:

"I always thought that you had grown up like Tony. It wasn't until what you said just now that I realized that you are still a teenager. Son, continue to do whatever you want to do until you really understand family and responsibility. Before these two words, there was nothing to worry about.”

Thank you Yin Yang Wu Xing and Lang Lang Lang Lang Langzi for your replies~~ It feels great to know that someone is reading this book. It makes me feel less lonely. Thank you very much.