Chapter 404: The End of "Passing Away" (Part II)
The two shook hands, and without saying a word, they separated, and Parker stopped in front of the car, adjusted his mentality, and then sat in the car, wearing a frosty face and fastening his seat belt.
"From today onwards, you have to go home every day after school, before 6 o'clock, you don't have to think about the PS console and the new phone you want, and your pocket money has to be halved, it's my fault, I shouldn't have let you go to the parade, but you also need to take part of the responsibility because you went too far. β
"It's my fault, I'll pay you back. β
"Oh, how can you still rely on collecting scrap? Can you rob the homeless? Do odd jobs? Those unemployed people with survival skills have broken their heads to do it, what can you do? You don't have to do it now!"
"Parker, you're enough, stop! stop arguing, count me begging you, OK?"
A woman's carefulness makes it easier to feel the emotions of others, not to mention her own child, how can Lisa not understand what kind of changes will happen in his heart.
"Phew, anyway, reflect on yourself and think about how much disaster you have caused to this family. β
Parker didn't want to speak, even if his heart was full of anger, he lit a cigarette in annoyance, once he encountered a slightly slower traffic on the road, he honked his horn vigorously, and the company's subordinates called him one after another, making him more and more irritable.
Compared to Parker, who was about to erupt in the volcano, Jason was becoming more and more sad at this moment, the scene just now gave him a huge blow, his partner who was in good spirits two hours ago, but quickly became rotten after being arrested, and everything was unbearable for him.
"It's not fair, obviously Matthew and Morrison didn't do anything......"
"Squeak......
Hit the brakes hard, and the inertia almost threw the three people in the car out, and at this moment, Parker finally broke out.
"Fair? Do you think what you're doing is playing at home? Are you playing in it! None of the people who participated in the parade were innocent, because you didn't do anything to change all this! What is unfair? Even if you escape this time, you will definitely be caught next time! Do you know why? If you don't hit your fist on your body, you will never know how it hurts! You will become more and more arrogant and unscrupulous, look! I beat the police! They can't catch me~ How angry!"
"Think about it! Because you lawless people who try to attack the police! How many other marchers have you trapped? Just like your three classmates have cheated you! You should be glad that you are not over eighteen years old, and I still have to take care of you, otherwise you will be like your arrogant classmates, doing a lifetime of manual labor, taking the lowest salary and doing the hardest and most tiring work! Extreme marchers will become your label for the rest of your life!"
"Parker! Enough! He's having a hard time accepting the facts! Didn't you come here like this before! Everyone makes mistakes, and it's good to be able to pay bail and get out on record instead of being on the record, don't say it again!"
"I'll never make a bird, that's the difference between me and him!"
With a slam on the steering wheel, the untargeted squirt a profanity, the car behind has begun to honk, and the family continues to rush in the direction of home, sending Jason home, Lisa stays behind to comfort him, while Parker leaves and returns to the office to continue working.
......
"This was the most regrettable father-son conversation I ever had, and I never imagined that it would hit Jason so hard that he was devastated and completely despaired. β
"He began to become depressed, and in a short period of time, just like I had heard Mr. Hea's last words in the square, and I had learned of my parents' death, and I was glad that Lisa was by my side, and she was with me through the longest low point of my life, but I didn't think that no one would be with Jason through this. β
"Jason, forgive your father, forgive him for his words and deeds, forgive him for hurting you, though...... If it were me, I wouldn't have forgiven. β
......
"That kid is the bastard who got caught on the march? It's a shame to look at him like that. β
"I seem to have seen him, it seemed to be a group of people at the beginning, right, a small group of people, arrogant, unreasonable, uneducated, and now there is only one left? Hahaha It's funny. β
"Everyone else is in, isn't it? Tsk, why bother in the first place, hey, bastard! Is this what you want! Look at me! Come and hit me! For your bullshit sense of justice! Come on!"
The companion leaned out of the car window, put on a sweatshirt and hat to the side of the road, and the gloomy Jason defiantly, raised his middle finger and whistled to attract Jason's attention, hoping that he would come to find fault and send him to the police station again.
"It's boring, I'm leaving. β
"Don't Chris, have you developed pity for your childhood playmate? I know you're kind, but I can't do this for this kind of bastard who ostensibly wants to be righteous but is actually emboldened to unleash violence, it's not about class, it's not about wealth, I just don't like that. β
"That's not about me. β
Chris drove away with his girlfriend, not stopping his classmates from taunting Jason, nor joining in the taunts, and nothing about Jason had anything to do with him after he didn't listen to him to go to the parade.
He didn't taunt his childhood buddies, and his classmates didn't do anything to Jason who ignored him, but what they never expected was that Jason was still being bullied, but it was ...... From Jason's own classmates.
......
"Hey Parker, are you busy? I know you're under a lot of pressure right now, but ...... But Jason came home with injuries and footprints, and he hasn't come out of the room since he got home, so if you have time, go home, I'm not worried about Jason's state. β
This is the call Parker received forty minutes ago, Lisa was crying, so he had to go home, and at this moment, he arrived at the door, took out the key, and opened the door.
Lisa sat on the couch with red eyes, obviously crying just now, and now the atmosphere was very unpleasant to him, rubbing his head with a headache, putting the keys aside, and taking off his shoes.
"Still in there?"
She nodded, but didn't speak.
After gathering his thoughts, he stood at the door of Jason's room, listened intently to the movement behind the door, there was no sound, coughed twice, and knocked softly on the door.
"Hey, Jason, are you asleep? Mommy cooks a lot of good food tonight, and we'll eat in fifteen minutes, okay? Jason, will you answer me?"
The room was still quiet, no sound came out, and after a moment of hesitation, Parker finally decided that he wanted to talk to Jason about what he might encounter today.
"Jason, listen, no one is lucky forever, everyone's life gets messed up once in a while, you can't just let this mess go on, you have to sort it out, if you can't solve it yourself, you can tell me and your mom, we'll help you out, don't worry. β
β......β
"Jason, I need your answer, are you okay......? Okay, what's going on at school? Are they bullying you? If so, you tell me, I'll give them a taste of my fist, but I need you to answer me now, do I need my help, and if you stay silent, I'm going to talk to your homeroom teacher, even if you know, I don't like your old-fashioned and stubborn homeroom teacher, and if you don't answer me, I'm going to call. β
It was still quiet, but it didn't panic Parker too much, if Jason had done something stupid, the police would have come to the door a long time ago, and it would not have been his turn to speak, the windows were guardrailed, and there was no possibility of jumping, even if there were, he could hear it.
"Lisa, I remember there's a spare key to Jason's room in the cupboard, go get it. β
"Don't come in!"
This sentence seemed to have an effect and had a certain response, but Parker still did not change his decision, just put his finger to his lips and motioned for Lisa to take the key in a small voice.
"I want to help you. β
"No one can help me. β
"I can, I'm your father, I'll carry all the problems, OK? I'm not going in, but you have to come out and tell the story as it is. β
Reaching back, the key was already in the palm of his hand, and he pressed against the door, but there was no response.
"Then I'm in. β
He finally made up his mind, inserted the key, unscrewed the first lock, the second lock, and then unscrewed the door, in front of him, Jason was sitting on the bed, with many wounds on his body, he just sat like this, looking out the window, as if looking for the moon obscured by a tall building, but at this moment, his unspeakable encounter was seen, which completely angered him.
"Get out!
"I just want to help you Jason! I'm your father!"
"Do I need your help? Do I need your help with a word written on my face? Do I look like I need help? Leave now!
He pushed Parker with unexpectedly great force, and Parker was afraid of touching his wounds, so he could only step back step by step, and finally reached the bedroom door.
"Did they beat you up? Who is it? Classmates? Students from the school next door? Or who?"
"I don't need to tell you! Leave! Can you leave me with some dignity? I beg you! I beg you! Get out of my room!"
"I'm your father! I can't stand idly by. β
"Did I let you give birth to me? Did I let you give birth to me? With my consent? You don't know how much I hate the world!"
He spoke, said this question that scared the Parkers, or it was more appropriate to ask, he was pushed out of the room, the whole person lost his strength, Lisa was even more unbearable, the whole person's psychological defense collapsed, she had given the answer, and she no longer had the courage to speak.
Stuck in the mire, with no smell of earth, only the stench of mud, stagnant water, and corpses, the world has not gotten better since the day Jason was born, but worse.
Because he is not a savior, but a man who lives in dire straits.
Sitting on the edge of the sand, the two were silent, Parker smoked cigarettes one after another, but he couldn't exhale the depression in his heart, and the phone rang.
"Hey, Charles. β
"Mr. Parker...... The data is wrong, and now a third of the data has to be reversed...... I'm sorry but this was my mistake ......"
"Why don't you fix your mistakes! Call him back and stammer, waste time! I'll give you one day, only one day! If you can't finish it, just sleep on the street! Your squid is fired!"
Disasters have never been done alone, and there is still a way to solve family matters, but the work matters made him completely busy, and for a while, he could only quickly get dressed, told Lisa to rest early, and hurried back to the company.
It was only five hours later that someone crept past the sleeping Lisa and quietly left the house.
......
At this moment, the territory of the homeless near the apartment, they are scurrying around the street, rambling, and even gathering crowds to fight, Jason went out and was targeted, but it could be seen that he was a child, so he did not start to block the road and rob.
This was the first time Jason had left the house in the middle of the night, and he was a little flustered by a pair of malicious eyes around him, and he didn't know what he was going to do when he went out, but he didn't want to stare at the ceiling at home and lose sleep.
I don't know how long he walked, the sky was no longer so dark, and he could vaguely see his fingers, and finally, he came to the area where people gathered, a bar street.
He never imagined that the street he occasionally passed by would be such a chaotic scene in the middle of the night, with men and women drunk and unconscious, still standing up and hugging each other, unclothed, and unable to hear the swear words.
"Handsome guy, do you want to come once? It's almost dawn, I'll accompany you?"
"Hey, don't go, let's have a chat. β
There were too many women smeared with grease and powder around him, he was a little panicked, and hurriedly withdrew, but he couldn't bear the entanglement of these aunts who were so old that the powder in the folds could wrap up dumplings, hoping to work overtime with this young guy before going to bed and make another money, after all, they felt that they also had an advantage, after all, it was really cheap.
"Get out of the way of the old lady, you cousins!
"Who the hell are you talking about? Who gave you the guts?
"Johnny, someone's trying to bully me. β
At the door of the stripper dance club, the security guard, who was wearing a security uniform, wearing disposable black rubber gloves, a big beard, and tattoos, looked over, smiled and waved with the woman who came to the rescue.
"You're in luck. β
The aunts left and left in a gray manner, and at this moment, Jason finally saw the face of the girl who came to help.
"Jenny, why are you ...... here?"
"I ...... I work here, so ...... I met it. β
Pointing to the stripper club behind him, the language hesitated a few times, but on the whole it was quite hearty, and answered Jason's question neatly, and the slender legs and high heels exposed under the beige trench coat showed that she was not working as a waitress in this kind of place, she was doing the kind of profession Jason had in mind.
He finally figured out why she always went to school with heavy makeup, why she slept on her desk every day, and the source of everything was found, although this answer made him unbelievable.
"I haven't asked you yet, what are you doing here, really looking for these old women who are definitely over a hundred years old?"
"I didn't...... Just passing through. β
"I was beaten up today, and I was in a bad mood and came out to relax?"
"How do you know?"
"I saw it, in fact, I want to beat you up......"
"Why?"
"It's just naΓ―ve and annoying......"
She looked Jason up and down, not caring about Jason's eyes, lit a cigarette, and asked.
"Not going home?"
"Hmm. β
"There's nowhere to go?"
"Hmm. β
"God, for my sake, let's go, go to me. β
"Okay, your parents should be at home......"
"I'm nineteen years old, little friend~, and I've moved out a long time ago. β
"The ...... who sent you to school"
"My boyfriend. β
The two stood on the side of the road, at least one meter apart, behind them was the bus stop, although it was no longer open to traffic, but the billboard was still on, she leaned on the billboard, smoked, pulled out her left foot from the high heels, and the black silk wrapped foot kicked on the billboard, reached out to stop the car, did not stop, and went directly.
"Silly ......"
scolded in a low voice, took out a small makeup mirror from his bag, took off the false eyelashes, and threw them into the trash can, along with the cigarette butts, the false eyelashes went in, but the cigarette butts didn't.
Glancing at Jason, he laughed silently, after all, this teenager looked like a mentally handicapped now, wearing a sweatshirt, a hat, and a drink bottle cap that could play for a long time.
Holding on to the billboard, he jumped twice on one leg, got a little closer to Jason, visually measured the distance, stretched out the unshoed foot, kicked Jason, kicked him directly to the ground, and laughed.
"What are you doing?"
"Come, smell, stink, hahahaha......"
She stretched her foot in front of Jason inch by inch, and deliberately moved her toes, she laughed loudly, which made Jason roll his eyes and reach out to pat the foot in front of him.
"Childish ......"
Muttering in a low voice, he got up and patted the dust on his pants, fortunately, the distance between the two was finally not so far.
"Obviously doing the most childish thing, and mocking others for being naΓ―ve?"
He stiffened, but he didn't refute, just angrily kicked the plastic bottle cap off his good friend, and watched it roll down the road, and then be flattened by the wheels.
"Alright, let's get in the car. β
She had already hit the car and patted the seat next to her, but he turned to the co-pilot.
"Sir, please give priority to the back seat. β
He got out of the car again, sat down beside her, and was greeted by an elbow blow that hit the wound in the chest, and leaned against the window with bared teeth, and even the smell of perfume on her body could hardly make him feel uncomfortable.
......
Being in an old-fashioned apartment, he could smell the musty smell outside the walls from the walls since he arrived, and he noticed that even the homeless people didn't want to come here, or the only good thing about this place was that he could see the sun when the sun rose when he lived on the upper floors.
It's a pity that she doesn't live in the upper floors, so she can't see the sun.
"Wait a minute. β
She didn't go straight into the house, but knocked on the door next door, and when an old lady opened the door, she entered, and not long after, a baby was brought out.
"He's ......"
"My child...... Keep it a secret for me, please. β
For a while, he found that it was difficult for him to open his mouth, so he could only nod stiffly, and this scene refreshed his cognition.
Finally, he finally entered her house, which was not as dirty and messy as he had imagined, and although the house was old and did not smell good, it was very clean and tidy, the floor was bright, the shoes were neatly arranged, the clothes were not discarded, not even a single underwear or socks could be seen, and the bedding was very neatly laid.
The only place that is barely messy is perhaps the few dishes in the sink that have not yet been cleaned.
The child suddenly cried, which caused the two people to be a little flustered, but after examination, it was found that it was not the diaper problem.
"You just sit there and don't move. β
She got up with the child in her arms and walked to the window, turned on a lamp, opened the curtain, turned her back to Jason, and the shadow shone on the curtain, as if she was playing a grotesque shadow puppet play, she took off her clothes, and the child fell silent after a while.
"What's his name?"
"No name. β
"No name?"
"I just don't know what to call him. β
She tidied up her clothes, put the baby in the crib, quietly pulled two beers out of the cupboard, and handed Jason one.
"I don't have a class today, have a drink?"
"I'm not a good drinker. β
"I'm not a good drinker. β
turned on the TV, turned down to the lowest voice, the two didn't speak, just stared at the boring content on the TV screen and drank stupidly, she drank a lot, bottle after bottle, and when the three bottles were drunk, he had just bottomed out the first bottle.
Reopen a bottle for him, sit down, and throw the remote under his ass next to Jason.
"If you're bored, change the bar, and if you don't have anything to eat, you just go to the bar on the TV. β
He didn't refuse, and moved the TV program up and down until it was changed to the next station, a paid program, and an adult-oriented one, his face suddenly turned red, and he pressed the down button hard.
"Hahaha, good boy, if only my child could be like you in the future, then this ...... Have you seen it?"
She laughed quietly, for fear of waking the child, and laughed wildly, and suddenly broke again, took something out of the cupboard, pressed the switch, and turned on the light, and there was a buzzing sound.
"Put it away, put it away! β
"Look scares you, hahahahaha...... Anyway, the show is quite boring, so watch this. β
The thing didn't converge, it was placed on the table, and the TV program was adjusted back to the previous station, and suddenly, she took off her trench coat, and inside was her work clothes, the very sexy kind.
"Don't you ...... I'm calling. β
took out his mobile phone and glanced at the caller ID, it was Lisa, he was a little flustered, he didn't dare to watch TV, he didn't dare to look at her, he lowered his head and hung up the phone.
The phone rang a second time and hung up again.
"Is it in your family?"
"Hmmm......"
"I heard that your parents have a good job. β
Compared to their high school alone, Parker and Lisa's jobs are really good, they belong to the upper level, and they don't go to the school next door, Jason's family environment is indeed the envy of other students.
"It's okay......"
"That's why you can cultivate people like you...... Jason, I really want to beat you up, partly because of your naivety, but to a greater extent, it actually comes from jealousy, from the jealousy of someone who doesn't even dare to have a dream. β
"I don't have any dreams anymore......"
"Then I'll have a lot more balance in my heart, come and toast. β
This time, he drank a bottle in one go, not because the TV show was very drinkable, nor because she was very drunk now.
The phone rang again, and she looked sideways at the contact on the screen, gently rubbing her white belly on the inside of her arm, and smiling softly.
"You have two choices, first, turn off your phone, be a bad boy once, and sleep with me, your first time, right? I can teach you, just like on TV. β
"Second, answer the phone, tell your mother that she is safe, and then hurry back, don't let her worry, I tend to you choose the second option, because I ...... It's really embarrassing. β
The bell rang, and the two looked at each other for a long time, and she was like this, without a coat, just staring at each other, and then ......
He answered the phone.
"Hey, Mom, it's me, I'm going for a walk, okay, I'm going home, in an hour. β
She listened attentively, and felt that the female voice opposite was very gentle, holding her forehead, shaking her head and smiling, not at all as embarrassed as she said, got up, exposed her body, picked up her bag, rummaged for something, and accidentally, dropped a switchblade.
didn't care, continued to rummage, and finally found some scattered loose bills that had been crumpled and handed to Jason.
"Take a taxi home, don't let her worry too much, I'm also a mother, I know that feeling, let's go, go back." β
She pushed Jason out the door, didn't care about any body scraping, shoved the money into his pocket, and took the unfinished beer with her, and finally the two of them reached the door, in fact, she still had something to say.
"Jason. β
"Huh?"
"You like me, don't you?"
"Hmm. β
"Or did you like me?"
He shook his head.
"See me like this, this kind of life?"
"Hmm. β
Suddenly, the body loses its strength, and suddenly it loses its strength, and it becomes difficult to even speak, and when it comes out again, it is like crying loudly, and only the sharpest voice that may be hoarse at any time is retained.
"After going home, don't dream, we are just ordinary people, our careers will not be successful, our ideals will not be realized, our lives will not be rich, you are different from me, but in fact they are similar, be mature, and still be a good child." β
After speaking, she closed the door, waited for a long time, through the cat's eye, there was no one to see outside the door, she opened the door, there was paper money on the ground, smiled helplessly, picked up the money, closed the door again, the child was crying, so she hurried over, clumsily picked up the child, gently tossed the swaddling clothes, until he made him laugh, she also became happy.
"Sleep, baby, Mommy loves you. β
......
He took the subway, the first guest on the first train in the morning, and as soon as he sat down, his brain began to dizzy, and he was so drunk that he only had two beers in his stomach.
Barely supporting himself from sleeping at the station, getting off at the subway station near his home, looking around, the roadside full of tents last night was unimpeded, and there was not even a little clutter left, as if what happened last night was just a dream, but the muddy feeling in his brain reminded him that it was all true.
"Sir, do you need someone to work for you? I can do anything, fix cars, fix appliances, no problem. β
The homeless man didn't have much hope, after all, Jason looked like a child, but happiness always came unexpectedly, so he tried to ask.
"How did you get to be the way you are?"
"What does it have to do with you?"
"I'll give you five bucks, can you tell me?"
The originally vicious face turned into a flower again, put the banknote into his trouser pocket, lit a cigarette, and reminisced about the past before he spoke.
"I was twenty years old that year, and I went to the march because other people tried to attack the police, and I was unlucky, I was arrested, and it was like this. β
"Not the cop you attacked?"
"Of course not, I'm just unlucky. β
"How do you prove that you didn't do it?"
"You...... That's the problem, hurry up or I'll beat you up, man. β
He was kicked away, but he didn't care, and suddenly remembered what was said on TV, the prisoners in the prison said that they were innocent, and maybe in life, there are countless people pretending to be innocent.
As he walked, he passed the bridge near his house, and he stopped for a while, and in the distance a train was coming, and he stepped on the fence, swaying gently from side to side, as if feeling the wind passing by him.
My father used to say that when he was in a bad mood, he did it like now, and when the train passed, he would treat it as if he had died once and start again, so he would do it often, but ...... Today he wanted to do something different.
The train came, he shook more and more, like a leaf, swaying in the wind, suddenly, the health bracelet began to let out a piercing scream, not far away, a police car roared, he thought of a word...... Shouted loudly.
"I will die for my ideals! So I am destined to die for my ideals! The world! Grass you! Goodbye!"
As the train approached, the leaves fluttered in the wind and dumped towards the other side of the bridge......
......
"Mr. Parker, please come with me. β
Pattinger knocked on the door, stood in the doorway, his face was not filled with joy or anger, everyone was silent, and he did not even dare to raise his head, Parker got up and followed Pattinger to his office.
Pattinger sat down, and he stood, stood in front of the bookshelf, without saying a word.
"Why didn't I turn in the information?"
"There were some mistakes, so they're still being fixed. β
"How long does it take to get it to the design department?"
"It's about three ...... away"
Crash......
A stack of papers smashed at Parker, he didn't dodge, he didn't dare to dodge, it didn't hurt to hit his body, so he didn't have an expression, just a small wound cut by the paper in the corner of his eye, and it was bleeding outward, down his chin, and falling on the paper.
"I'll only give you a day and a half! If you can't hand in the information the morning after tomorrow! Fuck me off at once! Think about the consequences! Mr. Parker!"
This is his favorite subordinate, so seeing that Parker is injured, he doesn't say anything more, gesturing to let him go, Parker nodded, picked up the paper, sorted it out, put it back on Pattinger's desk, and turned to leave.
When I returned to the office, I didn't enter the room for the first time, stood at the door, knocked lightly on the door with my fingers, and looked at Charles with a bloodstained face that could not see joy or anger.
"Charles, you come out with me......"
......
The faucet rinsed off the blood on his hands, looked up in the mirror, the wound was not big, but there were more capillaries in the corners of his eyes, and the bleeding had already stopped, and there was no problem.
Shook off the water stains on his hands, pulled a few pieces of paper to wipe them clean, he just wanted to leave, the phone rang, glanced at the screen, it was an unknown number, then an employee came into the toilet, the two looked at each other, Parker pushed the door into one of the cubicles.
"Hey, hello, it's my ......."
Gradually, faint sobs came from the cubicle, and the expressions of the employees who had just entered the toilet did not change, and they did not even shake the water that came out.
......
"Please come in...... Parker, what's the matter?"
The anger has subsided, and the time for the new submission of information has been set, and at this moment, Pattinger has returned to his former amiable image, looked at Parker, and expressed doubts.
"Mr. Patdinger, I would like to take a leave of absence. β
"What's wrong?"
"My son, dead. β
......
Parking the car, he walked into the funeral parlor, where there were many people coming and going, and the families of the deceased were carrying the coffins and rushing inside, and Parker could only wait for them to enter before he could take a heavy step.
"Hello, I'm looking for ......"
"Parker!"
Before he could finish asking the front desk, a figure hugged him directly, and he took two steps back, and Lisa wailed and cried in his arms, attracting the attention of many people.
"What should I do! What should I do! Jason is gone! What should I do? He said he would be home in an hour! Why!"
The heart-rending cries made countless people stop, and the families of the deceased stopped fighting for space and judged the two until the police chased them all away.
"Is this what you should see? Do you need to come with me to the police station?"
Kolos chased the onlookers away, and with the other two officers, walked up to Parker, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and said apologetically.
"I'm sorry Parker, I didn't expect things to turn out like this, maybe I didn't scare him that much, maybe things wouldn't have turned out ......"
Before he finished speaking, Kolos couldn't control his tears, and lowered his head to wipe them gently.
"I also thought about apologizing to Jason after he got to work, but I didn't expect this day to come......"
In response, Parker could only grin an ugly grin and ask in a hoarse voice.
"Can I see him......?"
......
The body bag only opened a small opening, revealing the part above Jason's nose, and in an instant, Lisa passed out to the ground, leaving only Parker, who was still pretending to be strong, holding back tears, holding his mouth in his hand, and clenching his right hand into a fist, gently pounding against the wall.
Father Mack, who came to inquire about it, was beside Jason, holding up the cross and praying with his eyes closed, with words in his mouth and tears flowing from the corners of his eyes, Jason had grown up watching, and every prayer day he would go to church with his parents and steal the candy he was going to distribute to the children in advance, but never too much.
In his eyes, Jason is such a cute child who is a little naughty, but very responsible, and sensible.
"Our Father who is far away in heaven, please forgive Jason's sins as you forgive ours, may you see the sins of this world, but not theirs, may Jason's soul no longer rest on the bridge and the lane, may Jason enter the kingdom of heaven and be by the Father's side, Amen. β
When the prayer is over, he will no longer linger, and the sadness of this moment will still be left to his family, who will taste it silently, and other comforts, or the presence of others, will make them face a more painful outburst after forcing a smile.
"I'll preside over everything at the funeral, don't worry, Parker, reassure Lisa, don't make her too sad, you have to be strong, so you need to enlighten her, and don't do anything stupid. β
"Father Mack, I'm sorry, Jason didn't believe in the church since he was a child, but we always took him to church, and the last time, I hope he will come. β
Father Mack held the Bible and was silent for a long time before pushing open the door and leaving, with a soft answer.
"It's ...... anyway"
Helping Lisa, who had fainted several times, out of the morgue, she was met by Kolos and a middle-aged white man in a suit behind her.
"Hello, Mr. Parker, I'm Steve Osvela, I'm from the House of the Dead, and we have great sympathy for what happened to your son, Jason Kelling Wang, but I'm sorry to inform you that because Jason's death was not in accordance with the legal process, you will be summoned by the court within fifteen days to sue you and your wife for the child's miseducation in the upbringing of the child, resulting in the child's early death, and you will be required to pay compensation to the Parenting Foundation and pay a fine under the Suicide Penalty Act. β
"Okay, I don't want to hear this now, my wife has had several nervous breakdowns now, we have to go home to rest, it's always okay to go home and rest, right? You can send a summons to my house, instead of coming to me for compensation with such empty words! I will lose money, as long as the legal procedures are met, I will also compensate for selling my house and car, and if the money is not enough, I will go to prison, do you still have any opinions! If so, I don't mind bearing your medical bills again!"
"Parker, calm down!"
"How the hell can I calm down! As soon as my son died, they immediately came to collect the debt! How can you calm me down!"
"Okay, then you take Lisa home, I'll take care of the rest, okay? β
Kolos was much stronger than Parker, so he pulled Parker to the parking lot, stuffed him and Lisa into the car, closed the door, and the staff of the Death House smiled and made a gesture of please, then turned around and left without looking back, leaving Parker angrily punching the car glass.
......
Seven days later, Jason was buried in the ground, and the weather was sunny that day, the afternoon sun was just right, and many people came to the funeral, just as it was when Parker's parents died.
There was no pastor, no music, no people from other denominations, only friends and relatives who came to offer him a bouquet of white flowers, and then turned away.
Jason's classmates were also present, especially all the classmates who were arrested for the parade came, but now the Parker couple is difficult to smile at these classmates, because they still don't know if any of these people have hurt Jason in the first place.
After the flowers were finished, the group got into the car, and the convoy drove away from the cemetery and headed towards Parker's home, but what Parker didn't see was a girl hiding behind a tree, holding a baby and a bouquet of flowers.
When everyone had left, she walked out, walked to the tombstone, gently placed the flowers in front of the tombstone, and then bent down and gently touched the tombstone, as if she could touch the body temperature of the sleeping person below through the coldness of the stone.
She had short hair, no makeup, and thick dark circles under her eyes, but at least she looked like she was nineteen.
"If you had chosen the first option, maybe you wouldn't have been lying here, I didn't expect you to be the worst child, sure enough, naΓ―ve people are naΓ―ve until death......"
"I'm sorry, but I'm still working in a striptease club, and it's not because of you that I cut my hair, but it's because you don't wear makeup, at least to match the occasion. β
"I can't have ideals like you, and I won't be stupid enough to die for ideals, I will still run for life until I reach retirement age, and save enough money for my life, because I'm just an ordinary person, but I hope that my children can have their own ideals like you. β
"Right, Jason......"
She teased the child, waved at the tombstone, and turned away, only the child's laughter like a silver bell, getting farther and farther away.
......
"Three days later, I received a notice of dismissal from the company, I was fired and became a vagrant, and it was Charles who replaced me as the team leader, but I didn't know it at the time. β
"Thirteen days later, I received a summons from the court, and as the staff member of the House of the Dead said, I needed to pay a large sum of money to make up for Jason's casual death. β
"In this way, in just ten days, I lost my job, I lost my source of income, I lost my savings, I lost my livelihood, I lost the house left to me by my parents, I lost my home, I lost my children, I had no reason to live. β
"Is there anything I have to lose?"
"Yes. β
"My wife. β
"And I lost her, too. β
......
"Parker, let's get a divorce......"
A divorce settlement was placed on the table, and Parker did not look surprised at all, because he had also carefully considered that it was difficult to have any more reason for the two to continue their marriage.
"Forgive me Parker, it's really hard for me to live without Jason, I can't live with you anymore, the feeling of missing one person in a family of three...... It's really tormenting. β
"I don't dare to talk to you, I don't dare to walk across that bridge, I don't dare to pass through the old neighborhood, or even every street he had to go to school, I always think of him, not just in the dead of night. β
"I don't love you anymore, even if I don't want to, but it's too hard......"
Parker didn't speak, just silenced, snuffed out the cigarette butt in the ashtray, picked up the pen, signed without hesitation, and pushed it back in front of Lisa.
"I see. β
Seeing Parker's numb look, Lisa couldn't control her tears and kept sobbing, she didn't do what Parker's parents told her before they died, but it had come to this, and continuing to live would be tormenting for both of them.
Her heart was broken and hard to heal anymore, and so was Parker.
He got up and left the place, because this was Lisa's home, not his.
Numbly went downstairs, sat in the old Ford that originally carried many happy moments for a family of three, sat in the driver's seat, ignited the fire, and started.
Lighting a cigarette, he drove in a smoky environment without opening the window, through the streets, from sunset until dark, perhaps his eyes were smoky, he slowed down and wiped his tears.
Turning, wiping away tears, and finally, he cried, sat straight in the driver's seat, no longer wiping with his hands, but looked around, not wanting to be seen by passers-by.
The cry was hard to hear, and the shriveled voice had no emotion, like a long and soft shouting of the word ah, and then breathe and shout the word ah again.
Eventually, the screen dimmed......
......
"Don't talk about your old sesame seeds, Parker!
"People here, who hasn't had a tragic past, shut up. β
"That's it, my wife and son are dead, what's the big deal, what kind of bragging. β
The screen lights up again, and a pair of worn-out jeans appear on the screen, and the camera pans up to reveal Parker, with a beard and messy hair, engaged in a verbal fight with a group of homeless men dressed similarly to him.
At this time, a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes walked in front of everyone, and everyone rushed over in a swarm, even Parker was in the ranks.
"Sir, do you need a worker? I need a job, I can clean the sewers, bricklayers, carpenters, I will do all the work, sir. β
"Sir, do you need to maintain the car? or even repair the car, no matter what problems arise with the car, I can help you repair it, my price is very cheap sir." β
"Sir, do you need me to help you draw a picture? I have a good drawing, and the price is very cheap, I can help you frame it, and it will be beautiful to put at home, sir." β
"Sorry, I don't need to. β
was rejected, no one hung their heads, no one cursed, and accepted this reality very calmly, after all, it was much more difficult to get a job than to make money by scratching, and after glancing at the time, Parker said goodbye to the others and turned to leave.
"Leaving so early?"
"Go back to sleep. β
He didn't look back, waved his hand in agreement, took out his pocket, threw away the lottery ticket that he didn't win, picked up the big bucket of Coke, drank the last bit of base, threw it at his feet, kept kicking his feet, and walked farther and farther away with the Coke bottle.
In the afterglow of the sunset, the figure of the elder finally disappeared on this flat road......
The accompaniment sounds, the screen does not dim, throwing the last sight, and the subtitles rush down to rise.
Directors: Mitch Taylor, Kishal Mendeleev.
Production Director: Lukas Mendeleev.
Creative Director: Mitch Taylor, Lu Ze.
Art direction: Kishhar Mendeleev, Lukas Mendeleev.
Post-production: Mitch Taylor, Kishal Mendeleev, Lukas Mendeleev, Lu Ze.
Starring: Lu Ze, Kamia Kidman Hygura, Linko David Porto, James Burton, Jimmy Crowe......
Movie Title: "Dead Life"
The movie ends.
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A total of 27,000 words as the end,Each chapter is only allowed to send 20,000 words,So it can only be sent in two chapters.,This is the longest chapter I've ever written.,A total of 58,000 words of short stories.,It's really tired enough for me.,The original plot was intended to make Parker a homeless man to engage in fraud.,Cheated Chris's father's money and then died.,As a result, the police arrived before the injection.,Leave an open-ended ending.,But after thinking about it.,There's really no need to add this kind of heart-pounding plot.,It's such a bland opening.,Forget about the bland end.,This short story,Pure originality.,Waste a lot of brain cells.,Hair loss has been obvious recently.,Make me a little worried.,I feel bald all the time. ...... Fortunately, I can take a breather.
In fact, I fell into the pit I dug myself, and I could only write some difficult movies in order for Lu Ze to win the award, otherwise everyone would feel unfair if I won the award, and the more I wrote, the more difficult it became, and I vomited.
But fortunately, the main line is easy to write, mainly cool, the script is more difficult to write, convenient and reasonable, and everyone's sense of substitution will not be too deep, so don't scold me anymore! Don't scold! Don't scold, I'm crying.
I haven't left homework for you for several months.,You write the movie review.,I'll copy it.,Welcome everyone to find some meaning.,After all, it's likely to be changed in the future.,Because it's in line with reality.,I'm afraid of GG.,Okay,That's it for today.,Looking forward to tomorrow's comment area.,I'm going to sleep.,Good night everyone.γ
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