At seven o'clock in the evening, the ballroom of the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood is brightly lit and bustling with people.

As a representative of the Federal Bank of California, the handsome and dashing Rick appeared at the venue in impeccable attire.

Rick, who thought it was just an ordinary social occasion, regretted that he was too popular. Not long after he entered the venue, he noticed that many of the guests present were acquaintances. If it was usual, Rick would be happy to meet them up, have a drink, and exchange a few polite words or unnutritious. But now he doesn't want that.

Therefore, in a white suit, he can only stay in the corner in a low-key manner, trying not to attract the attention of others.

Luckily, Rick is here today, and his boss, Freme, hasn't given him any mandatory tasks.

Although the hosts of the banquet, L'Oréal from France, held the banquet to get in touch with the banks to seek loans to restore business in the United States, their goal was clearly to place their business on the banks of America, which were well capitalized. Small banks like the Commonwealth of California were lucky enough to receive an invitation, but they couldn't have won the loan contract.

As the manager of the credit department, Freme saw this very clearly, which is why he asked Rick to attend the banquet for him.

Of course, Fremé didn't tell Rick about these things, he just talked about the theme of the party, so that Rick could make friends with the other party if he had the chance.

Halfway through the banquet, several senior executives of L'Oréal America and representatives of several major banks in California had already chatted. Seeing this, Rick was hesitating to finish Frémay's explanation when a beautiful lady with slightly curly hair, a black dress, and a pearl necklace around her neck held a goblet in one hand, just in front of his view.

"Hello!"

The lady shook the glass in her hand and said hello first.

At the moment of beauty, Rick immediately threw off the plan in his mind, and the gentleman replied: "Good evening, beautiful ......"

"Call me Lillian!"

"Hello, Lillian. The young gentleman smiled, "My name is Rick." ”

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August 21, Los Angeles Union Station.

Evan walked out of the station and got into the car Haines had prepared.

Bob and Haines slapped each other, which was both a handover and a customary action between comrades.

Evan sat in the back seat and fastened his seatbelt. After the driver Haines was ready to move, he started the car and asked, "Boss, go to Inglewood first, or go straight back to the cabin in the woods?"

After nearly three days on the long-distance train, Evan looked a little tired, and replied with a depressed expression: "Let's go back to the hut." ”

"OK! target, University Park Road. ”

Compared to Bob, who is sparsely spoken, Haynes is much more cheerful. He never closed his mouth all the way.

Evan closed his eyes and didn't mean to stop him from talking nonsense.

Haynes chattered endlessly, and there was no accurate number of nonsense topics, from the current lively elections to the celebrity gossip in Hollywood, and Evan was listening to stand-up comedy.

In Haines's mouth, the current presidential election campaign is extremely lively, and the Republican Democracy plus the third party, the New Progressive Party, the three parties come and go, tear each other down, and the attraction is not much less than Hollywood gossip.

Of course, as Evan's personal bodyguard, Haynes still added that it would be nice if the governor could be elected.

Evan was noncommittal.

"That's right, BOSS, it's almost at the destination, I'll give you a reminder here, pay attention when you open the door, maybe there will be a surprise!"

"Huh?"

Evan didn't know why, and was about to ask for clarification, when Haynes braked, and the car stopped, surrounded by places he couldn't be more familiar with.

Now that he had arrived, Evan stopped asking. He opened the car door, took the luggage from Bob, who got out of the car first, and ordered, "Bob, you go and rest too." ”

Bob nodded and said, "Okay." ”

After nodding to Haynes, Evan walked towards the room with his luggage.

As for Haines, who took over from Bob, he will next stay close to Evan's perimeter, not leaving an inch.

Arriving at the door, Evan, who had forgotten Haynes' reminder, was about to take out the key to open the door, only to find that the door was unlocked.

Is Audrey back?

Is this the surprise that Haynes said?

With a hint of anticipation, Evan twisted the doorknob and pushed the door in.

A familiar voice reached Evan's ears from the channel.

"Virginia, I'm hungry, haven't I cooked yet?"

Evan changed into slippers at the entrance, and couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart: "This is Dora's voice, and Virginia is also ...... Why are they here?"

"Dora, someone looks like they're coming in?"

This is Dorothy's voice.

"Really? I'll take a look. ”

As she spoke, Dora hopped to the passage leading to the gate, and happened to make eye contact with Evan who had changed his shoes.

"Ah, Brother Evan!"

"You're back!"

Dora let out a cheer, then opened her arms and ran briskly towards it, and after a few steps, she jumped to her feet and hung on Evan like an octopus without hesitation.

The shock caused Evan to take two steps back, and in order to prevent his sister from falling, he did not carry his luggage, and put one hand around Dora's back.

In this way, Evan came to the living room with the "pendant" and saw Dorothy, who was also delighted, and Robert was already crouching in front of the TV.

The brand name of that TV was "SONY".

"Why are you here?"

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Dora, will you come down for me and answer my questions properly?"

After Evan's harsh reprimand, Dora jumped off him, and replied as she straightened her clothes, "Mrs. Pierce has gone on vacation, and Virginia is bored, so she took us out to play." ”

Evan raised his eyebrows, looked at Dora suspiciously, and asked, "Is that so?"

Dora's eyes widened and she seemed to say, do I look like I'm lying?

"Of course not!"

It was Virginia who spoke, wearing an apron and wiping her hands as she walked towards Dora.

"Evan, you're back. ”

"Dora, come here, when did I say I'm bored?"

Dora saw that it was not good, and quickly admitted her mistake and said, "I'm sorry, I was wrong, it was my idea to come to Los Angeles." ”

"Brother Evan, you're tired, come, sit down, I'll rub your shoulders. ”

Evan was dragged onto the couch by the dog-legged Dora, and a pair of small hands graciously rested on his shoulders, making him close his eyes comfortably.

Virginia glared at Dora angrily, then went back to the kitchen.

"How many days have you been here?"

"Arrived the day before yesterday. ”

"Where have you gone?"

Dorothy said, "Studios, beach ......"

Robert added: "There is also a training base. ”

No wonder Haynes would know.

"Where are you going next?"

Dora said, "It's not decided yet, what are we discussing?"

"There's a citrus festival in San Bernardino that I want to see, but Robert doesn't want to move," Dorothy said. ”

Dora chimed in, "Brother Evan, he wants to tear down your TV." ＂

Evan opened his eyes, and Robert in front of the TV shuddered involuntarily.

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