Chapter 41: The Conflict of Time
Charlie is a dentist with his own practice, and is typically middle-class in the United States. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
On this day, he was busy at the clinic as usual until after dark, and then returned to his home by the sea in Brooklyn, and during the day he rarely went home unless necessary, so that after the door opened, the unpleasant smell of the house could not be dissipated for a long time.
It was very lonely to live alone, he took off his coat and threw it on the sofa, no one would babble and pick it up for him, tidy it up and hang it on a hanger, there was no tempting aroma in the kitchen, no one would prepare dinner for him before he returned.
Charlie had long been accustomed to this loneliness, he threw himself on the couch, and then grabbed the remote control in one hand to turn on the TV, and in the other hand held a hot dog bought on the side of the road.
The sound of the TV brought a touch of life to the home, and the picture was CBS on the damn Jim Allen Show, which Charlie hated so much, and everyone on it was silly giggling all the time, and every face from the host to the live audience was disgusting to Charlie.
Even if they haven't started giggling yet, they will soon be the same as before!
Charlie thought impatiently, and then prepared to change the channel, he didn't know what he wanted to watch, anyway, he just found a channel to watch casually, so that there was a little sound in his ears, not like a dying person.
At this moment, Lance's voice came over the TV: "... My wife, Natasha, died under the murderer's butcher's knife and left me forever. ”
The murderer, the butcher's knife and leaving, these words grabbed Charlie's heart at once, and he couldn't help but stop the movements in his hand and continue to read.
As the show progressed, Charlie's mood also fell into memories with Lance's narration, with a smile on his face unconsciously, he also had a loving wife, a lovely son, and a family full of warmth and laughter.
Unfortunately, a car accident a few months ago took the lives of his wife and son, and his life fell into darkness.
"One day, there was a guy named Xu An in the house, and I was very drunk, but I remembered that he was a reporter for the New York Times, and he interviewed Natasha, and I thought he was going to interview me, so I took out my shotgun...
Lance was still telling slowly, and Xu An appeared in his story, which made some viewers scratch their heads, but everyone listened patiently.
"I swear, I'm just going to scare him, drunkards can't always make sense, don't they? But Ann was not intimidated by me, he snatched the shotgun and hit me on the head with the butt of the gun, and he said to me: You trash that can't even hold a gun, no wonder Natasha will leave you... Susie's father never gave up, look at you again ... Susie? She, like Kelly, is my angel, and soon everyone will know her, and she is everyone's angel. ”
Charlie watched the TV intently, the hot dog in his hand had long been thrown aside by him, he had understood Lance just now and sympathized with Lance, but now he was a little jealous of Lance:
Why is there no one who can make me sober?
"I woke up and found Natasha's diary, and looking for the diary, I set my eyes on my good neighbor: Anthony, he is a widower, living alone in Queens, he is silent, he lives in seclusion, he is evasive when he talks to people, but he peeks at your child when you are not looking, I kindly thought it was his inferiority complex, but I didn't expect him to be a demon!"
In recent years, the number of sexual assault cases of minors in the United States has been increasing year by year, and this kind of thing is unbearable for any parent.
"I caught Anthony, I fought him and beat him hard, and finally the police came and took Anthony away, and I regretted that I didn't strike harder, and the newspapers called me a hero, saying that I avenged my wife and daughter, but they would never come back to me"
Charlie snuggled deep into the couch and tightened his clothes, the house made him feel cold all the time.
yes, they will never come back, Lance caught the murderer, he paid a lot of money to hire the best lawyer, and made the drunk guy pay a heavy price, but there is nothing to be done if something is lost.
"After catching that demon, I wandered around the streets like a walking corpse, not wanting to do anything, not daring to go home, everything was meaningless...
Charlie curled up on the couch and muttered, "The whole world has lost its color, right, man?" ”
"Luckily, I ran into Ann again, and at the café, he gave me a manuscript of a novel, and he said to me: Maybe you need to see this, and then I saw the story, about Susie, about love and family!"
Charlie, like many viewers, was intrigued by Lance, what kind of story was that?
"Now that I've come out of the gloom of the past, I've quit my job as a salesperson, and now I'm a publishing agent, and I'm ready to start a new life in a different place... Lance said, his face gradually brightening.
Charlie muttered curiously, "Man, what kind of book is that, you can tell me clearly!" It's really that amazing?! ”
He suddenly began to look forward to Thursday three days later, and he couldn't wait to go into the bookstore after a long absence, and buy the book.
Xu An was in front of the computer, looking at Lance, listening to him reminisce about the past, listening to him lift his sadness, and finally hearing his relief.
Saying everything out and in front of everyone, Lance looked a lot more relaxed.
His greatest goal is to use his own personal experience and that of his family to raise the vigilance of more people, preferably to avoid disasters, and at the same time to give comfort and relief to those who suffer like him.
And what freed Lance was "Lovely Bones"!
This novel is still on the market for three days. Through the Jim Allen Show, which has super high ratings, it has spread throughout North America.
The first thing I want to buy this book is that poor people like Charlie who have broken families, and they need something so much to get out of their grief and get relief!
After the Jim Allen show was broadcast, several major American newspapers reported Lance's interview or reprinted it the next day, and the murder case in Queens, New York, which had been silent for a while, reappeared in front of everyone.
Along with Lance, in addition to the discussion of various aspects of the case, "Lovely Bones" is mentioned repeatedly, and as the Boulder Random Publishing Company hoped, this novel about family trauma is already hot before it is sold out.
Xu An finally realized a problem: the day the new book was launched, it was the day he appeared in court!
There was an unexpected clash in the past two days, and it was clear that he would miss the day his first book hit the shelves anyway.
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In the hospital, we will continue to watch a shift, and the day after tomorrow will end in the evening, and I will be discharged on Saturday