Chapter 1 Emotional Distance

Driving on the Esplanade in Atlantic City, I slipped around and saw an inn called Love Boat driving past.

In the car, I changed into the clothes worn by the former godfather, a bit similar to the tunic suit, the straight suit with a standing collar, very fitted, the whole can give a person a clean and tidy feeling, I have already cleaned up the blood stains on my body and drove to the hotel parking lot of the boat of love, just wanted to go in, only to realize that I have no cash in my hand, it is impossible to live in the hotel, in a hurry, I smashed the position of the radio in front of the steering wheel, the small toolbox in the car bounced open, and six 100 denominations of US dollars fell inside.

At this time, Alice woke up and asked me, "What's wrong?" ”

When I saw the money at this time, I was very happy, and smiled at Alice: "Oh, it's nothing, we're going to stay at the hotel, and you also need a good rest, get out of the car, can you walk?" ”

Alice nodded, opened the door and got out of the car, I packed up my beautiful yuan, opened the door and got out of the car, my feet just touched the road, probably due to the double blow of the spirit and the body last night, I did not fully recover, I stumbled and almost fell, Alice followed up and helped me, to hold my hand, I was shocked and quickly pulled my hand away, and the leader walked into the hotel, an enthusiastic black male waiter immediately, greeted me, smiled at me: "Welcome, I'm Reed, do you need help?" ”

I said to him, "I want to open a room here." ”

When Reed saw that I had no luggage and was not very old, I was dressed in a black dress similar to a priest, followed by a beautiful nun with red and swollen eyes, understanding that we were here to solve our physiological needs, and it seemed that there was no tip to take, so he immediately said: "Sir, please go inside, the counter on the right will provide you with thoughtful service." ”

I nodded, and Alice followed me to the counter, where stood a girl with curly blonde hair, who looked to be about 25 or 6 years old, looked at me and asked, "Sir, what is the need?" ”

I said to the counter lady, "I need two rooms." ”

The lady at the front desk replied skillfully, "A standard room is $80 a day, and a VIP room is $150." ”

I held the 600 dollars in my hand, and the counter lady looked at me and thought that the room in their hotel was expensive, and explained, "We have the cheapest hotel here, and the average hotel is not as good as ours." ”

In fact, I see that the decoration of the hotel is very elegant, it must have been designed by celebrities, from the lighting to the decoration there is a feeling of being at home, for Alice to live more comfortably, I calmly said: "Then open two standard rooms." ”

Then Alice came over and said, "No, I want one." ”

I just wanted to correct it, but I found that Alice looked down, the money in my hand, pulled my sleeve, looked at me gently, and I was defeated in the eye with Alice, and changed my words: "Then let's have one." ”

The counter lady took out a room key and asked, "Room 212, how many days will Mr. stay?" ”

I weighed the money, twisted out four hundred dollars, handed it over, and the counter lady crackled on the computer and said to me, "Five days, right?" Registration is required, please show your ID sir ”

The counter lady waited for at least 30 seconds, and I didn't make any moves. That identity couldn't be used, and when she was embarrassed, Alice took out her ID card from her arms and said, "Is it okay to use mine?" ”

The lady at the counter was wondering, and when she saw the lady next to me take out her ID card, she took it and said, "Of course you can be his girlfriend, OK, I wish you a good time." ”

When the counter lady said the key word "girlfriend", we looked at each other again.

I was skeptical that Alice's ID card was fake, but when I went upstairs with Alice, she explained: "I used to get an ID card, it was given to me by Anne on my birthday, and she always hoped that I could be like a normal person."

As she spoke, tears flowed again, and I couldn't find any words of comfort for a while, and besides, I was sad.

Walking into the room, you can see the bedroom from the living room, there is only a wooden partition between the bedroom and the living room, the room is beautifully arranged, there is a uniform warm color, light orange curtains, bed sheets, sofa

I turned back to Alice and said, "Sister, you go to sleep in the bedroom, I'll sleep on the sofa." ”

When Alice heard me call her sister, she was surprised, "Why do you call me sister?" ”

I smiled slightly and explained, "Because you are older than me, for the sake of convenience in the future, you will call you brother and sister for the time being, okay?" ”

Alice, perhaps realizing that I was deliberately distancing myself from her, felt a hint of displeasure in her heart, but replied softly, "Yes." ”

I didn't notice that there was anything wrong with Alice's expression, I consciously wanted to keep a distance from her, what was my identity? The killer who was hunted down, how can she live a normal life with me, I have a lot of money in the Swiss bank, after transferring the money to Alice's account, I have no worries, and it is also when I leave her, it is not suitable to act during the day, after yesterday's fierce fight, I am physically and mentally exhausted, I must first contact the master, make up my mind, I said softly to Alice: "Sister, you are also very sad, go and rest first, wake up and let's go to dinner." ”

Alice walked to the bedroom without a squeak and lay down, after watching her lie down, I covered her with the quilt and closed the curtains, Alice's eyes were half-closed, and asked, "Will everything be fine?" ”

I pretended to be full of confidence and affirmed, "When you wake up, you'll be fine, sister." ”

Alice then closed her eyes and turned around, falling asleep with her back to me.

I was lying on the couch thinking nonsense, I still had lingering fears about my death hand, for fear of accidentally killing someone, and besides, I urgently needed a fake identity now, of course, this fake identity could not be wrong, where to find such an identity? There are trackers in the organization, maybe I'll be found tonight, and a fire in the church will attract the attention of the FBI, as if there is an invisible net shining at me.

My body is also different from before, it can repair wounds, no wonder I heard Anne say that Alice couldn't commit suicide when she was cursed, and the voice of death seemed to be still echoing in my ears, you belong to me, mine

In my sleep I saw Anne's kind smile, and then she touched my cheek with her warm hand, repeating the words: "You promised to let Alice live a normal life, why didn't you do it?" Why are you? ”

Under the shock, I woke up suddenly, the light in the room was very dim, it was already dusk outside, there was a lovely person sitting on the floor in front of me, her eyes were as tender as water, Alice looked at me quietly, I sat up and said, "Sister, you woke up early, why don't you wake me up?" ”

Alice said softly: "I'm afraid you're too tired, after I woke up, I wanted to be alone for a while, so I didn't bother you." ”

I was concerned: "My sister is very hungry, I asked the room service to eat more." ”

Alice replied, "I'm really not hungry." ”

Alice continued, "Don't you want to be with me?" ”

Faced with this kind of question that I have to answer, I must give a clear answer, explaining: "Sister, you know my identity very well, I am in danger of my life at any time, did I promise you, I want you to live a normal and happy life, you may not have much left in your life, I have a lot of money in the bank, which can make you live a better life, aren't these all what you have always dreamed of?" ”

Alice, perhaps thinking about something, did not continue to speak.

I used the room service phone, asked for the price within 150 US dollars, ordered some food, stood up and walked to the bathroom, took off my clothes, I needed to take a shower, wash my body, turn on the water heater, the shower sprayed hot water, after rinsing, the nerves that had been tense recently were somewhat soothed, as if every cell in the body was rejuvenated.

Walking out of the bathroom, in front of the mirror, there was not a single scar left on the body, touched the several positions where the cut was intact, and waited for the next full moon to see if it was possible to talk to the Grim Reaper, and asked what was going on with this strange thing, a slightly childish but very handsome face in the mirror, everything was the same as before.

After drying myself and getting dressed, I came out and heard a knock on the door outside, only to hear the door, "Room service, sir." ”

When I opened the door, I saw a waiter in a dark red suit, holding four bottles of milk, two tomato cheese pizzas, and a large steak, and said, "Sir, this is what you want, including a total of 150 US dollars, including a tip." ”

I was bored for a while, I had 200 US dollars left, what kind of tip should I give, but since people asked for it, I didn't want to give it, so I tentatively asked, "Can I not tip?" ”

The waiter saw that I was a young man, and thought that I might not have much money, so he looked into the room and saw a person dressed as a nun sitting on the sofa, but he still said cheekily: "Sir, room service has always been tipped."

I looked at him coldly, the atmosphere was a little awkward, and finally I was very reluctant to pay the money, and came to Alice with the food, Alice said to me, "You don't have much money, right?" ”

I laughed and explained: "As for money, you don't have to worry, after eating, I'm going to go out for a while, you haven't taken a shower yet, I'll watch TV or something, I may come back very late, you can sleep first when it's late." ”

Alice tore off a slice of pizza and said to me, "You have to be careful when you go out, will anyone find you here today?" ”

Although I was a little worried, I replied, "Their target is only me, and no matter how fast the people who chase me and kill me are, they will need to find it for a while, but this place is not suitable for long." ”

I took a knife and cut the big steak in half, and said to Alice, "You have half and I have half this." ”

Alice drank her milk and nodded at me.

After a stormy meal, he was full of food and drink, wiped his mouth and said, "Sister, I want to go out to contact some things, you have to be careful in the house, be more vigilant, you give me your ID card." ”

When I took my ID card and was about to go out, Alice stopped me, gently straightened my collar, and instructed: "This is the former godfather's clothes, you must dress properly, come back early, I'm very scared alone." ”

I wanted to hug Alice and comfort her, but I couldn't, so I said, "Don't worry, I'll be back at midnight." ”

I stepped down and asked Reed at the door about the location of the nearby Internet café, and Reed said that the Internet café was far from here, and four blocks away, there was an Internet café named "Swift".

I wanted to go by car, taking into account that the goal was too big, or choose to walk, it was the tourist season, more than six o'clock, at this time the street pedestrians come and go, it is a good time for leisure.

Along the Corniche, the sea next to it seems unusually calm, reflecting the colorful colors of the land, perhaps people who are accustomed to living by the sea have been ignoring the sea's indifference to them.

At this time, I suddenly felt that someone was following me behind me, and I was shocked into a cold sweat, who tracked me down so quickly?

The footsteps behind me were getting deeper and deeper, I stopped moving, and I was ready to fight back, and a person behind me patted me on the shoulder and said excitedly: "Hey, buddy, let's meet again." ”