Even though he knew that Drake's ex-wife would not put all of her children's two-day Patton outings in a funeral home, she insisted on going back to the hotel even though it was lunchtime. Oh, that's a good enough act...... Rude. But considering that Drake's ex-wife was not willing to socialize with Grande at all, this faux pass seemed insignificant.

The exact process will not be repeated, anyway, in the end it was Derek who looked apologetic, "She insisted on taking the children back, and in the afternoon she would go to Liszt Street, and then tomorrow she would go to see the port and the beach." Drake didn't actually have to tell Zach about these trips, "You and Benjamin can be together if you want." ”

"You don't want us together. Zach refused, knowing that Drake meant well, "Stay safe." ”

However, Grande's lunch will not be canceled here, and Fitz's gang will naturally thank him for coming to help. It's Zach and Louise who are doing the hard work to make a bunch of food they won't eat. Grande's cook, Mo, went to meet the star, haven't forgotten.

Zach didn't expect Benjamin to stay and help, "You don't have to stay in Grande, Drake is gone." ”

"Then I'm leaving. Benjamin put down the ingredients he had just picked up, and it was crisp enough. But as soon as I got out of the kitchen door, I went around in circles and came back, "I read the manuscript of Madison's new volume. Don't you think you should say something to me? like, excuse me?"

"Why?" Zach wondered.

Sem reminded, "You must have asked me to tell the story of when he wasn't an alpha yet, that paragraph." ”

"Oh. Zach remembered and began to shift the subject, "Did Madison write a new manuscript, why did you see it before me?" and. Zach complained a little, "Is he still messing around with manuscripts, leaking everyone's secrets?" Hehe, James's trouble, isn't he enough." ”

"Madison didn't, James had enough, he didn't dare. Benjamin continued to pick up the ingredients he had just put down, "He just gave me a commission, and I asked for the payment for his manuscript, and I didn't give him any chance of refusing." ”

"Why?"

"Even though I'm away from Grande, I want to stay on top of what you're doing. Don't get too excited. Benjamin replied casually, "A loss-making trade." At Madison's previous rate, at least one roll a week, some of the things you led happened in three or four days. But this time, it's been half a month, and he seems to have only made a start. ”

Zach read that right, Benjamin rolled his eyes at the ingredients in his hand and continued, "And you know Madison's bad habits, his beginnings, are always passers-by's stories. ”

Hearing this, Zach wanted to laugh, "So this time, the story of the open book, whose is it?" Do you remember the explanation that Madison gave him in the past: Zachary Grande always inserts into the lives of ordinary people with his speechless characteristics. This is a city where there is a restless Eternal, and people's lives should be the way they should be - Zach, who takes everyone's lives and becomes his own story.

"Dale Walker. Benjamin pointed through the back window of the kitchen to the living quarters.

"Oh~"

"You don't sound surprised. ”

"Hehe, what did Madison write?" Zach decided to ask first.

"Apparently Dale Walker has a habit of keeping a diary. Benjamin seemed to be thinking as he spoke, "as he summed up in his diary the half-month he had been in Grande, expressing his confusion about his future." And then......" Benjamin scratched his chin, "his current status as Dale Walker, he bought it from Steve." ”

"Really?" Zach was a little interested.

"Really, he wrote it in his diary, and when Steve came to Grande, he was hiding from Steve, so as not to be recognized by Steve. Benjamin shrugged, "Killing Susan was his first job at Barton, and he screwed up." ”

Don't interject, Louise—"Does he want to get out of me about Daisy's whereabouts so he can get rid of the witnesses?"

Benjamin glanced at Louise and Zack, "You two are a real match." Well, regardless of the reason for Benjamin's comment, he continued, "Yes, but Grande's current division has not given him any opportunity to get information from you. Benjamin tilted his head, "This Dale seems to have realization, he belongs to the old Hank camp." Benjamin then waved his hand, "At Mrs. Quinn's funeral." Employer, as soon as Acera showed that he knew you very well, he began to be very confused about his situation in Grande. ”

"What's so confusing about this?" Zach knew that Benjamin had tried his best to sort out the narrative, but Benjamin was Benjamin, and in this case, it would be better to show Zack Madison's manuscript.

"He was just confused. Benjamin pouted, "Anyway, he's starting to understand that Grande's social connections are on you, but old Hank's side is hell-bent on letting you go." Benjamin was struggling, "If Grande's biggest resource, you are squeezed out of Grande, then there is no point in him at Grande, he is a new to Barton's special profession that requires resources." But if he doesn't stay with Grande, his reputation has been ruined by Ethra's job being screwed up. That's the case. Understood?"

"Understood. Zach looked at Benjamin with a smile, "You've gotten smarter." ”

"I don't, number 2 analysis. ”

"Number 2. Immediately, Zach waved his hand. I almost forgot about this person - Tam's follower, who became Torredo on the 'General's side, but because Zach didn't pay attention to the 'General', he was sent by Tamm to Benjamin's side for protection. Since it was mentioned, Zach said, "How is he?"

"It's okay. It's quite convenient to go out and run an errand. Benjamin's words took a turn for the moment, and he felt it carefully, "It's that although I'm a Toledo, I'm always missing something." ”

Toredo, who is in the 'General' department, has not received Zack's true biography and will not use the Pupil of Enchantment.

Zach wouldn't be Zach if he couldn't even hear this, and he didn't look at Benjamin's soft chuckle and didn't bother to answer.

Benjamin probably didn't expect anything, and after a moment of silence, he spoke again, "Dale Walker wrote his diary, it was a full moon night, and after that, what else did you do?" "Bringing the conversation back to 'following what Zach is doing'. There was no skill to speak of, it was purely an opportunity given by Zach.

"Didn't do anything. Gestured to the kitchen full of ingredients, "These, Drake." It means that Derek has brought the kids to meet the 'uncles,' "If Madison writes about this later, you can skip it." "The irony is buried deep - Benjamin came to Grande today and was invited by Zach, right? Personally participating in and looking at Madison's manuscript afterwards, hehe, it feels the same.

Benjamin probably didn't realize the deep irony, "Skip? Benjamin moved his body, but the work in his hands was too boring, and changed his position, "Today is not what I expected, I thought we would go to Cliff's farm." Benjamin's voice was not particularly emotional, "I don't know why you changed your plans yet." So, when Madison writes, I'll take a good look at it. Then, this morning, there were a few things I didn't know why. For example, the woman with her daughter who came halfway through, you and Derek both ran down and stayed in the basement for almost half an hour, and Louise clearly said that the funeral was next week, I don't understand why you and Derek are so active in grooming the corpse. ”

Zach is ready to explain some of the problems that humanity has with civilization. As soon as he opened his mouth and closed it, Benjamin didn't finish.

"Dora came halfway through, don't think I didn't notice, even though she blocked her senses, Mokawi still sensed her, she told you something. ”

Well, Zach was ready to open his mouth again to explain, and he wasn't prepared to hide it anyway. Still closed, Benjamin, not finished yet.

"Also, Lou (Lou Tsmich Lesenbra) has come to give you orders for the feast. Benjamin glanced at Zach, "But you used blood to transmit, and even Mokawi doesn't know what messages you're exchanging." ”

Thank you Benjamin for showing up everything we skipped this morning. I think we only need to care about the last one, after all, what the first two things are, it's too obvious to say more. It just so happens that Zach also has this intention, but it's just to clarify-

"Blood exchange is the means of communication of the Demon Feast. Zach also looked at Benjamin, "Nothing else." It's not that you want to hide something, you want to know? Can anyone feel the displeasure in Zack's tone? is the reason for the way Benjamin speaks.

"Good. Benjamin said simply, "Then tell me what order the Demon Feast gave you." ”

"I need to get on the transport to the west by tomorrow. Zach said.

The movement in Benjamin's hand stalled for a while, and when he moved again, the words also appeared, "Tsk." The opening that made the atmosphere even worse and the following, "another thing I don't understand." "I don't think Madison needs some encouragement, or maybe he's hiding a manuscript of a book that's already been written." These things. "Benjamin is a little more specific" can't be connected. Half a month ago, where the story ended, so far now, too many things have been broken. I don't understand. Tsk, why all of a sudden, the Demon Feast wants you to go west!" By the end, Benjamin had clearly begun to get irritated.

Zach did the work in hand without any expression, and said lightly, "If you were still here, you wouldn't have to rely on Madison's manuscript to connect these things." ”

Benjamin took a very secret deep breath, and the subject changed inexplicably, "It's going to be a long journey from Patton to the West, do you need a companion?" ”

Zach didn't speak, but Louise laughed next to her. Kindness...... Louise understands, and the tone has been set since Benjamin said he wanted to focus on what Zach was doing, wasn't it? It's just that neither of them is honest. One is sluggish, the other puts shrewdness only on childish mockery.

Zach glanced at Louise and pouted too lazy to restrain him, "No." ”

"You're going alone?"

"Lou will follow me, only to my loyal Lesenbra. Zach replied, his gaze inexplicably out of focus, not knowing what came to mind, "Perhaps, I'll have a companion." Shaking his head, his gaze refocused. There's something that Zach had the heart to tell Benjamin, and Benjamin interrupted himself, didn't he?

"Who?"

"Nothing. We'll see. ”

"And when are you coming back?"

"It's hard to say. "It's all because the topic is here, and Zach is thinking of something that drifts - don't, Benjamin better not have an affectionate goodbye, Zach can't afford it. Zach is still preparing to come back in its entirety, and this is not the last contact of the Grande 'brothers'.

Benjamin was quiet for a moment and said, quite amazingly, "You're not going." Just emphasized, "You can't go." ”

"Why?"

"Maddison's manuscript repeats many times that a theory that if a story leads to one thing, that thing doesn't happen because there's no surprise, it's a bad story. ”

Now that Louise was stunned, Zach smiled, "Are you sick, Benjamin?" Look at Madison's story, he brainwashed it. Don't forget, this is not a story, there is no good or bad. Madison was just documenting the facts, and as it happens, all the facts, just like a story. Don't confuse priorities, we're just characters in the story, but in life, we're who we are. It has nothing to do with Madison's good or bad stories. ”

Benjamin was arguing, "No. You're not going to the west, just like you did when you were preparing for Eli's arrival, you spent so much time preparing, and in the end you were improvised and 'killed' by Alan. Benjamin glanced at Zack, "Everything you planned, prepared, will not happen, there will be some new things interrupted, ...... turned" Benjamin waved his hand, his vocabulary was limited, but his point was clear enough, "For example, today, we are not at Cliff's farm, right." This whole trip. "Lunch to the Fitz men," it was all improvised. ”

Zach blinked and looked at Louise, it was a plea for help.

Louise pursed her lips, "What Benjamin said seems to have some sense. When you think about it, it seems as if everything you've prepared hasn't happened as planned. I don't want to admit it, "It doesn't matter if it's Madison's story or the fact of your life." ”

Zach shook his head speechlessly, now he felt ...... Very isolated, and helpless, "So, what do you mean? Tomorrow, there is still an afternoon and an evening, and in this time, what will happen that will keep me from going west??"

Be quiet.

Sam broke, "I don't think anything will happen." ”

Zach cherished the sudden aid," he said. ”

"Just Benjamin said that Madison missed the story of half a month, and he didn't write it right. ”

"Uh-huh. ”

"So, well, if Madison is for the story no, well, to be bad. Deliberately omitting the process of preparation, planning, is what Benjamin said, many things are broken...... "Although Sem has the full stage to tell him, he doesn't seem to have much confidence," and then, and when it happens, it's a story full of surprises. Well, after all, Madison's ability is the future, right, he has the ability to make this kind of judgment, right, knowing that you will definitely go, so he deliberately omitted this half month. Well, think about it, isn't that the logic?"

......

Sem, I love you.