14 Guests
Today's dinner at Grande started late, which was to blame Benjamin for eating up all his food reserves in the morning, and Danny, a guy who was able to get a qiē offering by relying on human delusions, was the first time to go to [Big Q] to buy groceries, he got lost in the supermarket, and he didn't come back until two o'clock.
Lunch was postponed, and dinner was pushed to nine o'clock, when everyone in the southern district was ready to rest.
As at lunch, there were two more people at the table than usual, Zack, a vampire rubbing his ink on his plate, and Blake, who didn't dare to look at Old Hank.
Just when everyone thought that Qiē was going to repeat the embarrassment of lunch, Old Hank spoke.
"You that!" Old Hank's tone was full of inexplicable irritability, as if he couldn't suppress a suppressed emotion and leaked out, "'Big project'!
Old Hank asked knowingly, Grande's affairs, never hid this strange old man. Needless to say, when the aliens were talking, the old man was either wiping the coffin in the exhibition hall, cutting wood in the backyard, or boredom shaking around, and listened to it all.
So the progress of Blake's project, the situation of repeated blockages, this old man knows clearly. Perhaps, he just wanted to hear the young boy admit that he was too naïve and idealistic. But old Hank is a weird old man, and who knows what he's thinking.
Blake kept his head down, not even admiring Alice's cooking. He frowned, he just wanted to finish eating quickly, the work of comparing the funeral home and the prison had been completed after a day of continuous hard work today, if it wasn't for the late dinner, he would have been on his way home by now.
Blake was silent. No young person wants to be taught a lesson from reality. Old Hank's state of existence is reality.
The question went unanswered, and Old Hank stared at Blake's head and snorted heavily. Lost the utensils, "I ate so late, I can't sleep!"
After a moment of awkward silence, "I'm sorry. Blake's low apology came out.
Zach tugged at the corners of his mouth, "It's nothing to do with you......"
"Kim!" old Hank's roar came from the direction of the exhibition hall, for an old fellow who hadn't eaten dinner. His voice was still full of energy, "Where did you hook the wild dog!"
Zach and Benjamin's noses twitched at the same time.
Zach stood up, smiled and said sorry, "I'll take a look." ”
Benjamin pouted, too lazy to care. Gangero is finally here.
Zach walked past the office, thought about it, had a glass of wine, and slowly walked to the door of the showroom.
"Hank. Zach laughed and shook his head, "That's not a dog." It's a wolf. ”
Old Hank stared at a brown creature in the doorway and snorted, "Let Benjamin get this thing!"
"He's a vampire. Zach's eyes were already looking at the other party, inhaling slightly, distinguishing the age of the other party's bloodline, "Thomas, you're finally here." ”
Old Hank frowned and shook his hand. gone, and the curses in his mouth will not be written.
The wolf in front of him stared at Zack. The skin under the villi begins to wriggle, as if the shape is about to change. But Zach frowned.
Gangaro, the size of an ordinary wolf, his body began to swell, until the height of the prostrate attack posture was already approaching Zack's waist!
Grinning lips were already tugging at ears, scarlet tongues quivering in protruding jaws, menacing growls peeking out of sharp teeth. A pair of eyes embedded in fluff turned red!
Zach reached out and placed the wine glass on the coffin, which was supposed to show the demeanor of the host, turned and closed the door of the exhibition hall, and when he looked at Gangaro again, his eyes were already red!
"You want to fight?" poked out, stretched fangs, making Zach's accent a little. Uh, special. But his expression was familiar to us, a smile, "I want to too." Zach rolled up his sleeves, "Everyone knows how much Toredo hates being cheated on. ”
Pale sharp hands...... Paws, already at his sides, Zach's legs were slightly bent and his ass was cocked back, lowering his center of gravity. The battle between vampires is all about the heart and neck. The opponent is a wolf-shaped Gangero, and Zach needs a less elegant starting position.
"Where's 12!" a hoarse, eerie low voice came from Gangero's throat, and believe me, its lips didn't move!
Zach was stunned and kept that ridiculous posture, "You ask me?"
The trembling menacing growl stopped.
The two vampires looked at each other with red eyes, a look so complex that no one could decipher.
I don't know how long the silent staring lasted in the direction of the dining room, Blake's voice went around the stairwell, into the office, past the reception room, and finally broke through the closed door of the exhibition hall and reached the ears of the two vampires.
Zach put away the ridiculous posture, stood up, straightened his wrinkled pants, and frowned, "Hide, we have guests." ”
In the blink of an eye, the sound of thin wings tapping into the air sounded, and a black, basketball-sized bat figure streaked across Zack's vision, its flattened wings retracted to the middle, hanging upside down in the corner of the ceiling of the exhibition hall, hidden in the darkness.
Zach took one last look at Gangaro on the ceiling, frowned, picked up the glass intended for his 'former relative', and pushed open the door to the exhibition hall. He's going to send Blake, and Zach wants to maintain his image as a thoughtful master.
Blake in the backyard had already walked to Benjamin's warehouse, and Benjamin, who was walking by, looked at Zack, and asked what the hell was going on in the exhibition hall just now! Zack replied with a 'how do I know', shook his head, and waited for Blake to drive his car.
"Thank you for taking care of the day today. Blake lowered the window and smiled at Zach.
Zach smiled and waved his hand, "I like the mayor right now, and I'm happy to help." ”
Blake laughed and looked at Zach apologetically, "There's still a clue thing, I don't know if the mayor wants anyone else to know about his current affairs, so ......"
What Blake meant was that his openness to Zach was due to his familiarity with Grande's 'real' cause, and with Grande's ties to the West Enders, there was no need to hide anything.
But for the mayor, Grande is still just a funeral home, a funeral home that benefits from the current mayor's decision. It just happened that he and Blake seemed to have some personal friendship, so it was convenient to start work.
In the middle, there is a trick in the middle, and Grande can be willing to cooperate with the mayor's work because he has benefited from the mayor's previous decision, but he can't be too eager to send it to the door.
It should be easy to understand, what the mayor is doing nowadays is not very glorious, and it is one thing for Grande to help the mayor and friend Blake, who has a good feeling, and to help. But it's another thing to get too deep into the inside story of the mayor's 'job'.
This Cheng Dù is completely in the hands of Blake, a politician, and he doesn't want Grande to appear in front of the mayor one day to ask for credit, causing the mayor's disgust and vigilance.
These things let the people of the West Side, who don't know that Grande's biggest relationship is Mayor Anthony himself, worry about it!
Zach smiled and nodded, "I understand. All you have to do is ask in detail about the recent cooperation with the prison. Zach curled his eyes, "I'm just saving my friend's time." ”
Blake naturally took this friend as his own, and there was nothing wrong with it, helping him was helping Anthony, both of whom were Zack's friends.
The young politician smiled, it feels good to have this friend, tolerance and understanding skills are outstanding, the first real job at Patton was overfulfilled in this way, I believe that after going back, the people who were sent by the mayor to the house of Cyrus and Brill have also gained a lot. Pretty lucky.
He finally nodded at Zach, said goodbye, shifted gears, and drove out of Grande's backyard.
Standing in the backyard, Zach did not return to the exhibition hall to see Gangero hanging in the corner of the ceiling, not Zack's childish negative anger, but the sound of the engine from far and near, indicating that another guest was coming.
"Hey!" the woman in a tight, shiny dress poked her head out of the window and beckoned to Zack, "Don't just stand there!
It's Rita. This guy finally delivered the custom-made clothes!
"Benjamin!" Rita shouted into the rearview mirror without turning off the car, "I see you! you can't hide this time! I'm coming!" the woman expertly turned off the fire, pulled out the key, and pushed the car door. As soon as he stood out, he didn't even step on the high heels under his feet, and he hugged the helpless smiling vampire into his arms!
Rita loves hugging, slapping people in the face with a hand full of rings, pulling people's hair with her painted nails, and using thin heels...... The same. So don't worry about this woman traveling so late.
"Yes!" she pushed Zach away with satisfaction, turned her head sideways, stared at the figure passing by in front of the window on the second floor of the warehouse, and walked in an astonishing line, "Benjamin!
Ignoring Benjamin, who was about to be loved, Zach walked to the rear compartment lid that had been lifted, and the four square cardboard boxes contained the clothes he and Matthew had ordered a week earlier.
It's a pity that Matthew is not here, so I can't try it for the time being. However, Zach obviously didn't care much about Matthew's clothes, he opened the cardboard box with his name written on it, tore the sealed plastic with anticipation, touched his fingers over the fabric he had selected, and opened and lifted it with satisfaction.
Zack's face fell, and what he lifted up was a strip of fabric that, in addition to the top was complete, and there were countless small holes cut in the middle.
Zach blinked, turned his head sideways, and looked in the direction of the warehouse, "Rita, what is this?"
Rita's head poked out of Benjamin's window, "Oh! that's the old man saying, 'Thank you for getting my son into the hands of the saints.'" ”
Thanks?—Zach tugged at the corners of his mouth and sighed.
"You're still going to pay the full price!" added Rita. (To be continued......)