"Miss Harmon?" Edward was stunned, he had long forgotten the name.

The other party's beauty made him completely unforgettable, especially the pair of eyes, although the eye distance was a little wide and the face seemed childish, but combined with her self-confidence and independence, and even the kind of temperament that didn't care about everything in the world, it was charming.

Especially when I see Rustberg, I will always remember that these two people are not only similar in appearance, but they can also be said to be the same kind of people in personality.

But he is a rational and practical person, and he knows that he doesn't have much opportunity with the other party, so he doesn't have a rice worm in his brain.

Mainly, the competition between Yelena and Megan made his inventory empty at once every three or five times, but he had no chance to go up.

The other party thought he had forgotten and hurriedly added "...... we saw in Las Vegas"

"I know, I know, you're Irma's daughter, a talented chess player, an American chess champion......"

Edward still misses these two nights in Las Vegas very much, and he was impressed by Elma's mature demeanor, which was a completely different experience from Megan and others.

Especially psychologically, although Irma and her husband's marriage has died in name, the latter simply hid in Denver and has not returned home for several years.

But after all, this is a real wife, although it is not as exciting as the husband's current crime, but occasionally when he is back to yellow hair, it tastes really good.

Having yellow hair but not worrying about violating moral precepts is a feeling that ordinary people rarely experience.

He vaguely talked to Hansen, and the other party persuaded with a clear face: "You are doing good, you are doing good, you are a friend of women, you are a civil rights league, God will bless you......"

So much so that he often wonders if he should take the time to fly to Lexington, and indulge in her big bed under the wedding photos, which will probably be more exciting.

The voice on the other side was obviously relieved, "Mr. Yang, I need help, and after thinking about it for a long time, I can only look for you......"

"Huh? Help? Are you in a lawsuit? Damn, who's so boring? "Edward is a bit of a fire, a chess idiot like Beth Harmon won't cause trouble at all, and Irma is also old and sophisticated, and it is impossible to break the law.

Since the other party has found his head, it means that the matter should be quite serious.

"It's not me! It's Mom! ”

"Elma? What lawsuit can she get into? She, isn't she your agent? What could she mess with? What a hell of a life! ”

"Yes!" Beth Harmon spoke so fast that it was difficult for Edward to discern her emotions from it, "She's in big trouble this time...... They, they're going to send her to a psychiatric hospital?!! ”

"Ah??h Edward almost jumped.

In 1968, the United States was no longer as conservative and terrifying as it was at the beginning, and the notoriety of the psychiatric hospital began to gradually wash away, becoming a simple medical institution, rather than a place for the government to deal with "trouble".

But at the moment, casually sending a normal person in it is obviously too much.

Edward was sure that Irma was definitely a normal person, and naturally felt very strange that this was happening.

"Sending to a psychiatric hospital" is commonly used by law enforcers to deal with those troublesome guys who can't be dealt with by the law, but Elma, she doesn't look like this passerby.

Moreover, Kentucky is located in the central and eastern regions, which is a relatively civilized and open region of the United States, not a country where barbaric lynching is rampant in the Midwest or the South.

"What's going on? Don't worry, give me a rough introduction first, and I'll see if I can help here. ”

Later, Beth Harmon used her usual high speed and concise expression to tell the story of the matter.

The facts of the case are very simple:

Mrs. Irma, who married Love before graduating from college, made Wheatley her last name.

After a happy married life, she also won the envy of her classmates.

But over time, the contradictions between the husband and wife will gradually be revealed, especially the lack of children, which makes the conflict between the two parties lack the necessary buffer, and over time, the relationship between the two will turn around.

What's worse is that Irma's own mental condition has not been very stable, although mostly, or 99%, of the time, she is a completely normal woman, but those signs will always show up from time to time, reminding her and those around her that "normal is not a normal state for granted".

For example, she plays a good piano and is good enough to become a member of a state band, but as soon as she enters the theater and faces an audience of more than 100 people, she will immediately fall into a stalemate and fall off the standard.

Usually it is easy to fall into a state of depression and agitation, has the habit of taking psychotropic drugs, likes to drink a few glasses when there is nothing to do, and has a certain dependence on alcohol.

These problems were not a problem at all when she was married to her, but as Mr. Wheatley's attitude towards her grew cold, they began to erode her normal personality.

This made Mr. Wheatley even more aggressive towards her, which in turn provoked Irma's illness to worsen.

About five years ago, when she was 35 years old, Mr. Wheatley took the initiative to adopt 14-year-old Beth Harmon from an orphanage.

At first, Irma was very happy, thinking that Mr. Wheatley had changed his mind and wanted to live a good life with him.

As a result, the man went to Denver under the pretext of developing the local market, and he never returned.

Beth Harmon became his escape from his family—he thought he could get out of the house if he found a companion for Irma.

Of course, the marriage between the two continues, and he will send some money home every month to maintain the mother and daughter and pay the mortgage on the house, which is probably a relief for him to face his inner condemnation.

After Irma got married, she chose to become a housewife and never went to work again.

Although she had studied law and psychiatry, it was not a problem to seek a position as a clerk.

In fact, when she learned that Mr. Wheatley had "run away from home," she did have the idea.

But Beth Harmon soon changed all of that with her incredible talent for chess, she won the championship from a bunch of adults when she was 14 years old when she first competed in Kentucky.

There are prize money for these tournaments, and players in the United States usually earn their living expenses by playing games from place to place.

This makes them extremely envious of their Russian counterparts, as long as they show their talents, there will be a country to pay salaries, apartments, and girlfriends, and they can immerse themselves in the black and white grid world with peace of mind, instead of waking up every day and wondering where the next month's rent is......

And Irma, inspired by her daughter, also began to face life directly, and at the same time began to show her talent, she can arrange everything in an orderly manner, including Beth Harmon's travel and accommodation problems flying around the United States, she will take care of it single-handedly, ensuring that the two of them can enjoy the best service under affordable conditions, and they can also have spare money to buy and buy.

In this way, she is not only the mother of her daughter, but also the agent of the chess player, and also the girl's eldest best friend.

And Beth Harmon's life experience is even more bumpy, not long after her birth was turned against her parents, her competitive mother took her away from home, all the way to avoid her former lover, no fixed residence, can only live in the RV car.

In the end, the disappointed father finally gave up this important past in his life and the people he loved after years of pursuit and pleading, and finally chose to reorganize the family and start from scratch.

By the time Beth's birth mother finally realizes her mistake and begs her to change her mind, it's too late.

A desperate mother, driven into the destruction ...... in a car carrying her daughter

Beth Harmon was only six years old at this time......

Luckily she survived the disaster, but her mother died, and the six-year-old girl was left to a religious orphanage, where she remained until she was 14 years old, when she became Irma's daughter—or rather Mr. Wheatley's chosen toy.

……

After Mr. Wheatley "ran away from home," her condition reached its peak, and alcohol and drugs became essential support for maintaining a normal life.

As Beth Harmon matures, Irma becomes more and more experienced in her role as an agent, which makes her condition improve.

She is still an alcoholic, but her reliance on medicines has begun to gradually decrease, and Irma has tried to reduce her alcohol intake so that she can accompany her daughter in a healthier state.

As mothers, it's easy to choose between bad habits and wanting to see your daughter become a World Champion, and of course the actions that follow can be painful, but with hope and love, Irma and Beth feel that this is nothing more than a rewarding experience that must be experienced in life.

So mental problems, drug abuse, alcohol addiction, are just records in the medical records, and in today's daily life, Irma is a very good woman, as her friends and neighbors can attest.

Edward was also happy to prove it in his own way if necessary.

……

At the moment, Irma and Beth's mother and daughter may not be perfect, but they can definitely make others envious.

Since winning the championship in Las Vegas, there have been no major races for the rest of 1968.

Beth Harmon and Irma Wheatley simply gave themselves a long vacation to adjust.

In early 1969, they will fly to Mexico, where Beth Harmon will face the biggest challenge of her life, the Russian Tigran Petrosyan.

The latter is a two-time World Champion (World Championship, held every three years).

Petrosyan defeated his compatriots in '63 and '66 against Mikhail Moisevich Botvinnik and Boris Vasilyevich Spassky, respectively.

Among them, Botvinnik was the first international grandmaster in Red Russia to win the title, and Spassky set a record of winning the international grandmaster at the age of 18, squeezing Petroxiang, who "only" won this honor at the age of 23, to second place.

This is an unprecedented rival, so it is common sense for the mother and daughter to choose a vacation.

Playing chess requires hard work, but talent is more important, and the competition between the top players is usually more focused on the latter - because they train like crazy every day.

Since her daughter no longer flies around, Irma naturally has a lot of peace of mind, except for arranging family meals every day, she has nothing to do at other times.

At this time, Irma gets a new best friend, Miss Caton.

Caton is about the same age as Irma, but is not married, and just moved into the community three months ago.

The two met at community events and quickly became closer.

Miss Caton was a warm and cheerful woman, and she had a great appetite for Ehrman, and even better, she was a heavy drinker, so Elma often stayed at her house for a night.

The reason why I don't drink it at my own house is because after the two women drink too much, they will make a huge noise, and Beth Harmon has to study the chess game every day and needs to be absolutely quiet.

This kind of life seems a bit out of line, but it's okay, anyway, during the holidays.

The division of labor between mother and daughter is clear, the daughter cares about nothing but chess, and her mother takes care of everything, and she herself concentrates on studying the game, and as the game gets higher and higher, Beth Harmon's nerve knife moves, which used to rely on talent and intuition, must be quenched more professionally before it is possible to gain a slight advantage in the war with the Russians.

The mother and daughter work together, and the days are very comfortable.

A week ago, the situation changed abruptly.

Irma stayed at Miss Caton's house to drink and chat, but in the second half of the night, for some reason, Irma's mood suddenly became very excited.

Frightened, Miss Carton called 911, and the police quickly came to the door to take her away and then take her to a psychiatric hospital.

It's still in the normal process when it happens.

After all, Irma does exhibit an unusual mental state when she is drunk and takes a large dose of psychotropic drugs, and it is understandable that Miss Caton and the police are in a safe position to let a professional psychiatric hospital take over the rest of the work.

Irma spent two days in a psychiatric hospital, during which time she was subjected to no abuse, except for the usual sedatives and punishments such as electric shocks.

Then the law began to formally intervene in the issue.

The local judge set up a makeshift court in a conference room in the psychiatric hospital to deal with the matter – first, was it legal for her to do so? The second is whether Irma should make a mental hospital her home after that, or pat her ass and leave to continue to serve as her daughter's agent.

Because Irma had taken courses in law and psychiatry, she asked to defend herself—which was normal, and the court agreed.

The reason why Irma was held in a psychiatric hospital for several days, rather than being released after sobering up, was based on a diagnosis made by one of the hospital's doctors, who also happened to be the director of the hospital, Dr. Morpheus (it happened to be his turn to work the night shift that day).

He believes that Irma suffers from delusional schizophrenia and lacks sufficient self-control, so she must be hospitalized for observation and treatment, and if she is discharged from the hospital casually, she may cause trouble to society.

Irma immediately cross-examined him, and then easily found contradictions in Dr. Morpheus's answers.

For example, Dr. Morpheus has only made one diagnosis from beginning to end, when Irma was admitted to a psychiatric hospital, when she was in a very difficult mental condition, but this was after taking heavy doses of psychotropic drugs and alcoholism.

Both of these are evidenced by her blood report and Miss Carton's confession.

This would be ridiculous, convicting a drunk of schizophrenia and continuing treatment in a psychiatric hospital.

This is clearly unreasonable.

There were several similar problems, all of which were spotted by the perceptive Irma and presented to the court during cross-examination.

Irma even ventured to speculate that Dr. Morpheus was awakened from a dream that led him to the hospital in a fit of rage and without any professional ethics.

Judge Bruin, who was in charge of the trial, nodded frequently.

Immediately after Irma's cross-examination, Judge Bruin orally ruled that "the Tribunal hereby grants that Ms. Irma Wheatley shall be discharged immediately." ”

In such small cases, the judge will make an oral decision in court - this has the force of law, and the decision may be issued at a later date after the court papers have been sorted out.

When Edward heard this, he roughly guessed what was going on.

According to the normal process, Irma can leave the asylum immediately, but ......

……