298 Moments of Ease
Although it was Saturday, Mary's studio was still working normally, as a well-known psychologist, her clients were all by appointment, so there were no special requirements for whether it was a working day, and many people themselves were more convenient on rest days, but because they were all big customers, the number of customers per day was not very large, and the time was very free.
Jimmy was lucky that when he called, Dr. Mary was just getting ready to receive his first client of the day, and his call would have been gone a little later.
Jimmy said hello to the girl at the front desk, Mary is still receiving customers, so wait a minute, he sits in the waiting area and reads the newspaper here, waiting for Mary to finish the reception.
It's not a long time, Jimmy just waited for more than half an hour to finish, which is actually quite abnormal, usually, psychiatrists don't end the topic so quickly, cough cough cough, their time is very valuable, very, very valuable.
Mary sent the guest out the door and waved at Jimmy, who followed in, and could tell that it wasn't going to be very busy this morning, and that Jimmy hadn't seen anyone else come while he was waiting here.
Mary: "Cool, you look like a cowboy. ”
Jimmy: "Haha, thanks, it's a lot more comfortable to wear this way, at least compared to a suit." It's been a long time, and your office has been decorated again. ”
Jimmy habitually looked left and right when he entered the door, maybe he was used to being a police officer, he would habitually look around when he arrived at a new place, even if he had already seen the situation in the room with his eyes in advance.
Today's Mary is dressed in professional attire again, with long blond hair spread out, long eyelashes, brown eyes, a very delicate face, and a white suit and trousers to match her figure, which really makes people can't take their eyes off her at all.
Jimmy suddenly realized that he had misremembered, and he had always thought that Dr. Mary was in his 40s, but now he looked like he was in his early 30s, in his prime, and full of charm.
Instead of going back to her desk, Mary went straight to the couch area, Jimmy took off her cowboy hat and put it on the small table next to her, and Mary had already flipped the switch on the kettle.
Mary: "Well, adjusting the layout of the office as needed can make it more relaxing. When did you get back? ”
Jimmy: "Just arrived yesterday. And there was a joke this morning, I forgot that it was Saturday and went straight to the office early in the morning. ”
Mary: "Is that what you're wearing to the office?" ”
Jimmy: "Well, I'm used to wearing it these days, and I forgot to change it when I went out in the morning." By the way, Hughes looked unhappy. ”
Mary: "Hehe, sure, have you seen anyone else dressed like that in the office before?" This is the Manhattan office, the white-collar group. ”
Jimmy spread his hands: "It's okay, no one sees it except Hughes, just change your body next week." ”
Mary: "How was it in Dallas?" ”
The two chatted about Jimmy's experience in Dallas over tea, of course, some special things can't be said, but the South is completely different from places like New York, and there is no shortage of topics.
They also talked about some things happening in New York, but Jimmy wasn't very good at it, he hadn't been in New York for long, and he wasn't familiar with many things, so he was good at keeping the topic alive without embarrassment.
Jimmy: "Do you have any more clients coming over today?" ”
Mary: "Well, afternoon, what's wrong?" ”
Jimmy: "Do you have time for the night?" ”
Mary: "Oh, I asked Jenna out, do you want to be together?" ”
Jimmy: "Won't it bother you?" ”
Mary: "Of course you are welcome. ”
The two made an appointment, and Jimmy took his leave and left. Well, I have to leave quickly, I drank tea a little too much just now, and now it's a little uncomfortable.
I had to accompany the two beauties to dinner in the evening, so I naturally couldn't go out in a denim series now, so Jimmy went back and rummaged through the closet, first looked for clothes to wear, and then went downstairs and knocked on Jones's door.
Jimmy: "Jones, open the door, I'm back." ”
Jones came over a moment to open the door, and Jimmy followed, he seemed to have gone out yesterday, and although it seemed normal now, the living room was a mess, with clothes littered on the couch.
Jones: "Oh, Jimmy, you're finally back. How about Dallas? ”
Jimmy looked around and said, "Not bad, you know, I'm used to the weather in the south. ”
Jones casually threw aside the clothes on the sofa, then opened the refrigerator and took a can of Coke and threw it to Jimmy, and they got along for more than a month, and Jones also knew that Jimmy was a Coke lover.
Jimmy opened the jar and asked, "Nothing happened during this time, did you?" ”
Jones thought for a moment: "Nothing special. Oh yes, your place has been taken. ”
Jimmy: "There's a new guy coming in?" It's not graduation season. ”
Jones: "NO, an art consultant. You wait. ”
Jones walked to the bedroom while drinking Coke, and after a while he came out with a gun: "Keep your gun, take it with you, take it wherever you go." ”
Jimmy: "Thanks, I'm here for him." This transfer to Dallas was too sudden to come back. ”
Jimmy clipped the holster to his belt, slapped it, covered it with his jacket, and continued to sit down and drink Coke.
After a casual chat and a can of Coke, Jimmy went out for lunch, and as for Jones, he chose not to go out with Jimmy, but to go back and rest for a while, although he didn't say it, but he must have drunk too much yesterday.
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Jimmy cleaned up and changed into his best suit, well, it was the best, but it was actually a suit for socializing that used to be thousands of dollars, and he wouldn't usually wear it to work.
Speaking of which, Jimmy's shopping plans are always interrupted by various things, either he has a case or is on a secondment on a business trip, and he must find time to sort out what to buy when he comes back this time.
Of course, you must bring a gun when you go out, and when you go back to New York to change into a suit, it is naturally safe to bring both guns, and after tidying up in front of the full-length mirror, Jimmy called the taxi company to call a car and ran directly to Madison Park.
Fortunately, although the traffic jam lasted for a while, Jimmy finally arrived not late, just got off the car at the intersection, and saw a red Ferrari Enzo parked at the door of Gate 11, Mary and Jenna got out of the car, and the waiter next to him had already taken the key handed over by Jenna.
Jimmy stepped up to Jenna and said, "Wow, Jenna, good car." It's beautiful. ”
Jenna reached out and tapped Jimmy, "Do you mean the car or us?" ”
Jimmy: "Of course it's you. ”
Jenna and Mary both wore dresses, but Mary wore a red one-shoulder dress with a black shawl, her left arm was in the style of a thin sha, and she wore a silver-white necklace around her neck, the skirt reached the knee level, and the high heels made the whole calf look slender, which looked very solemn and elegant;
Jenna is wearing a double-strap backless gradient purple skirt, the same length to the knee, a dark necklace, the pendant should be a pearl, I have to say, the two of them standing together, definitely the focus of everyone's attention.
It suddenly occurred to Jimmy that it seemed like a mistake for him to come to their dinner, and standing with them with someone like him always felt like an aesthetic ruin.
Speaking of which, they made an appointment to come here for dinner in advance, and now they are still dressed so formally, it seems, maybe, that their brains twitched during the day? That's obvious, isn't it?
Mary: "Alright, let's go inside." Mary walked up and took Jimmy's left arm and walked towards the restaurant, while Jenna walked to Mary's left.
To be honest, this is the first time Jimmy has come to this kind of high-end restaurant, and his eyes are completely black, and Mary also has a rough judgment from Jimmy's movements, so she is the one who talks the whole time, and Jimmy follows her as an ornament.
After sitting down, Jimmy was completely ruined, the first time he ate French food, there was no way to choose between so many dishes, he gave the choice directly to Mary, and it was completely an atmosphere group.
Obviously, when Jenna and Mary were together, Mary was also in charge, so she handled the task of ordering food completely by herself.
The waiter left their place, and Jenna smiled and said to Jimmy, "Good luck boy, did you know in advance that we were going to meet today?" We booked it half a month in advance. ”
Jimmy also smiled, Jenna's personality is more cheerful, and Mary is more intellectually beautiful, but Jimmy has played squash with them, and Mary is not so calm as she seems.
"I also wish I could know in advance, so I can prepare in advance."
Jimmy raised his hand to indicate what he was wearing, compared to Jenna and Mary, he was dressed in a normal white-collar outfit.
Jimmy: "I know how bad I look right now. ”
The pre-dinner wine was served, and the three of them raised their glasses, and Jimmy: "To this wonderful fate." ”
The three of them spoke softly, of course, only casually, and Mary and Jenna sat together, occasionally whispering a few words.
Jimmy's first experience of French food, he never thought that a dinner could be eaten for more than 2 hours, a long set meal, cumbersome steps, Jimmy doesn't even remember how many dishes he ate in total, just three rounds of wine, pre-dinner champagne, table wine, dessert liqueur, at the end of Jimmy only remembered is the last dessert Alaska delicious.
After dinner, the three of them came to the door, and Jenna's car had already been driven by the waiter.
Jimmy said goodbye to them, and it was clear that by the time of a meal, the relationship between the three had become slightly more familiar and prospective. Jimmy: "Thank you for dinner. ”
Jenna: "Goodbye, good luck boy. Then he stepped forward and hugged him and kissed him, "Goodbye, Jenna." Be careful on the road. She turned and got into the car.
Mary also stepped forward and hugged Jimmy, "Goodbye, Jimmy." "Goodbye, Mary. Good night. She got into the passenger seat, and Enzo drove away, leaving Jimmy alone in the doorway watching the faded taillights.
This is Madison Garden, and instead of calling for a taxi, Jimmy walked along the road.
Although I ate for more than 2 hours, I didn't eat a lot as I imagined, and now Jimmy is in just the right state, walking around to eliminate food, speaking of which, seeing Madison Square Park, Jimmy suddenly remembered that there seems to be a basketball hall nearby, and if you have the opportunity, you can consider buying tickets to watch a basketball game, anyway, it's all in Manhattan, and it's not far away.
Jimmy walked around for a while and saw an empty taxi on the side of the road, so he reached out and took a taxi home to rest.
On Monday, Jimmy came to Federation Square in a suit, and today he didn't come alone, but called Jones with him in the morning. On the 23rd floor, the two separate, and Jimmy goes to find Ruiz.
Jimmy knocked on the open door of Ruiz's office, "Hi Ruiz, I'm back." ”
Ruiz glanced up, "Yo, our seconded agent is back." How about Dallas? ”
Jimmy: "Normally, we don't have as many acquaintances here. How is everything? Is there a case to deal with? ”
Ruiz: "There are a lot of cases, but you should go to Hughes first." ”
Jimmy: "Uh, why?" ”
Ruiz: "It's obvious, you may have a new arrangement. Go ahead. ”
Jimmy walked to Hughes's office with a confused face, Hughes didn't say anything when he was in the office last Saturday, is it so principled? Don't schedule things on non-working days?
"Knock knock" Jimmy knocked on Hughes's door, it seemed that everyone had the same habit, the office door was basically open at any time, and they would only close the door unless something happened.
Hughes: "Sit." Jimmy sat down at Hughes' desk, "Jimmy, how are you doing in Dallas?" ”
Jimmy was speechless, others don't know, wouldn't you, as the supervisor, have my case report? Lambert must have ventilated with you.
Jimmy: "Thankfully, I didn't handle many cases, but nothing went wrong. ”
Hughes: "Really? Dallas seems to be missing more than a week in the middle of the file, have you been on vacation? ”
Jimmy: "Well, there's something trivial on my old boss's side, and I'm going to Little Rock, and I've reported it in advance, and Director Lambert approved it." ”
Hughes: "Well, I'll check with Lambert." Now about your work. Since June, you have passed the halfway point of your apprenticeship, how do you feel? ”
Jimmy: "Ah, time flies. Since coming to the Manhattan office, I really started to deal with cases only to find that I still lack a lot of experience, although I used to be a county police officer for 2 years, but there are still a lot of shortcomings. Thank you for taking care of me and allowing me to get into the state as soon as possible......"
Hughes reached out to stop Jimmy's babbling: "Stop! Stop! I'm not going to listen to this, have you ever thought about which department you want to go to? ”
Jimmy: "Uh, Hughes, did I do something wrong?" ”
Hughes took a deep breath and exhaled, "No, I just want to hear your opinion, which group you want to go to and what case you want to participate in after the probationary period is over." ”
Jimmy: "I didn't think about it, it's all up to you. ”
Hughes: "Okay, you go out first and wait for my call." ”
Jimmy: "Okay, Hughes, goodbye. ”
Jimmy got up and buttoned up his suit and left Hughes's office, leaving the office before taking a deep breath, good guy, what a bunch of propositions just now, when did the FBI change its bureaucratic style? Is it possible to freely choose the work in-house? Or a probationary agent who hasn't passed the probationary period?
What the hell was Hughes thinking? Why do you feel a chill down your spine?
Also, others don't know, how could Lambert not know why he disappeared for more than a week? Pete, the director of Little Rock, was still contacted by him, didn't he synchronize the case with Hughes?
Are these directors trying to kill me, a little trainee agent?
(End of chapter)