Washington, D.C. is more convenient here Jimmy, he used to rent a parking space for a long time, put a car he bought here, didn't drive it for a few months, Jimmy checked and found that the tire was almost out of gas There was no other problem.

After washing his car at the gas station next to the parking lot and filling up his gas, Jimmy looked at the time, found a hotel in DC and rested for the night before driving to Mrs. Waltz's cottage the next day.

Jimmy stopped in front of the hut, came to the door with the backpack given by Tom and knocked on the door, he had already seen three people inside, one of them was still in a wheelchair, this must be Mrs. Waltz, who had not been here for so long since he left last time that he had forgotten his physical features.

A middle-aged man came over and opened the door: "Who are you?" ”

Jimmy smiled and said, "I'm Jimmy Young, I've come to see Mrs. Waltz, and I've brought Tom's greetings." ”

"Let him in."

As soon as Jimmy finished speaking, the voice of Mrs. Waltz came from inside, and the man at the door smiled slightly and moved out of the way.

Jimmy bowed slightly and said "thank you" before walking into the room.

Mrs. Waltz smiled and said, "Jimmy, you haven't been here for a long time. ”

Jimmy: "Mrs. Waltz......" Mrs. Waltz's expression changed, "what do you call me?" ”

Jimmy's observation ability is okay now, and he immediately changed his words: "Grandma Waltz, I've come to see you." ”

He went straight to Mrs. Waltz, got down on one knee, and reached out to take Mrs. Waltz's hand, "Are you alright?" ”

Mrs. Waltz smiled again, "I'm fine, but it's been a little deserted lately. Come, sit next to me. ”

Jimmy got up and pulled up a chair next to him and sat down next to Mrs. Waltz, "I'm sorry, Grandma Waltz, so much happened last year, and I'll come to see you more often in the future." By the way, I went to see Tom before I came, and he asked me to say hello to you on his behalf. ”

Jimmy took the backpack and took out the gifts inside, he was a little uncomfortable, mainly because these things didn't seem to look good when they were taken out, and they were all snacks, "Tom asked me to bring it, but ...... He asked me to bring a sentence, ahem, 'Please refrain from eating too much, teacher.' ‘”

The smile on Mrs. Waltz's face was even greater, "He still remembers what I liked, rest assured, I'm just old, not to the point of dementia." With that, Mrs. Waltz took a small piece of chocolate and put it in her mouth, and instead of chewing it, she let it melt slowly in her mouth.

Jimmy saw that Mrs. Waltz was in a good mood, took out the invitation he had prepared in advance from his backpack, and took the opportunity to talk about himself, "Grandma Waltz, I was engaged last year, and this May is my wedding ceremony with Nia, I hope you can come to the scene and bless me and Nia." ”

Mrs. Waltz shook her head with a smile: "Jimmy, I know my body, I can't go back and forth anymore, maybe I'll have to spend the rest of my days in this cabin." I won't be to your wedding, so remember to bring Nia to see me when I go back. ”

Jimmy: "No problem, I'll bring Nia over." By the way, Grandma Waltz, I would like to ask, should I send Mr. Andrew an invitation? You know, I'm not very familiar with him. ”

Mrs. Waltz patted Jimmy's hand: "It's good to have this heart, you can leave the invitation with me, and I will have someone send it for you." Now that you've decided to leave our circle, don't contact him in public. ”

Jimmy nodded: "I understand, then Deputy Director Thomas I won't invite you." ”

Mrs. Waltz: "Well, you're doing a good job at the FBI, you're promising, so don't set foot in the industry again." ”

Jimmy and Mrs. Waltz continued to talk for a while, and the middle-aged man who had opened the door for him came over with coffee, and Mrs. Waltz said, "Jimmy, this is my son Patrick, my grandson Sam, you have seen it before." ”

Jimmy stood up and shook Patrick's hand: "Jimmy Young, now a senior agent in the FBI's New York office. ”

Patrick and Jimmy shake hands: "Patrick, professor at Michigan State University. Talk, I still have some things to deal with. ”

Patrick left, leaving Jimmy to stay with Mrs. Waltz to continue the conversation.

After a while, Jimmy got up and went outside and took out a few invitations from the trunk of the car, which were originally intended for Andrew, DIA, and Thomas, the CIA's deputy director, but now he doesn't need to deliver them himself, and they probably won't come after receiving the invitations.

He gave the invitation to Mrs. Waltz and asked her to help her deliver it, and Jimmy took his leave.

His relationship with Mrs. Waltz is complicated, it should be calculated from his grandfather's generation, but in fact, their relationship should be calculated from Tom's side, and if Jimmy's grandfather and Mrs. Waltz's student Tom were to choose, Mrs. Waltz would definitely be willing to choose Tom.

But no matter which line it is, he has an obligation to maintain the relationship, besides, judging from the current situation, Madame Waltz estimates that there will not be too much time, this is one of the key people who can prove his family identity, and it is always good to have more contact.

Driving back to Washington, DC, Jimmy looked at the time, called John Butler from USSS, and since he had already come, he stopped by to meet, but he was not very lucky, John left Washington DC with the presidential security team today, and could only go back and send the invitation to him by courier.

That's all there are people from other places who need him to send invitations in person, and other people's invitations can be sent by express, just need to look at the time and call the other party to talk. As for the local people in New York, it's much simpler, basically colleagues and friends, and they can be handed over by the way.

After a lot of spins in a row, Jimmy was also very tired, because he had a weapon with him, and he needed to check in every time he went to the airport, which was far more complicated than the normal check-in process, and it required at least an hour of waiting time, these regulations were a bit too cumbersome, that is, it was so troublesome after 911, and it was actually much simpler before.

Back in New York, Jimmy put his luggage home, Nia was not in the apartment, it was estimated that she was either going home, or going shopping or doing a SPA, Jimmy didn't call her, and went out to the bar.

He mentioned it to Woody before and invited him to be the best man, but at that time Woody said that he would consider it and did not agree, and now that the wedding is approaching on his side, it will be troublesome if he doesn't settle down, and he must let Woody give an answer.

Fortunately, Woody was very good and did not refuse Jimmy again, and finally had the first definite answer.

As for the second best man, Jimmy also had a little idea. Mahon's adviser, Neil Kavre, is young, handsome, unmarried, and although his character is somewhat flawed, he is definitely qualified as a best man.

Neil is a former criminal and now an FBI consultant, although he has not finished his sentence and is still in electronic ankle rings, but in fact, in addition to being restricted from leaving Manhattan, he already has most of the right to freedom, and he is half of his own.

The key is that in terms of appearance, he is really suitable, because one of Nia's bridesmaids is her old classmate, a young and beautiful, tall female model, to reach an agreement with such a bridesmaid, Woody is definitely not good, Woody is the female colleague of the police station corresponding to another bridesmaid, Nia.

This is also Jimmy's own obsessive-compulsive disorder, in fact, the number of groomsmen and bridesmaids does not need to be balanced, as long as there is one, but the number of people on the left and the right is uneven, which looks somewhat strange.

The only question now is how to open your mouth to invite Neil......

Jimmy sat at the bar and drank slowly, thinking about his own business, he looked at the time and called Mahone, he was now alone, this kind of temporary drinking should be fine...... bar.

Mahon answered the phone and didn't refuse, but Jimmy had to wait a little longer.

An hour later, Mahon came to Jimmy's bar, Jimmy turned his head to look at him, only to find that he didn't come alone, there was a middle-aged beauty beside him, who looked very temperamental, and the two of them were dressed, did they participate in any activity just now?

Jimmy: "Hi, Mahon. Who is this lady? ”

The woman didn't wait for Mahone to introduce, and stretched out her right hand to shake Jimmy's false hand, "Karen Olsen." ”

Jimmy also smiled and said, "Jimmy Young, welcome to my bar, please take a seat, what do you have to drink?" ”

Mahon: "Beer." Karen? ”

Karen: "Old Fashioned. (Classical cocktails, bourbon, lemon, sugar, bitters, ice cubes, very simple but too rough in flavor to be as rich as later cocktail recipes)

Woody had been chatting with Jimmy before, and when he heard Karen's words, he whispered "oh oh", "Good choice." Please wait. ”

After saying that, Woody turned around and took the cocktail from the side and started to make it, as for Mahon Beer, he directly asked another bartender next to him to help make a glass.

Mahom: "Jimmy, what's the matter with me?" ”

Jimmy: "Nothing, what's new in the last few days?" ”

Ma Hong: "No, it's time to get off work. ”

Jimmy: "Well, actually, I just wanted to ask, what do you think of Mark?" ”

Ma Hong: "It's good, with a few more years of experience, I should be able to be independent." ”

Jimmy: "Well, that's fine. There's something I'd like to ask for your opinion on. ”

Ma Hong laughed and picked up the beer, "I'll just say it, you must have something to do, tell me about it." ”

Jimmy: "You know I'm getting married soon, but there's a small problem right now, there's a groomsman missing. Do you think it's a show for me to ask Neil to come over as a best man? ”

Ma Hong is really good at brains and has a lot of experience in handling cases, but when he heard Jimmy's question that deviated greatly from their daily business, he was still a little stuck, "Best man? ”

Jimmy nodded: "Among the people I know, there are fewer people who are of the right age and are more handsome, and he is the most suitable." ”

Ma Hong: "It's true that he is handsome, but aren't you worried that something will happen to him?" You must know that he usually provokes those beauties, if you let him be the best man, the bridesmaid group is estimated to have an accident. ”

Jimmy: "It's not a problem, Neil is going to be in custody with us for a while, and he doesn't dare mess around." ”

Ma Hong: "I don't think there's a problem, you can talk to Neil directly and see his opinion?" ”

Jimmy: "Well, I'll ask him separately then." Jimmy raised an eyebrow at Karen's position, "What are you guys...... On a date? ”

Ma Hong turned his head and looked, "No, it's just a work relationship." ”

Jimmy: "I understand, I understand. Then I won't bother you to connect with each other. Snapping his fingers, "Woody, they're mine, I'll go back first." ”

Woody nodded, Karen had already got her classic cocktail, raised her glass and clinked glasses with Jimmy and Mahone, Jimmy drank the wine in the glass, got up and said goodbye and left the bar.

It was still early, Jimmy looked left and right, and there was a taxi parked in front of the bar, Jimmy beckoned to get in the car and drove directly to Neil's residence, the coveted mansion.

Neil is still confined and monitored, so he honestly didn't go out, but before Jimmy came in, there were still two people in his room, and now those two people have gone into the cloakroom next to them.

Looking at the body shape, one of them should be the mosquitoes that Jimmy has seen before, bald, not tall, but impressive. The other looks like it should be a woman with a good figure.

Jimmy stood outside the door and watched Neil clean up the things on the table, and kept saying "Wait a minute, I'll be right here", and he wanted to laugh a little, it seemed that what they were talking about before was somewhat inconvenient for outsiders to see.

Neil came over and opened the door, and Jimmy walked in, "Neil, didn't bother you, did you?" ”

Neil: "Of course not, please sit down, what to drink?" ”

Jimmy: "Beer bar." ”

Neil walked to the refrigerator next to him, opened it and got two cans of beer and sat down across from Jimmy, "Yang, what are you looking for me?" ”

Jimmy opened his beer and touched Neil, "Neil, you know, I'm getting married." ”

Neil: "Of course, congratulations. ”

Jimmy: "But there's a small problem I might need your help with, and I'm missing a groomsman right now." ”

Neil was a little surprised, and forgot to drink the beer in his mouth, "Why?" Why me? ”

Jimmy shrugged and put the beer back on the table, and he looked at Neil, "Because you're handsome...... Don't laugh, I'm serious, Nia's bridesmaid is a model, her old classmate, there are really not many people I know who can be as handsome as you, the point is that you are still single. ”

Neil was a little speechless, he really didn't think Jimmy would come to him for this, "Can I?" I remember that your wife is also a police officer? ”

Jimmy: "Well, NYPD detectives. ”

Neil: "I'm not suitable, you're detectives, I'm criminals. ”

Jimmy: "No, don't think too much, it's just for a wedding ceremony, and it's not for you to do anything criminal." Rest assured, while there may be a lot of federal and government people on site, they don't have much to do with you. ”

Neil turned his head to look at the cloakroom, then at Jimmy, thought for a moment and said, "OK, I promised." ”

Jimmy smiled and held out his right hand and shook it with Neil, "Thanks, Neil." The wedding is in May. ”

(End of chapter)