"Bessia likes you very much, she had a great time today." As the sun sets, Colin Hawk holds the steering wheel and drives along the interstate towards his home, while talking to Tommy in the passenger seat.

Tony Leon, on the other hand, wore the feline whiskers that Becia had left for him, curled up in the back seat and dozing off.

Tommy turned his face sideways and looked at his father, "I don't know why, Dad, I always have the feeling that you are giving your last words, and I hope it is my delusion." ”

"Last words? No, not last words, but I have some thoughts lately...... I think you should spend more time with Bécia, and although I rarely mention her after your mother's death, I will often think of what she said before she died. Colin Hawke's eyes were a little sad, and he said in a sighing tone: "You know, if your mother is still here, she will not let me ......"

At this time, Tony, who was in the back seat, suddenly opened his sleepy eyes and leaned his upper body between the two: "Dad, please park at the convenience store opened by old Jason, I'm going to buy Trojan, Ashley is waiting for me." ”

"You can buy that thing in any supermarket, son." Colin Hawke, who was completely ruined by Tony's words, said unhappily: "Why do you insist on going to the store opened by old Jason to buy? ”

"Because old Jason allowed me to take it first, and then Ashley would help me pay the bill the next day." Tony said without shame.

"You're dating your girlfriend and you have to take credit for that thing? Boy, let Daddy teach you how to make a better impression in front of your girlfriend and avoid being seen as a jerk, the first thing is that that thing must be paid with your own money......" Colin Hawke was quite shocked by his son's outrageous words, he held the steering wheel with one hand, fumbled with the other hand in his whole pocket, and finally withdrew his hand in vain and changed the subject: "Ashley is a good girl, she is a bit like your mother, gentle and kind, you can't let her down." ”

After being interrupted by Tony, until Tommy Hawk got out of the car, Daddy didn't go back to the original topic, Colin Hawk poked his head out of the car window, looked at Tommy standing outside, and grinned: "See you next time, son." ”

"Goodbye, Daddy, goodbye, Tony." Tommy Hawk waved his hand and watched the pickup truck turn away, then turned his back to the setting sun and walked towards the apartment.

He didn't know if his father had been enlightened by the priest or for other reasons, but now he didn't have time to dig deeper, the most important thing at the moment was to make money, and all the troubles of the family at this time needed to be solved with money.

Taking out the key and opening the apartment door, Tommy saw Melonie sitting on the living room sofa on her knees, her head resting on her knees, biting her fingertips with her teeth, her expression looking a little tangled, although the TV was on, her eyes fell on the empty space.

"Is Bécia okay?" Seeing Tommy Hawke return, Melonie put away her lonely expression, sat up straight, and asked Tommy Hawke with a smile.

Tommy nodded: "Very well, she is about half an inch taller than the last time I saw her, and she looks more and more like my mother, but her personality is a little like my father, and she is always curious about everything in the world, and I spent most of this visit playing with Becia." ”

"What are Tony and your father doing?"

Tony went to help Mrs. Hopkins in foster care clear the lawn and check the car, hoping to show the couple's gratitude for Becia's care. Tommy Hawk changed his slippers, sat down on the couch, and said to Meloni: "As for my dad, sitting in the park watching me play with Bécia, I don't know what happened to him, I always think he is a little abnormal, and when I finish the cigarette business, I will find out." ”

Meloni sighed, "Tony inherited the character of your mother, Arida Leon, like a lion, with a strong family concept, and can do anything for the sake of the family. ”

"When I first entered the door, I noticed that you were a little entangled, aunt, and you were worried that if you couldn't repay the loan, the bank would take this apartment away?" Tommy Hawke asked Meloni.

Melonie looked at the layout of the room casually, then looked at Tommy Hawke, and said seriously: "I use this apartment to apply for a mortgage loan of up to $40,000, and the bank agrees, and I can sign a formal contract at any time." ”

"It seems that you have more confidence in this matter than I do, aunt, you know, 20,000 yuan, which means that if we don't make money in this business, we can barely afford to pay the bank interest if we work hard, but 40,000 yuan, if there is an accident in the business, only you are left to dance, and I will go to work as a drug dealer to try to make money and pay off the debt to avoid being taken away by the bank." Tommy Hawk looked at Melonie calmly.

Melonie looked back at Tommy Hawk for a long time before she nodded and smiled: "I've thought about it, if you can do what you promised me at the beginning, why can't I give you all the trust, if you really fail in business, I will go to teach in elementary school during the day at most, and go striptease dancing at night, I can cope with it, after all, even my nephew has bought me champagne time, I don't think I will encounter anything more embarrassing than this." ”

"Thank you for your trust, I didn't expect to teach Hugh Spade a lesson to make your trust in me swell to this point, but it doesn't matter, what matters, what were you just struggling with?" Tommy Hawke smiled.

Melonie retracted her gaze and looked at the empty space again, as if she was thinking seriously for a moment, and then turned her head to look at Tommy Hawke again in frustration: "You know, before you came back, I was thinking about a problem, you are a high school student, how to find a buyer, and you are in Canada, I want to do this part of the work for you, but I sit here and think about it for a long time, but I have no clue, Tommy, I really want to help you, but I don't know how to help you, this is my entanglement." ”

"Buyers don't sit here and think about what they can imagine, in fact, if your mortgage application is approved, I'm going to spend three days going on a trip to Yarmouth, Canada and Portland, New Hampshire." Tommy Hawke has said what he's going to do next.

"I'm not going to agree with you as a high school student going on a hike away from home and the real purpose is to find a cigarette dealer." Hearing that Tommy Hawke was preparing to go to Canada and Portland alone, Melonie shook her head decisively: "Tommy, you are smart, but it doesn't mean that you have enough social experience. ”

There are two coastal cities, one belongs to Canada and the other belongs to the United States, Portland is not too far from Warwick, about 470 kilometers, but the farthest city Tommy Hawke has been to before is Boston, a hundred kilometers away, and Yarmouth, located in Canada, across the Bay of Maine from Portland.

"I'll help myself find a paid guide." Tommy Hawke took out his cigarette and lit it: "I suspect that Yarmouth will have a large number of buyers, because the tobacco ship was docked on the high seas near Yarmouth before, spreading Marlboro through smuggling channels throughout Canada, so Yarmouth should have a well-established cigarette trafficking network." ”

"Unless you agree to be accompanied by me as a guardian, I will not agree, I will inform your father as soon as possible, you are only a high school student, I cannot let you go to a strange city alone, and you are dealing with smugglers." Melonie spoke a little quickly to express her worries: "Maybe they will deceive you, like in the movie, and refuse to pay after receiving the goods......"

Tommy Hawk looked at Melonie with a smile, that gaze made Melonie a little puzzled, and found that the other party had no intention of speaking, Melonie could only take the initiative to ask, "What's wrong?" ”

"Nothing, if you insist, of course you can go on a trip with me as a guardian, but I still need a paid tour guide." Tommy shook his head and said to Meloni.

Melonie stared at Tommy and asked, "But your eyes seem to be laughing at me, am I wrong about something?" ”

"It's nothing, just a reminder that you're missing a little bit when you're thinking about something."

"What's missing?"

"We are Italians."