By the time Tommy rushed back from New York to the long-lost Eagle's Nest in Los Angeles, the party had been going on for more than an hour, and Otilia had already arrived in Washington.

Outside the brightly lit Eagle's Nest, Sophia O'Connor sat alone on a bench outside the hall door looking out into the night, and when she saw Tommy coming from afar, she stood up and looked at Tommy seriously, her eyes full of inquiry.

Tommy shook his head at her gently: "I came back from Long Island, and I wanted to spend the last days of my life staying at home, basking in the sun, and spending time with his family, who told me that if he chose to live at home, there would probably be five months left...... It's a long time. ”

Hearing Tommy's words, Sophia gently covered her mouth with her hand, then took off her glasses on the bridge of her nose and turned her head slightly.

Tommy stepped forward and put his arms around Sophia, and comforted him softly, "This is Ben's choice, we have squeezed this poor old fellow for too long, he is tired, so he wants to enjoy a comfortable long sleep as soon as possible." ”

"It's okay...... I was just...... I just haven't adjusted to the emotions of Susie leaving, and when I hear you say Benjamin, I can't help but think of Susie, if she hadn't insisted on skydiving all over the world a few years ago, if we ...... At that time, she was invited to a party like now, which prevented her from making the trip, and she may still be a good neighbor of the Eagle's Nest with Jason. Sophia wiped her eyes slightly, trying to keep her emotions in check.

Ms. Susie White and Jason have been neighbors with Tommy for the last decade or so, but after they moved in, Sophia and Tommy spent most of the year looking after the house, and the couple traveled the world.

After Susie retired, she spent her life in various games of conquest, from climbing the world's highest mountain to chasing the world's largest ocean tide, from land to sea, at the age of sixty, Susie lived as dazzling and wonderful as a queen, and finally God took her away in a skydiving accident three years ago.

Susie's departure hit Sophia, Jason and others very hard, because none of them can live as freely as Susie, she and Jason have not had children, after her death three years ago, although Jason did not sell the property here, but chose to say goodbye to Tommy, Sophia, Susan, Holly, Mark and other old friends, he can no longer live here, that will make him always can't help but think of Susie, think of the wonderful days he and Susie get along, so he went back to his hometown, Greenville, a small city in Mississippi, a person lives in the peaceful countryside.

Sophia's emotional outburst is because Benjamin is already her second old friend who is about to say goodbye to this world, and it seems that before she knows it, they have reached the age where they are ready to say goodbye to their friends forever.

Wiping her tears with Tommy's handkerchief, Sophia took Tommy and walked inside: "Let's go, I'll take you to see Hilbert, he should be very happy tonight." ”

Although there are many guests in the house, most of them should be his son's classmates, teachers, etc., but Tommy is not impressed, he missed the first party speech, so everyone does not know that he is Hilbert's biological father, of course, it doesn't matter whether he knows it or not, after all, the image of Otilia to the outside world has always been a single mother, while selflessly contributing to the American judiciary, while raising three children independently.

Sophia didn't introduce Tommy to the crowd, and led him through the living room to a recreation room, where a dozen young men and women, who were clearly good students, were drinking juice...... Watching two nerds operate the computer, and even cheering from time to time.

The two nerds operating the computer, one of whom had messy blond hair, a smart suit, round-rimmed glasses, and bangs, was Tommy's second and only son, Hilbert Hawk, who was staring at the various data parameters listed on the computer screen.

The other, he hadn't seen before, was an Asian boy, brunette-haired, well-mannered, as engrossed in staring at the computer as his son.

Do two people seem to be playing a kind of science or physics competition?

"I'd rather see my son having a brazen party with a bunch of mixed-race beauties inside...... Yes, even if you have some mixed-race girls, it should be more interesting than *computer. Tommy saw the picture in the recreation room and said to Sophia a little sluggishly.

Sophia glanced at Tommy and motioned him to shut up, until ten minutes later, the children in the recreation room burst into cheers, and Hilbert slapped the keyboard angrily and looked at the Asian opponent next to him: "You won." ”

"Hilbert?" When the game was over, Sophia, who had great patience, spoke gently.

Hilbert turned around, saw Tommy beside Sophia, stunned for a moment, and then quickly stood up, like a child who made a mistake, wanted to speak but didn't know what to say, Tommy walked towards him and patted him on the shoulder in a relaxed tone: "Happy adulthood, boy, look, it's good, you have your own friends now, and you no longer need me to help you build a small train like before." ”

"Uh...... Introduce my friends to you. Hilbert turned around and introduced the Asian boy next to him: "This is a friend I met when I played games on the Internet before, we have known each other for five years, but we only met offline this year, he is from China, and he came to the university to report this year, yes, he is the same as me, he also got an admission letter from MIT, and we will become classmates." ”

"My name is ......"

“No！” Seeing that the other party wanted to sign up for Tommy himself, Hilbert immediately interrupted, and said to Tommy with a rare smile: "His name is AngelBaby." ”

“what？” Tommy was stunned and looked at the other party: "Son, your name is not common in American universities, but it is a common name in major strip clubs in the United States, is this your stage name as a part-time dancer?" Sorry, I'm not discriminatory, but this name ......"

"It's okay, my name is Cao Tianbao, and I like the name that Hilbert helped me translate." The boy smiled.

"Hey! Kid, your name is blowing up! Translated, you can write a very cool sentence in the name column of your admission letter, Cao AngelBaby! Tommy laughed out loud and stretched out his hand and said, "* Flip through all the angel dancers in America!" Your dad must have studied in the United States too, and he must have been hurt by a dancer, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to give you such a great name, I'm Carlo, Carlo Leon, Hilbert's father, and a pet dealer who helps Hollywood stars walk their dogs. ”

Hilbert introduced a cute girl with brown hair, jeans, a T-shirt, and glasses next to her: "This is Connie, uh...... I ...... before The girl I mentioned to you on the phone. ”

"I was impressed, at the high school prom, I bought a sports car for Hilbert as a coming-of-age gift, hoping that he could drive his beloved girl away that night, but as a result, he actually asked the girl like an ostrich, stupidly waiting for the girl, and really just drove the girl for a ride that night, driving more than 700 kilometers, causing the girl to catch a cold." Tommy shook the girl's hand with sympathy on his face:

"You're the victim of the cold wind that blew passively for more than five hours that night, right? I have deep sympathy for what happened to you that night, girl, next time you have this kind of encounter, call me, I have a doctor who is very good at treating colds to recommend you. ”

After greeting his son's other friends in turn, promising to help them get some signed photos of Hollywood stars or small gifts such as tickets to the premiere if they had the chance, Tommy left his son and his friends to continue enjoying their party and walked out himself.

Sophia was in the corridor, whispering something to the bodyguard John, and when she saw Tommy coming out, Sophia looked at Tommy with a smile: "I'm about to ask John to arrange someone to send me to San Francisco, you should use the next period of time to seriously prepare for the wedding with Ortilia, and I can also use this time to accompany Felis, she wants me to accompany her to travel abroad this summer, and is waiting for me to meet me in Boston." ”

"Why does everybody think weddings are so important, and that's the case with Otilia, who thinks weddings are more important than work." Tommy said impatiently when he heard Sophia also mention the preparations for the wedding.

"Tommy~" Sophia looked at Tommy with an impatient face and smiled: "I've been with you for thirty-five years since I was in college, and I've had you more than Ortilia has, and even more than ten years ago, after she divorced and moved back to Rhode Island and Washington and New York, I've been making guest appearances as the hostess here, entertaining guests as a hostess, and accompanying you to some events, but here's her real host, isn't it?" All of them just want you to really get back to the family, Otilia, Susan, me, Bessia, Daddy Colin, Tony, Ashley, Jenny, Felis, ....... ”

"I said, if you are willing to have breast augmentation, I will consider officially registering my marriage with you, and you don't have to be embarrassed to use my girlfriend or secretary as a temporary guest hostess, but you have always rejected my breast augmentation proposal and insisted on keeping your chest flat, and the medical beauty agency wants to make your money, which is more difficult than Dennis's stupid * elected president in this year's election." Tommy said.

"But you broke your word, right, you said that if I had been flat-chested, you wouldn't have bothered me, and then." Sophia gave a rare playful smile and teased Tommy.

Tommy took Sophia along the corridor and said, "When I see too many busty women, I occasionally have the illusion that flat-chested women are more attractive to me. ”

"I'm going to visit Susan tomorrow and stay with her for a day, and the last time I talked on the phone, she said she wanted me to give her some advice on her autobiography, and then go to Boston to pick up Felis, and she wants to go to Korea this summer to learn about the intangible cultural heritage of ancient Asian architecture, the Korean carpenter culture, which is an ancient Asian wooden building culture, you know, your daughter has always been interested in architecture, and since she was a child, she has loved to build all kinds of whimsical buildings with Lego......"

"Excuse me, go to Korea to see what the fuck? Ancient wooden building culture? Whether the country existed before the Second World War is still up for debate, ancient China belongs to Japan, modern times belong to the United States, what kind of local culture does it have? Tommy was stunned for a moment:

"Even if I haven't been to South Korea, I know that the ancient wooden buildings in that place are from the Tang Dynasty in China, and you should not think about traveling, but about helping our lovely daughter change to a geography or history teacher."

"Okay, then I'll go visit Susan, pick up Felise, and then fire her geography teacher, and you should seriously prepare for the wedding, Otilia has no shortage of suitors, and you don't want to spend your life to encourage the first female justice of the American Supreme Court to grow up, and finally send you a wedding invitation for her to marry someone else, so that you can congratulate her as an ex-husband, I know that you have never been generous when it comes to women, and Felise and I will rush back before your wedding."

"Why does everyone think that I should be in a hurry to get back together with her, saying that I feel like I lack a woman." Tommy asked, walking to a restaurant, sitting down at the table, picking up the apple from the bowl and taking a bite.

Sophia sat opposite him and said sincerely: "You should do that, you have been divorced from her for more than ten years, but everyone who knows you knows that you owe Otilia an apology, I don't think Otiria's anger that has been accumulated for more than ten years is not so easy to dissolve." ”

"I don't think it's that serious, remember? Two years ago, the two of us had just sent Phyllis to Dana Howe Girls' Boarding School, and then asked Susan, who had just stepped down as mayor of San Francisco, to go on a self-driving hunting trip to Texas, and halfway through Houston for two days, you and Susan went out shopping, and when you came back, you told me that you met Otilia who came to Houston to attend an international law conference, and actually stayed in the same hotel as us, and the three of you also made an appointment for an afternoon SPA massage together. ”

"Of course, Otilia also gave Feliss a small gift for her to pass on to her, and I told you that Otilia looks so well maintained, you should really see that she is so glamorous since she left you."

"Yes, that's the problem, I knew she was going to Houston for a meeting, and then I proposed to go hunting in Texas."

"And then?"

"Then, when you meet Otiria, I'm actually getting dressed from her room, so you'll think she's pretty good-looking, and she'll feel very guilty about you."

"Did you sleep with her?"

"It's not very frequent, about two or three times a year after the divorce, it's not that my ability has declined, it's the difficulty of cheating with my ex-wife after the divorce...... Wow, the warmth and kindness on your face just now seem to be gone in an instant! ”

Sophia grabbed the apple she had just picked up and threw it at Tommy, glaring, "When you go on a trip with me, you still have to run away to fool around with your ex-wife?" You swear to tell me that Otilia hates you! And you can never be more! ”

"That was an accident, I would definitely avoid you when I met her before, so as not to be embarrassed, that time she encountered some problems at work, I had to teach her, give her some correct answers, it was good to just talk about her work, not involving family emotions, but ...... I couldn't hold back for a while, you know, although Otilia is not very good-headed, but in terms of appearance and figure, she is definitely a stunner, and she can't tell that she is in her sixties at all, and her security guards also told me that there are many successful men in their thirties and forties, who treat her as a peer and are ready to date her......" Tommy grabbed the apple that Sophia threw and opened his mouth to justify his actions.

Seeing that the murderous aura in Sophia's eyes began to diffuse, Tommy said decisively: "The most important thing is that she was not very tough on me at that time, so it happened, among the old guys of the same age, my physical strength should be the best, you know this very well, after all, you touch my abdominal muscles every night to sleep, so I guess she saw that after my physical strength and figure did not collapse, her anger should have disappeared a lot, put down the fruit plate, Sophia, calm down, you never cared about me fooling around before......"

"That's because those old ladies haven't treated you as their boyfriend yet, for the sake of your strong abs, I treat you as a feminine product, and the supplies don't matter if you share them with other women, but your own men can't!"

"You're finally out of school, Sophia, and I must admit that your metaphor for feminine products is very devastating to me......"

"Disappear before my eyes, Now!"

"Now that you have the upper hand in the relationship between the three of us, you see, Otilia is now full of guilt for you, because she feels guilty for sleeping with me for hiding from you, and I am full of guilt for you now, what does that mean, that I planned this for your own good."

"You went to sleep with your ex-wife behind my back for my own good?" Sophia grabbed the fruit bowl and looked at Tommy: "You and Otilia slept with her three best friends during your marriage, you and the three sisters of the Miller family, when the four of them slept together and were bumped into by her, why didn't you say this to Ortilia, dear, I slept with your three best girlfriends for your own good." ”

"That's different from the current situation, Otilia can't accept it not because I those three bad women at the same time, the real reason why she can't accept it is because, I confessed everything to her afterwards, I said, after I the three of them, I also had the mother who gave birth to their three beautiful daughters, which had a huge impact on Otilia at that time."

"You're a scumbag, get out! Listen to what you have to say, oh my God, how can you do these things and still talk about respecting women and children at the SHP Foundation! ”

"I can explain ......"

"Get out! Otherwise, I'll show you the more lethal female behavior, that is, how a woman breaks the feminine products that hurt her! ”

Tommy pulled away his chair depressedly under Sophia's menacing glare, got up and walked towards the outside of the restaurant, whispering as he walked, "You know what? Sophia, when I paid you before, you never dared to speak so loudly to me, I have long said that the relationship between men and women will always be maintained by money, which is the most correct choice, once it comes to feelings, it will break equality, and the status of men and women will change. ”

(End of chapter)