Chapter 11: This is America!
Tommy and Otilia's wedding was small in size and had few guests, less than a hundred people combined, and almost every one of the invitees had a deep enough bond with the Hawke family, and the wedding took place at the Farrell family's Newport estate, "Little Snowflake".
Daddy Colin and his gray-haired father-in-law, Mr. Farrell, warmly hugged each guest and thanked them for coming to the wedding of their son or daughter.
However, after greeting the old man, he often chooses to go farther away to greet Tony Leon who is sitting at the banquet table and surround him.
"Bessia called, she was busy in London with the family business, and she would come back for dinner when she was done, and Ursula called to congratulate me and said that she was sorry, she and Jenny couldn't come to the wedding, she had an international conference, and Jenny had a lot of official business." Otilia took Tommy's hand, took a group photo with a few guests, and whispered to Tommy: "Ursula didn't come, in fact, I am a little glad that I am not so embarrassed, how can you bear to put Jenny in such an environment?" β
"You have to trust Jenny, she can solve anything." Tommy patted Otilia holding his hand: "Don't think of her as you, think of her as another me, even if you are in heaven, you can transform it into hell." β
Ursula in Otilia's mouth is the mother of Jenny's husband, from the Albrecht family in Germany, and her husband's surname is von der Leyen, Tommy came to Stanford University in 1992 with her doctor husband to teach, and she started dating when she enjoyed the life of a housewife at Stanford University, and the other party also gave birth to a son for Tommy, who now bears the surname von der Leyen.
"Then I thought about it, and it was true, remember when Otilia and I were dating before, my friends would always ask her curiously, Tommy liked you when he was in high school? Then Otilia explained very seriously, No, there were a lot of boys who had a crush on me at that time, and they would find opportunities to get close to me, chat with me, etc., but Tommy was not among them, he was only interested in studying, and he even gave a lot of beautiful magazines and movie posters that he liked very much and accumulated for a long time to other people in order to study, so as to avoid distraction. β
After Hilbert left, Otilia stared at Tommy's face, "What happened?" β
So Jenny's environment at the moment is that her mother-in-law is her father's mistress, and a certain brother of her husband is a half-brother with her.
"So in a fit of rage, I was about to ask the lawyer to shut down the school, but Otilia stopped me, saying, 'If you do that, I'll stand against you and defend Lincoln High School.'"
Otilia held his forehead and said speechlessly: "It was Ursula before, and now it is Hilbert's mother-in-law...... How can you marry Tommy Hawke, the sacrifice is so great, even the other party's mother has to be belly up by you? β
Tommy stood up at this time and looked around for the figure of his son's girlfriend Connie, ready to see clearly, and asked the other party to forgive the poor hospitality, but after seeing the appearance of the other party and the mother next to him, Tommy immediately sat back in his position: "No wonder it's uncomfortable...... Shitβ¦β¦ Son, I'm a little unwell too, you can take them to the hotel, and I'll visit them when I'm done, Page, send Hilbert and them to the hotel. β
"But in fact, after living with him for so long, I realized that he was a big boy who didn't know how to stop, ambitious, and energetic, and he didn't know how to cherish or love, so I left him decisively after reading a lot of parenting books."
Otilia and several other women also looked at it with concern.
Several people were stunned on the spot, and Pam was shocked and said: "Marry your daughter to the Hawke family, and let your mother accompany the man's father to bed?" This custom is so absurd......"
Otilia looked at Tommy beside him gently: "I think, my Tommy, he's ready to accept that relationship now, right, Tommy?" β
Tommy nodded understandingly, "Connie and her mom are also coming to my wedding to your mom?" I'm sorry I didn't notice them, where are they, I'll just go over to your mom to say hi, or I'll arrange for someone to accompany her to the hospital for a check-up. β
"Otilia didn't perceive my affection for her, as she said, Tommy was only interested in learning and making money, but I want to say that it was the only way I could pursue her at the time, I was never a lover of fairy tales, the story of a rich man's daughter marrying the son of a shipwrecker and living happily was not for me, although I like to give people the opportunity to live the American dream, but I am a pessimist at heart, I clearly understand that I want to pursue her, I want to help her put on her wedding dress, put on her wedding ring, put Hawke's surname in front of her name, not to go to her every day to create a chance encounter, to talk to and chat, but to become excellent, more outstanding, you have to do it, even if you are trying to evolve alone during the period when other men fall in love with her and pursue her, but when you complete your evolution and reappear in front of her, you can still make her believe that choosing you is the most important and correct choice in her life. β
As for Tommy and Otilia's daughter Geneis, she was introduced by Tommy to marry von der Leyen's eldest son Christian, and the two now live in Ursula's maiden Albrecht family's stronghold, Lower Saxony, Germany.
"So, father-in-law, can you remove Detective Pinkerton from me?" Tommy quipped.
"In fact, before I went on my first official date with Otilia, her father, Mr. Farrell, came to me privately and had a serious conversation with me."
"How do you know?" Tommy asked curiously.
"I want to say that when you know who you want to spend the rest of your life with, you expect the rest of your life to start as soon as possible, and I, since the day I was eighteen, have been looking forward to it, and now that I have all the work done, I will go back to my family and be a real man.
"I can't believe that you forced a woman as intellectual and elegant as Otilia to lose her temper." Diane Lynn said from the side.
And his father-in-law actually knows about his wife and Tommy, but he doesn't care, or rather, his father Tommy paid his father-in-law so much prostitution that he can't refuse.
"Which state still retains this custom? I want to try it too. Stephen asked curiously.
However, the daughter said that life here is very comfortable, and her husband's family has enough power in the local area for her, not to mention the indirect help of Uncle Tony, which makes her life in Germany hardly difficult and challenging to speak of, but it will make her uncomfortable when she returns to the United States, because the United States has her damn demon father, Tommy Hawke.
Otilia got up and walked towards Colin in the distance: "I'm going to get Colin to talk to you seriously. β
Otilia and Sophia spoke suspiciously at this time: "Connie's mother is pregnant?" Isn't she divorced? β
"Every time I hear Otilia say that, I laugh and don't say anything, but today, I want to say, how is that possible?"
Jenny has just won the mayoral election in Hannover, the capital of Lower Saxony, and has officially entered politics as a young political star in Albrecht, which German newspapers call a ferocious she-wolf.
Otilia turned his face sideways, let Tommy kiss his cheek, and then looked at the visitor:
"Many people think that I must have left Tommy very sadly more than ten years ago, I know that after we separated, Colin bought a plane ticket to fly to California as soon as he knew about it and taught Tommy a hard lesson, and Tony and Ashley rushed back from overseas to comfort me, in fact, I was not very sad, I just thought one thing clearly back then."
In other words, the word take care is no longer worthy of Tommy's dedication.
He thought that the other party felt that he was not in a good mood because he didn't go to say hello, which was indeed his inconsiderate hospitality, so he explained to his son seriously.
When Tommy said this, he looked at Julian Farrell, who was holding Otilia in the audience, ready to hand over his daughter to him: "I think, I took good care of your daughter?" β
"Uh...... My girlfriend Connie's mother is pregnant, and she has been a little uncomfortable since she came here, and I guess maybe the flowers and plants at the wedding scene may make her allergic, so I want to send her to the hotel with Connie first. Hilbert said embarrassedly.
In this way, after he realizes that he can no longer find comfort in dating, traveling, etc., he will realize that he needs a formal, responsible relationship in life, which is what we often call the prodigal son.
"I don't remember what Mr. Williams said, and I didn't want to hear it, but my first thought, I was lucky, I met my girlfriend when I was just eighteen, and the second thought, you have to get rid of the eighteen-year-old fools who met her at the same time as you, like Dennis, like Pam."
"My Tommy, when I knew him, he was a man far beyond his peers, he knew more than I did, thought more, saw more, and he deserved all the compliments that everyone gave him, in fact, a lot of people thought so too."
"Adolescent boys can be selfish and insidious when it comes to relationships, so Dennis, Pam and these bastards have been telling Otilia about my feats behind my back, slandering me, and of course, I did the same thing, I gave them the poster, and told Otilia to study hard."
At this time, Stephen, who was a temporary guest emcee, had already beckoned Tommy to the stage and addressed the guests, Tommy let go of Otilia and walked towards the stage: "Do you want to listen to love words?" β
"He told me for a long time about his panic, and he said that Otilia was raised by the couple very innocently, and she still believes that those beautiful fairy tales are true, and if you love her, please let her continue to believe that this world is as beautiful as fairy tales, and that everything will have a happy end."
Martin, a miller in the distance, who was communicating with people in a suit and leather shoes, heard Colin's roar, directly ripped off his suit, pulled out a large electric shocker from his waist, and walked towards Tommy with an age-appropriate vigorous movement:
"Boss, don't blame me, the godfather wants me to subdue you, I've thought this day has been a long time, this thing that old Paige left me, I used ...... for the first time today"
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Her husband, Christian, is in charge of the Hawke family's business in Germany, which can be seen as a dowry from Tommy to his daughter.
In the midst of everyone's wishes, the little wedding ceremony ended perfectly, after the ceremony, most of the guests were led by Julian to tour the manor, and Tommy and Otilia were chatting with Susan, Sophia, Diane Lane, Ginny Bullock and several other women, at this moment, their son Hilbert came over and whispered to Tommy:
"But it will be very difficult for a smart kid like Tommy to grow up again, because he is already very good, and we also know that single and rich young men will never be lonely and lonely, and they have countless ways to vent loneliness when it is about to appear, such as dating, such as work, such as consumption, such as traveling, etc., etc., all I can do is grow myself and wait patiently."
In the distance, Colin, who learned that his son had helped the family again, shouted for helpers, despite the fact that there were still guests who did not leave: "Martin! Martin! Roll over here, restrain Tommy's asshole for me, I'm going to castrate him! β
For example, in 2010, it was Tony who had U.S. military intelligence officers in Germany use a traffic accident to solve several conservatives in the CDU who opposed Ursula's nomination, which made Ursula von der Leyen finally the president of Germany in Murdoch's cabinet.
Diane Lynn shrugged: "It doesn't matter, Archie's Canadian girlfriend is a single-parent family, her mother died of illness, and now she only has her father." β
"Mr. Farrell was terrified when he said he knew about my presence, because he knew that his daughter was going to be taken away by me, a bastard, and there was nothing he could do about it."
Otilia kissed Tommy gently: "Don't forget, I'm your teacher, this is your last lesson as an adult, now, after class, say goodbye to your teacher, and then, say hello to your wife." β
"I told him that, in my personal experience, the world is not good at all. And the answer he gave was very honest, he said, so, that's the meaning of your existence for her. β
"She knew in her heart that the reason why she didn't return to China was because her father was entrenched in the United States, and she couldn't do anything when she came back, and it was her turn to make waves after I died." Tommy said to Otilia: "It doesn't matter to me whether Hilbert is a nerd or not, he likes physics, he likes science, whatever he wants, but our daughter can't, she has to be a strong man on her own, and I want her to have the ability to control her own destiny, because I'm not sure if her husband can take care of her as well as I take care of you." β
Worried about her daughter, she often flew to Germany to visit her during that time, hoping that if her daughter was unhappy, she could honestly tell her that she was willing to file for divorce for her daughter, even if Tommy objected, she would bring Jenny back.
When Julian put Otilia's hand in Tommy's hand, the audience burst into warm applause, the most enthusiastic were the old Colin of the Hawke family, Tony, Ashley, and Tommy's mother-in-law, after all, the shame of the Hawke family in their eyes is now finally grown up, late bloomer, and understands the responsibility of men.
"Don't care about Otilia, Lady Lien, if I were you, I'd start worrying about Archie's marriage now." Sophia reminded from the side.
"Is this a love story?" Otilia smiled emotionally: "You haven't spoken to me in years. β
"I need him to realize this problem himself, 99% of men in this world are not smarter than my Tommy, he is really, really smart, but when it comes to feelings, he is like an irresponsible child, if you want him to grow up, you have to let him lose something."
Thanks to Tommy's support, her political path is very smooth, of course, the main reason is also because the United States has a garrison in Germany, and she has some tricky troubles, which can get Tommy's brother Tony to help in time.
"It's not a big deal, it's just a trivial thing for the great United States, and I accidentally made my son's mother-in-law's belly bigger."
Ursula lived with her husband at Stanford University for five years, and like her husband, she was originally a medical professional, but after returning to China, she began to enter politics after returning to China under the persuasion of Tommy that "studying medicine will not save Germany".
"So, going back and looking back, isn't it funny what Otilia said to her friends, how could I not love her, I just love her, and I will keep moving forward."
"It was an accident, I swear, I don't need to do it on purpose, and I don't need Hilbert to go ......abroad," Tommy defended in a weak tone.
"I told Lincoln High School about it, and I thought they would be happy for the rest of their lives, but do you know what Lincoln High School said? They say that just shows that they made the right decision, and that you just don't deserve to hang it with Otilia's picture. β
"Don't be surprised to look at your father, Ortilia, for me, and I won't be as gentlemanly as Mr. Farrell, and when I think back to that conversation, Mr. Farrell was very sincere, and he told me the reason why he had only one daughter, Ortilia, because the moment they took the lovely little angel from the nurse's hand, he understood that he could no longer give love to other children, she was my daughter, and I was going to give her all I had."
"I promised Mr. Julian Farrell a lot of promises, and now I would like to say that all promises have been fulfilled, including the last one, family first."
"So, you can rest assured that you can hold Otilia and give her to me again, and this time, I won't let go of my hand again."
"It was an accident, I didn't know she was Connie's mother, and that day at the Eagle's Nest, I thought it was a neighbor from Germany...... And she didn't wear a wedding ring, and I hadn't returned to the family at that time, so ......" Tommy said depressedly, burying his head on the table.
Tommy looked at his son, "What's going on?" β
"I was a normal adolescent boy, how could I not like Otilia? Like Dennis, Palm, Sean and dozens of other Lincoln High School boys, I liked her at first sight, yes, adolescent boys like it so superficial and straightforward, I still remember that scene, Mr. Ronnie Williams called me to his office, I walked over, pushed the door open, and saw an angel standing in the office. β
Julian said humorously: "Of course, I have already withdrawn, and next, my daughter will personally monitor you." β
Julian smiled and nodded, Tommy sent his daughter from an ordinary rich girl to the seat of the chief justice of the United States step by step, he knew that the blood and darkness hidden under the glamour of his daughter's journey were all borne by Tommy alone.
"I want to get away for a while, father."
For a while, Otilia imagined her daughter's living environment in despair, and she felt that if it were herself, she would definitely want to end her life by suicide.
Tommy stood on the stage, looked at all the guests who were looking at him below, and said with a smile:
"Time flies, it's been forty-two years since I first met Ortilia, I was a high school student and she had just graduated from college, and honestly, I hated Lincoln High School, because even though I donated a lot of money with Otilia, they only hung pictures of Otilia, and would rather hang pictures of dogs or other animals next to her pictures than put my pictures with her, and they taunted, hey, pay attention to your identity, you're just a pet shop owner, What qualifies to be on an equal footing with the female justices of the United States. β
"Grow yourself up to the point where he realizes that I am qualified to talk to him on an equal footing and discuss his views on certain events, waiting for him to grow up."
Dennis, Pam, Stephen, Jason, Jim and other friends who had not yet left the game also looked at Tommy at this time, curious about what was happening, Tommy took a deep breath and said loudly to them:
To be honest, Otilia felt that he was reluctant to remarry Tommy, and most of the reason was because Tommy sent his daughter to Germany, and felt that the so-called family was just a pawn and a tool in his hands.
Crackling, a sound of electric shock, Martin fell in front of Tommy, Tommy picked up the electric shocker that had been modified by Page and discharged from the handle: "Yes, Paige must be very happy, after so many years of his death, he can still call you again." β
Julian took Ortiria by his arm and walked slowly towards Tommy, looking at Otilia who was getting closer and closer, Tommy said:
"There's going to be a chance." Tommy looked at a few of his best friends:
βAfter allοΌ this is Americaγβ
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