A week later, a church in Washington, D.C.

Winslow and Lannita, who remarried, did not invite too many guests, except for the special investigation team, the two only invited some relatives and friends who had a good relationship and had time to attend, and the number was not large, and half of the church was not full.

Under the auspices of the priest, Winslow and Lanita kissed each other again, and the church burst into applause, and Jimmy, dressed in a mini suit, stood aside and clapped his hands vigorously.

At the end of the ceremony, everyone began to chat and eat, and while talking and laughing, several men and women came to Luo An with wine glasses one after another.

"Hello, Team Leader Roan, I'm Agent Tony of Investigation Team Three."

"Good afternoon, Team Leader Luo An, I've heard of your name for a long time, and when I saw you today, I found that you are much more handsome than those rumors."

Several of them were Winslow's friends, and when they saw Luo An, they came up to say hello, wanting to be familiar with Luo An.

Winslow's situation is clear to them, although Lanita divorced him at the beginning, although work reasons are the majority, but financial problems are also inducing factors.

Winslow's re-emergence was after joining Roan's investigation team, and these people knew that they could not join Roan's investigation team, but it was good to chat more and get acquainted.

Luo An could see what these people thought, but the host of today's event was Winslow, he was not good at stealing the limelight, so he simply smiled and chatted a few words before finding a reason to hide aside.

"Congratulations, Roan."

In a corner of the lawn outside the church, where Lacey was chatting with someone, she saw Luo An coming over, she and the man came to Luo An's side with a confession, and said with a smile:

"Now I'm a big man in the eyes of others."

Luo An smiled and didn't say much about this matter, and asked rhetorically:

"At the end of the ceremony just now, I noticed that your face was a little wrong, what's wrong?"

When the priest announced that Winslow and Lanita could kiss each other, Roan applauded and casually glanced around, and found that although Lacey was also applauding, the expression on her face was very lonely.

Roan knew that Lacey and Winslow belonged to comrades-in-arms, colleagues and brothers, and Lanita were pure friends, and there were no emotional issues between the three, so he needed to understand the reason for Lacey's loneliness.

Hearing Luo An's words, Lacey smiled bitterly, took a sip of the wine glass, and said in a low voice:

"You know, I'm Lesbian, I can't get married."

Luo An frowned slightly, and said in a low voice:

"I remember that the Superior Court of Massachusetts has ruled that, according to the federal Constitution, homosexuals can form a nominal family and enjoy full and equal rights to marriage...... You can go to that state and get married. ”

This happened in 2004, making Massachusetts the first state in the Commonwealth to legally allow same-sex marriage.

"No, I'm not just talking about that piece of paper, I'm talking about the wedding."

Lacey shook her head, she knew more about this than Roan, explaining:

"Massachusetts only allows gay people to register for legal marital status, has this process, but does not support wedding ceremonies.

Therefore, Massachusetts' policy is only "half free", and the other half may not be released until those lawmakers are short of votes. ”

Not only does Lacey want the marriage registration certificate issued by the government, but she also wants to invite relatives and friends with the person she likes like a normal person to have a wedding in the open.

"I'm sorry."

Luo An picked up the wine glass and took a sip, he really couldn't help Lacey with this kind of thing.

Lacey shook her head, smiled, raised her glass and touched it with Ann:

"It's okay, no need to apologize, I should thank you."

At present, in 2006, the trend of "political correctness" has just had a breeze, and it has not yet reached the absolute status that later generations dare not touch.

As a lesbian, Lacey is still disgusted by many people, and there is never a lot of behind-the-scenes gossip about her in the FBI.

And Luo An's investigation team not only did not discriminate against her, treated her as a normal person, and even received equal pay for equal work and fair distribution afterwards.

The term equal pay for equal work sounds a matter of course, but it's true that women workers in the federal state have lower status and are paid less than their male counterparts, and the FBI is no exception.

Luo An smiled and clinked glasses with Lacey, he didn't have any good feelings or bad feelings for the gay community, he just treated it with a normal heart, as long as it didn't interfere with his normal life, everything was fine.

In addition, in some ways, Lacey's orientation is also beneficial to the special investigation team.

Because there are no blacks in Roan's special investigation team, it will be absolutely "politically incorrect" in a few years.

Lacey's lesbian status can cause a lot of trouble for the special investigation team, after all, she is the first among the LGBTQIATPDXREW+ people.

Just as Roan and Lacey were chatting, Michelle suddenly walked over from a distance and whispered:

"Luo An, someone is looking for you."

"Who?"

"Vereneth."

Three minutes later, on the side of the road, Roan spotted a familiar car and immediately opened the passenger door and sat in.

The person in the driver's seat was none other than Vereneth, and she still wore a lot of makeup today, but it was not as sharp as before, and it was a little softer.

However, Luo An saw at a glance the dark circles under the heavy makeup that Verenis was trying to hide, he nodded with a smile, and said with a little worry:

"Good afternoon, sir, pay more attention to rest, your body is the most important."

"I'm fine."

The corners of Verenis's mouth raised slightly, an imperceptible smile flashed in her eyes, and without nonsense, she directly handed Luo An a sealed document and said:

"Sophia's matter has been dealt with, your investigation team is working very hard in this case, the holiday continues, and we will talk about it when the time comes to work."

"Yes, sir."

Luo An smiled and nodded, without asking what the specific situation of "processed" in Verenis's mouth, raised his hand to open the sealed file bag.

There weren't many things in the file bag, just a few pieces of paper, and Luo Ann took them out to examine them carefully, and Verenis explained on the side:

"The first is a letter of appointment from Obato Oil, where you were hired as a consultant by Luan, with an annual salary at the bottom of the document.

The second is an invitation to the President's White House press conference dinner...... You can sell this invitation. ”

Looking at the $800,000 annual salary at the bottom of the first document, Roan's eyes lit up, and he knew that this Obato oil company was one of the subsidiaries below the oil company founded by the current president when he was young.

When the incumbent president established the oil company, he was on the verge of bankruptcy, but thanks to his perseverance and his father, he was able to turn a profit.

A company with total assets of less than $400,000 sold 10% of its shares for $1 million.

So there is no corruption in the Federation, everything is a legitimate business transaction, and a legitimate political donation.

The position of "consultant" is magical, you can manage everything or nothing, and Luo An instantly understood that this was the hush money paid by the one in the White House.

$800,000 a year is not a small amount, and Roan turned his gaze to the invitation to the second White House Correspondents' Dinner, then looked at Verenis suspiciously.

Vereneth didn't explain much, but said:

"Your invitation is white gold, and whoever gets a white gold invitation will sell it, without exception."

Luo An nodded clearly, it was another rule that was inconvenient to say, he understood.

After a brief discussion, Vereneth drove away, and as soon as Ann returned to the lawn, Lacey suddenly walked over and whispered:

"Luo An, someone is looking for you."

“…… And who? ”

(End of chapter)