Santa Maria District, a relatively quiet community, is a well-maintained old-fashioned Mediterranean-style building with blue and white paint that is as sunny and pleasant as the sky and sea. It covers a relatively large area and has many activity areas, including a children's play area.
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In the backyard garden, various fragrant ornamental herbs are planted in exquisite flower beds stacked with glass stones.
Eugene pushed the wheelchair and took the former dean out to relax. Although the weather was not ideal, the garden had a glass sun shed, which prevented these delicate flowers from being destroyed by the rain. Even if the sky was dark and a heavy rain was coming, they could keep out the rain.
This frail old woman has already suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Colin heard from Eugene that this old man also grew up here when she was a child. Many years have passed and times have changed, but she still lives here and regards it as her home.
He moved home and never left his home. He is a great person.
But now she is unable to move or speak, and only occasionally utters nonsense words of unknown meaning.
Funding for such public facilities basically comes from city council allocations, with occasional assistance from charitable foundations. However, it is far from enough to achieve a closed-loop structure within society. It plays more of a role in the promises made by participants in the mayoral campaign.
To gain popular favor and win votes, families who can prove their ability to adopt children can receive generous tax breaks.
Only in this way can a closed loop be completely formed.
In view of the fact that this orphanage has had a very warm atmosphere since the old director, he has never enriched his own pockets, and his life has not been too bad, but it is limited to this. Except for the period before and after the election, all the funds are only enough to make ends meet.
day.
It's just that Eugene has used his salary from the Countermeasures Bureau to carry out a lot of renovations and renovations in the past few months. Colin saw that the level of luxury here is comparable to some recuperation centers used by wealthy children to detoxify, but it is still a little less than a yoga club.
The swimming pool fountain has a high-end sense of post-modern deconstructed architectural style, but it is also extremely good.
Colin could guess that Eugene invested most of the winnings from the Beverly Hills and Whitestone events on the Stock Exchange.
I just saw a child playing with a brand of genuine building blocks. These toys are expensive. This is something Colin did not expect. It seems that Eugene has indeed put a lot of thought into this place, not only in terms of money.
"No wonder no one adopts you. If I were to walk around here, I would be disgusted if I saw a girl wearing smoky makeup."
Colin picked up a flower with his hand. He smelled it and felt that it was boring. Seeing that the ground was very clean, he didn't know where to throw it. When Eugene wasn't paying attention, he secretly stuffed it into the soil and buried it. He patted the soil on his hand and pretended.
Nothing happens.
"You're really good at socializing, Colin."
Eugene's eyelids twitched.
"Do you know the Sheriff of White Rock Town?"
Colin can never forget that man.
"What's wrong?"
When Lister took down the photo from the observation post, she glanced at it and wondered why Colin mentioned this. The sheriff was not dead?
"He is...a very tenacious man. I sold my medal, which was from the stock exchange."
"You actually sold it?"
"Why, do you still keep it?"
"sold."
"...Anyway, I redeemed myself again. Through the Countermeasures Bureau's information network, I found the Sheriff's daughter. Their relationship didn't seem to be harmonious. Even when I saw the relevant news, I didn't react much. His daughter is a
The lead singer of Metallica, when I found her, there was a woman in the room with no clothes on."
"There's no need to say this, okay."
"I gave that medal to his daughter."
"That doesn't sound like your style."
"Because the news didn't report it and no one knew what that man did, I told her that I had never seen anyone cry so sadly."
"So what did the Sheriff do?"
Eugene was speechless. When Colin didn't tell riddles, he still didn't tell riddles.
"Sometimes, you will find that human will...may really be comparable to that of gods."
"If you don't want to say it, just stop saying it."
The weather outside turned cooler, and Eugene pushed his wheelchair back indoors.
A group of innocent children were playing around indoors, and Colin couldn't help but imagine the scene when Eugene was a child making mischief here.
Because Eugene doesn't come here often due to work reasons, there is no happy scene of a group of children surrounding her clamoring for her to play with her. She is not particularly familiar with it, but they are all extremely polite. After being "scolded" by some caregivers who knew Eugene
Next time, I will still greet her with great enthusiasm.
The main reason is that the companion brought by Eugene does not look like a child at all.
"Are you leaving again so soon?"
A caregiver grew up with Eugene. She saw that Eugene had a successful career and the money transferred into the orphanage account could last for many years. However, she was still worried because they both carried guns and were in the government.
What kind of dangerous work is being done in the functional department? Los Angeles has become increasingly unstable recently, and it is related to some crazy organizations with indecent names. I don’t want any accident to happen to such a kind-hearted person like Eugene.
"Yeah, let's not cook tonight. I'll treat the kids to pizza and order something else. They should like those children's meals with toys. The children should really like those promotions on TV."
Eugene purchased dinner on his mobile phone and was about to leave with Colin.
"The old dean spoke late the day before yesterday."
The nurse suddenly said.
"Said something."
Eugene stopped.
"She asked where you were, and said that when you were a child, you always liked to play the role of a bride, using paper towels rolled together as a wedding dress."
The nurse smiled a little when she said this.
Because Colin was beside him, Eugene was a little embarrassed, holding his forehead and not knowing what to say.
Colin gave her a thumbs up, not sure whether he was teasing or appreciating it.
After a few casual sentences have passed.
The two got back in the pickup truck and left.
Now, Colin finally understood why a woman in her prime would drive a pickup truck so that she could transport some books or toys, as well as some heavier items.
It was a few kilometers away from the orphanage.
Colin was not very good at dealing with this kind of scene, because Eugene's somewhat red eyes had been holding back. Although he did not cry at all, even if it was a sob of one decibel, he could still detect the faint sadness in the air.
"I'm in a hurry to get off the bus. Just stop at the intersection ahead. Let's meet again after the rest."
Colin unbuckled his seat belt and made a gesture of getting out of the car, preparing to "escape".
Eugene didn't say anything and stopped the car near the roadside.
The engine of the pickup truck did not shut down, because the hazy sky had already shown signs of rain, and with a few rolling muffled thunders, a downpour poured down without any warning.
It seemed to be giving Colin some kind of hint.
However, Colin ignored it and pulled the handle to open the car door. The sound of dripping raindrops quickly poured into the car, but he hesitated.
"There is an umbrella on the cargo compartment."
Eugene said calmly.
boom……
However, Colin closed the car door and sat in the car without saying a word.
The atmosphere became a little tense for a moment, and both of them sat blankly without saying anything.
"you……"
Without waiting for Eugene to finish speaking.
"Don't you still have coupons at Montgomery's barbecue restaurant? Let's go together."
He said this.
Just as Colin expected.
Whether it's his wife, or the Sheriff's daughter, maybe all the women in the world.
