Ken lives in a rented house, which can be regarded as the center of the town. When Amy and Chris came to the door, Ken was shaving.

"Oh God. Whatever you do, selling insurance, or buying lawn mowers, look, I don't need lawn mowers, or your vitamin supplements."

Ken looked a little irritable. He was about to close the door again. Amy pushed the door and said, "Ken, you may have misunderstood. We are friends with your sister Mary. We need your help."

The two were then invited into the room by Ken.Then the man in his 40s hurriedly cleaned up the clothes scattered on the sofa in the house, as well as the leftover takeaway pizza on the table.

Ken also spent half an hour in the bathroom, tidying himself up and changing into a clean shirt and trousers.

Amy and Chris silently felt that it would be better to make a phone call before coming, but unfortunately they didn't know his phone number either.But soon, Ken packed himself up and took some drinks from the refrigerator for them.

"I'm really sorry, you have to know that I live alone, and I didn't know in advance." Ken shrugged, his face was very sincerely apologetic.

Both of them said they don't care, because they interrupted his weekend.

"You say, Mary is getting out of jail! Is that true? I remember she got 30 years. Oh, that was such a bad day. We all cried. It's been 30 years now? Time That was fast. I wonder how old I was, 12? 14?"

Ken scratched his head, he seemed to have lost track of the date.

"Actually, Mary came out a few years earlier because of her good performance. She will be released from prison on the fifth of next month. You are her younger brother and the closest person she has ever been. Can you go and accompany her?"

The look on Ken's face was very happy. He was happy that his sister Mary was finally able to have a new life.However, he remembered something again, and the expression on his face was a bit embarrassed.

Amy and Chris are the last to want to see such an expression, which shows that poor Mary may really have to face the troubles and loneliness after being released from prison alone.
"Ken, you are Mary's favorite brother. I remember she said that when I was young, my parents were not at home and they often had to work overtime. At that time, she was the one who took care of you. She fed you salad and played with toys for you at night. And coax you to sleep. Don't you want to accompany her when she gets out of prison? "

Chris was a little angry, she felt how could she be so indifferent to her relatives.Ken lives alone, unlike Jinna, who has a family burden, has children to raise, and doesn't even have much financial pressure. Those problems don't exist at all.

Why not help Mary get through it?Could it be that just because Mary had been separated from them for decades, could they completely forget her?Or, did they think Mary was no longer family because she had been in prison?

  She really didn't understand why people became so indifferent and ruthless.The reason Chris is so angry is because she also has such a brother.Only not to her, but to her sister.

The older sister, who was only a few years older than her, did not live well after she left with her father. She always said on the phone that her father didn't want to raise her at all, just to avoid paying her mother's maintenance expenses.At home, she often has to cook for herself, or buy a piece of bread outside.

Later she met their eldest brother, who was also in the city where she lived.Once, my father was drunk and beat my sister, who was not yet 16 years old at the time. She ran to her brother and begged him to take her in for a few days.But the eldest brother ignored her at all, and told her that he was not her guardian, and he had no responsibility to discipline her.

The sister stayed out all night, and she told Chris that she would never see this brother again in this life, nor would she recognize him.This kind of hurt between loved ones is terrible.In fact, in many cases, family affection is also very fragile.Even if there is a blood relationship, the sustenance of blood, but it will easily disappear.

"I don't mean that. I really want to visit Mary. She is my sister, my relatives. After all these years, I should have visited her. But now, I just need to do other things, when I do When it's over, I'll go with her."

Ken sighed, and he glanced at the picture frame on the wall, where his former wife and children were, and they were still so happy at that time.But that was ten years ago.

Amy noticed his expression. She learned one very important thing in Colin's training, and that was observation.

As soon as she entered the house, she found that Ken was a slovenly person, but his life was not too bad. It could be seen from the air and dust in the house that he still cleaned it often.

There are only men's things in the house, and all the utensils belong to one person.So Ken is now single and still lives alone.There are few women in the house to patronize.

There are some leather shoes and slippers on the shoe cabinet near the door. Some of the leather shoes are clean and some are dirty.It looks a bit old, the brand is commonly used by office workers, and it is quite satisfactory.It's just that they have been worn for a long time, which shows that his economic conditions can only be regarded as very average and self-sufficient.

  He has been divorced for many years, and he must also have to pay child support. He once had a daughter and a son, but they were all raised by his wife.That alone.Amy can guess that Ken's job may not be decent and the salary is not too high.Or, he lost his guardianship because he betrayed his family.

Divorced for more than ten years, he has not left in this city, and often moves, so there is only one possibility, he may be for the convenience of looking after the children, then why he often moves, it means that his ex-wife and children are very likely nearby live.

Amy didn't want to waste any more time, she asked bluntly: "Ken, are you unable to leave here because of your ex-wife and children?"

"How do you know? Are you investigating me?" Ken looked at them vigilantly, as if he had turned into a vigilant wolf in an instant.

For so many years, he has always wanted to fight for the custody of his children.He firmly believes that he will be able to gain the approval of his children with his father's love.

Chris gave Amy a strange look.She felt that Amy was really suitable to be a policeman.

"Don't worry, I just figured it out from your photo. Who only takes one photo in ten years? Even if you are divorced, you will have other photos. Now that the Internet is so developed, your children must be They all have social accounts, they will definitely post their life photos and selfies on it. You must have, but why don't you hang those photos? Because you want to live with them again, not just watch Photos miss them."

Amy's sharp point made Enken have to admit that she was right.

Chris persuaded Ken to tell them everything, maybe they could help.

"I'm also a mother of a child, but my son Jack was taken away. I also went to jail, just because I had something wrong with my son's poor care. I was sentenced to two years. Almost To lose custody of Jack forever. I worked so hard to get out of jail. Jack is doing well with his grandparents and he chose them over me."

When it comes to custody, Chris is naturally more touched.She knows how guilty and painful it is for parents who have lost their children's trust.

No one can understand, and no one can comfort them, they can only endure silently.In fact, such a life is really difficult.

After Ken learned of Chris's experience, he seemed to have found his kind, and his pain was finally understood.

He was unwilling to speak before, just because he didn't want people to know his failed life.Failed father and failed husband.

"Actually, it was indeed my mistake back then. I shouldn't pursue those worthless dreams. I should be honest and accept my fate as a paralegal. That way, so many things won't happen."

Ken held his head, he seemed to really regret it.If life is repeated again, will people still choose the same path?No one can tell.But Ken felt that he would be able to make up for his mistakes, so that their family could live a happy life.

Neither Amy nor Chris knew what had happened to him at home before, so they went to a coffee shop with him so that Ken could calm down.

After Ken drank a cup of hot coffee and a dessert, he began to tell his story to Amy and Chris.

  More than ten years ago, the place where he worked was due to the economic depression and the factory closed down. The work he relied on suddenly became a thing of the past. He thought that he could get a pension if he could safely send his children to college.

But he only got a sum of compensation in the end, which was not enough for the family for two years.What's more, children still need to go out to play, even if they save food and money, it is not enough.

He definitely needed to find another job, but at that time he was over 30, the economy was depressed, and many factories around him were closed. Even an ordinary supermarket cashier job had many people to grab.

And the cashier's salary doesn't allow him to feed his two kids and save for college.

  His wife began to look for a job. She used to study finance. Later, because they got married and had to take care of their children, they also wanted their children to have a warm family environment, so he asked his wife to be a full-time housewife at home.

For so many years, my wife has been doing housework at home, but she realized that the economic crisis is a good opportunity for her to go back to work.Many times, the wife also often said that the family has been living a tight life.It is necessary to provide children with a good economic environment in the future.

Ken lost his job, which was a bit of a blow.For a while he found himself no longer a teenager in his 20s.

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