American drama of life

Chapter 24 The Queen of Flowers and I!

the next few days.

Luke teaches Phoebe some basic food truck recipes, hot dogs, hamburgers, sandwiches, fried chicken, etc., which are all simple fast food.

But his level is much higher than the average fast food truck.

Foodie Mike praised his strength, and professional chef Monica also resigned.

At the same time, he also urged the eldest sister to go to the local community college to inquire about admission.

The result is of course no problem.

The tuition fee is also different from the tens of thousands of dollars a year in regular colleges. Community colleges only need $5000 a year.

But even so, Phoebe couldn't get it out for a while.

Luke said he could lend it to her, and after persuading everyone, she agreed.

The time soon came to Sunday.

Tomorrow Monday will be his day at the New York Fire Academy.

And today he has one thing to do.

In the morning, he drove his second-hand old Ford to the ice skating hall.

Today is the day of the New York Figure Skating Junior Tournament.

When he walked into the stadium, there was a little girl spinning and jumping on the skating rink, but his eyes immediately locked on a familiar figure, sitting on the waiting seat, his delicate face was colder than ice Poker face.

The figure skating clothes on her body looked a bit shabby and old-fashioned, and the traces of the less exquisite hand-made were obvious.

But when she wears it, she is very fashionable.

A middle-aged woman with big glasses was smoking a cigarette while explaining something to this little iceberg girl.

Luke didn't get close, just found a seat and sat down, looking at the little girl from a distance, with a complicated expression, until the applause in the field and the reminder sound when the next player entered the field, did he come back to his senses.

"Next contestant Emma Harding!"

The little girl from the iceberg got up immediately, took off the protective cover of her skates, ignored the shouting of the middle-aged woman, and slid directly into the skating rink.

She danced to the music.

Luke applauded first, then followed closely.

With her spinning straight in place for a long time, circle after circle, when the whole person's face began to blur, Luke, who was staring at her, was also in a trance and fell into memory.

Of course he's not a pervert.

This 12-year-old iceberg girl named Emma Harding is his stepfather's daughter and his sister.

The middle-aged woman smoking beside her is her mother.

Luke's stepfather, her unknown husband, divorced shortly after she became pregnant and gave birth to Emma.

Luke's stepfather and Luke's biological mother came together two years later.

Emma was occasionally thrown over by her mother for a few days and had a very good relationship with Luke's predecessor.

But the good times didn't last long.

When Luke's predecessor was 12 years old, Luke's mother died, and his stepfather became increasingly alcoholic and violent, and beat Luke at every turn. Seeing this, Luke's predecessor decided to flee the family.

That day.

Emma just came over and bumped into Luke's predecessor who was packing up and preparing to escape.

Luke's predecessor saw her staring at him blankly, explained a few words casually, and then slipped away.

Three years have passed in a flash.

It was only when his predecessor, who was a street wanderer, was taken to the Westward house by Mike and felt the warmth of the family, that he had the intention to care about Emma's younger sister and find an opportunity to reappear in front of Emma's eyes.

But at that time, Emma, ​​who used to call Luke sweetly behind the buttocks of her predecessor, looked at him with no warmth at all, and her whole body seemed to be enveloped by an iceberg.

No matter how the predecessor explained the apology, he never said a word to him again.

Luke's predecessor persisted for a while, and his heart gradually became cold.

Afterwards, he followed his biological father George to work in a fast food truck out of town, and then suffered a car accident and was replaced by a young Dongguo who came across.

When Luke sorted out his predecessor's memory, he discovered many details that his predecessor had overlooked.

On the day when the predecessor escaped from his stepfather's house and was bumped into by Emma, ​​the predecessor left in a hurry, ignoring the urgent and desperate childish shouts behind him.

"Luke, take me with you!"

After Luke merged the memory of his predecessor, this shout often echoed in his mind.

Luke could clearly hear the infinite despair inside.

After he crossed over, he merged his memories, returned to New York, arranged his life, and went to see Emma from time to time when he was working hard to develop in the direction of firefighters and preparing to complete the registration of the firefighter system.

Then he understood why little Emma at that time was so desperate.

Her mother is a waiter who smokes, drinks, tattoos and burns her head. Like Luke's stepfather, she also has a tendency to be violent. The husband and wife fight each other on a daily basis.

When she was pregnant with Emma, ​​the wife used her stomach to beat her husband unilaterally.

After giving birth to Emma, ​​the stepfather immediately came back with revenge, and they were too heavy on each other every chance they had.

Emma was so young and had many injuries on her body.

Because Emma showed her talent for skating since she was a child, she was often taken by her mother to the ice skating rink to play skating. It was normal for her to fall and get hurt.

Luke's predecessor asked several times, and after getting little Emma's sweet answer, it didn't matter.

After all, although Emma's mother is often fragrant, she does work part-time to earn money to support Emma, ​​and she even hired a skating coach for her.

Luke understood that most of the time, little Emma suffered domestic violence earlier than his predecessor. After secretly observing, he found that it was indeed the case.

Emma's mother often pushes and beats Emma.

Luke asked Emma alone several times if he needed help, but Emma was still reluctant to say a word to him.

Even when he invited Dr. Silver to talk to her, saying that he could adopt her, she said one word to Dr. Silver coldly: "No!"

Dr. Silver came forward with Luke, beat Emma's mother, and persuaded Luke to give up his thoughts and not act rashly, so as to avoid worse consequences.

From then on, Luke only paid attention silently, and came to see her whenever he had time to make sure that she had not suffered serious domestic violence.

When the music ended and the applause sounded, Luke recovered from his memory and clapped his hands vigorously.

Emma stopped gracefully, just facing Luke's side, and looked at Luke from a distance.

"son of a bitch!"

Emma's mother was pouring the wine from the jug into a teacup as water to drink. She followed Emma's eyes and saw Luke, and immediately scolded.

"You perverted little white face, you are really haunted, aren't you! This is my daughter! It's my right to discipline me! You don't have to interfere!"

While cursing, he gave Luke the middle finger.

Before Luke took Dr. Silver to beat her, it really pissed her off.

Seeing this scene, Emma withdrew her gaze, slipped out of the skating rink, ignored the two of them, and left.

Luke sighed and got up and left.

bathroom.

Emma's mother kept spitting fragrance at Luke. Seeing that Emma didn't say a word, she suddenly got angry, stretched out her hand and pushed hard, pushing Emma against the wall.

Seeing that Emma was still indifferent and silent, this made Emma's mother even more angry. She picked up the bag and smashed it on Emma: "I make money to let you skate, so you have this attitude! Ah!"

Emma curled up skillfully, protecting her vitals, her indifferent eyes gradually became dazed, and her thoughts flew to nowhere...

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