America's King of Poetry

Chapter 44 I'm Right

After reading the photocopied missing person information sheet, Arthur folded it up and put it in his pocket, sitting on the bench and thinking for a while.

Then, he took the piece of paper out of his pocket, unfolded it and read it again.The fuzzy black-and-white photo copied out was indeed Anna's appearance, exactly the same.He repeatedly read the brief description on the information sheet. It said that the third-grade girl named Georgia Weckler was in the car of a friend's mother after school in the afternoon. She was sent to a small road leading to her home.More than 40 years have passed since this case. If Weckler was still alive, he would be an old man in his 50s now.

Arthur wasn't too surprised by this. After all, Russell was a dead man. What's so unusual about a girl from 1947?

"Have you heard of this disappearance case?" Arthur asked Abramo, folding the information sheet into his pocket.

"I heard about it, it was reported on TV, when the famous disappearance case was introduced. Everyone was convinced that she was dead, kidnapped and killed, but the body was never found. Her parents have also passed away. She is a beautiful girl. It is always regrettable to see such a case, so I am very impressed." Although Abramo is a vicious criminal, he is not ready to attack little girls. He has his own principles, not to mention he has a daughter himself.

Arthur is still not 100% sure that Anna is Weckler. If so, it is necessary for him to go to Wisconsin to investigate the cause and effect of this incident. Maybe he can make Anna speak, and it is best to let her finish reading the poem behind the J of Diamonds.Of course, Arthur thought that the current self should not be able to bear it, so it would be good to read one more sentence.

Anna is one of Arthur's knots, and he will take time to visit Anna at Russell's place every week, and she remains silent as always.But every time she sees Arthur, she always has a smile on her face. She smiles very beautifully, and because she doesn't speak, she looks quiet and well-behaved.Arthur always brings a gift to Anna, mostly dolls, but Anna doesn't seem to like dolls very much, she prefers delicious candy and fragrant biscuits.

She gets along well with Flo, who goes to take care of Anna every day, but Flo seems a little afraid of Anna, and always treats her with care.It's just that Russell's salary is always timely and generous, so Flo suppressed his inner doubts and anxiety and continued to do this relatively easy nanny job.Since she was sheltered by Arthur, her financial situation has become much easier, and even her younger brother Carlos has started to work in the cafe with peace of mind.

The godfather who was hiding in the kitchen was sitting in the church at this time, tapping the back of the bench with his fingers. He touched his chin and said to Abramo: "Find out more information related to the Weckler case, the police station, archives, and the Internet, the more the better, especially the photos, find as many photos as possible. If there is no local information, send someone to Wisconsin to investigate locally, at any cost. The New York Police Department's line is not used anymore. Anyway, this is a public case. Use other Resources to check..."

The use of informants needs to be moderate, otherwise it may cause trouble, Arthur did not forget to remind Abramo.

"By the way, what's the odds for the Knicks' next game?"

After giving instructions to Anna, Arthur started to care about the next NBA playoffs. He still owed Jackie $5000 and a meal after losing the last one.Of course, Arthur is not good at gambling, but he wants to figure out the operating rules and methods of gambling companies through game after game. How do they manipulate the game?In the last Knicks game against the Nets, the last goal was really weird, and the scoring was just right, allowing the dealer to get the most benefit.

"Same as the last game, the Knicks still allowed 9.5 points, and opened the halftime score, the total score..." Since taking over part of the gambling business, Abramo has recently put his mind on the casino.Jackie gave Abramo a piece of the pie not only to make up for and stabilize Abramo, but also to attract more gamblers with the help of Abramovich's network resources.

In 1992, the United States federally promulgated a law prohibiting sports betting, so it is illegal to gamble even in Vegas. This huge profit cake has always been run by underground workshops.Therefore, Jackie has to try his best to promote his gambling channels. The Internet is one aspect, and it is also a good way to use black bosses like Abu.

"Do you know how they fix the game?" Arthur asked again, he was more concerned about this matter.

"It's not very clear at the moment. It should be related to the referee. The person in charge is a person named BaBa."

"Baba?" Arthur thought, the man's name is so good that everyone should call him "baba".

"That's right, that's his nickname. I don't know his name. I haven't met him. I've only heard them mention it a few times...I'll check it out."

Arthur nodded, and Arthur was very relieved to deal with Abramo.He is cunning and cautious, and he is very cruel when necessary. Don't worry that he will bring trouble to himself, because the trouble will be solved by Abramo in advance.Arthur originally wanted to hand over the investigation of Anna to Russell, but the Luciano family needs Russell to control, and Montolo is not "his own person" after all.Moreover, Russell's own identity is also problematic, and asking him to go to Wisconsin might cause trouble.

After arranging these two things, Abramo reminded Arthur that Jackie was going to hold a party at home next week, and he might invite Arthur to be the chef at that time.

"Jackie said that he needs a pastry chef. Maybe this is an opportunity to get close to him. As you said, the more enemies you have, the more close you are to him."

"Well... I'm right. Then I have to learn how to make dim sum during this period of time. My cooking skills are not very good."

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It was noon when we left St. James' Cathedral, and Arthur rode to Carlow High School to pick up Gina.

Coincidentally, when Arthur arrived at the Carlo High School gymnasium, the game in the gym had just ended.Arthur waited at the door for a while, and Gina and her friends came out after changing their clothes.This is a group of young and beautiful girls, in twos and threes, their shoulders are crossed, their faces are full of carefree smiles.Among them, Gina stands out. She looks listless and her mouth is drawn down.

After seeing Arthur, her face glowed, and the cheerleading friends all gave teasing looks, and Jenny smiled and said, "What a happy couple!" But Gina cast a resentful look at Jenny, which made Jenny a little confused, and muttered, "I'm not interested in your little Arthur."

Throughout today's game, Gina ignored Jenny, and Jenny didn't know where she offended her.However, the little girls don't say anything about the conflicts between them. Instead, they hold each other and hurt each other until one day they break up completely or restore the relationship quietly. They may not know what happened in the first place and why.

Arthur caught Gina's eyes, touched her hair softly, and said, "I have met your father, and he made it clear to me that there was a misunderstanding between him and Jenny, and they had nothing to do with each other. They are just...friends, friends we made over the years."

Gina raised her eyes and looked up at Arthur, eyes full of disbelief. She didn't believe that her father held a bouquet of roses to see Jenny just to be ordinary friends with her.Arthur didn't believe it at first, but it doesn't matter whether he believes it or not. The important thing is that Carter is not Gina's biological father.The moment Arthur saw Carter, this idea came to Arthur's mind, and the two of them looked nothing alike.Even if Gina looks like her mother, she should have her father's features and shadows on her body, but she doesn't.

"Believe it or not, Carter told me so, and I believe him. Besides, he entrusted you to me, and I will take care of you in the future, you know Gina?"

Without dwelling on Jenny's question, Arthur quickly changed the topic, and this topic also changed Gina's mood from cloudy to sunny.The relationship with her father and running away from home has been weighing heavily on Gina's mind.Now that Arthur has been entrusted by her father, she can be with the person she loves in a legitimate way. For a young girl, she feels that she has gained a new life.

But then she thought again, if her father entrusted herself so easily to a person whom she only met once, does it mean that he doesn't care about her at all?Maybe he had already thought about it, once someone took over, no matter who it was, he would throw himself out.Thinking of this, Gina's mood fell to the bottom again.

Seeing Gina's uncertain expression, Arthur patted her arm and said, "Let's go to the movies, don't think too much, you will follow me from now on."

"Aren't you going to work this afternoon?"

"No, I'm a person named Luciano. Do you see that a person named Morgan has to go to work at Morgan Stanley every day?"

"Then what movie shall we watch?"

"I don't know, let's go to the movie theater and see it. After the movie, let's go to Broadway, or a bar, or some high-end restaurant, it's okay..."

"Really? That would be wonderful! . . . But do you have money?"

"...I will give them a condition that they cannot refuse me...hahaha..."

So Arthur took Gina on the motorcycle and ran towards the nearest movie theater.

The movie theaters in 1994 were very lively, and a large number of classic films were released this year, such as "Forrest Gump", "The Shawshank Redemption", "This Killer Is Not So Cold", "Pulp Fiction", "Natural Born Killers", "Grandmaid in disguise"...

It has always been a regret for Arthur not to be able to enjoy these films in the cinema, but now he can make up for it.

(End of this chapter)