the rest, only noise

Chapter 1512 Dinner with the Madman

Pat Riley lives a reclusive life.

Since leaving professional basketball, his life has been changed.

There are still people who are willing to hire him as a coach and GM, but he can no longer find the motivation to continue, he just wants to stay away from basketball.He tried to find new interests and hobbies, but no matter what he did, deep down he struggled with a sense of failure.Despite his best efforts, it seems like everything he does is wrong.

Fortunately, he had a good wife, and every man who has survived such a tragic failure has a good wife.

His wife's comfort made Riley try to ignore the setbacks in his heart and move on, but as time went by, a sense of frustration began to weigh heavily on him.He began to feel like he was failing in every area of ​​his life, from his career to his relationships.The painful sensations continued to mount beyond his control, and slowly but surely he began to lose his grip on reality.

The man who once had it all now seems to be nothing but an empty shell, consumed by the fear of failure, unable to escape its grip.He let his insecurities and lack of self-worth lead him down a dangerous path, and now he's caught in his own madness.

Louie wants to visit Riley, but is turned down.

According to Riley's wife, now Riley can't see anyone, especially him.

Riley's wife said, "Excuse me, Coach Road, I don't know what Pat would do if he saw you."

Louis smelled a sense of crisis from her words.

It made him wonder even more what had become of Riley.

"Madam, please forgive me. Although I don't know the current situation of Coach Riley, if he is really a dangerous person, I don't think you can live with him. So, I think I can meet Coach Riley. Maybe I am the medicine that can make him get out of his demons."

"No, you are the cause of his madness!"

When Louis called for the third time, the other party answered, and then hung up the phone harshly.

That kind of force is like someone grabbing Louie's ear and shouting: "Stop fucking calling!"

Louie didn't call again, he was a decent guy and stalking was not his style.

Everyone has a cell phone in this day and age, and so does Riley, unless he's really crazy.

Through connections, Louie got Riley's cell phone number.

Louis hit directly.

After a while, the other end of the phone answered.

"Which one?"

"Coach Riley, do you know who I am?"

There was silence on the other side.

Louis didn't want to use such words as an opening remark, because he and Riley had no friendship, so they could only play riddles.

"Are you still listening, Coach Riley?"

"Coach Riley?"

Just when Louis thought the other party was not listening, Riley said abruptly, "Louis?"

Louis was very pleasantly surprised: "You actually recognize me?"

"I know your voice very well, I have heard it countless times."

For some reason, these words made Louis shudder.

Although Louie had contact with Riley many times in the past, there were intervals.

There was no way Riley was familiar with Louie's voice through previous contacts.

But Riley said that he had heard Louis' voice countless times?
"Since you retired, the game has become boring. Now that I am retired, do we two retirees want to have a meal together?"

"If I remember correctly, you are supposed to be president in Boston by now?"

"There are only a few days when the management is needed every season. The president is actually an idle job, which is no different from retirement."

"You are in your prime, why don't you coach anymore?"

"If you can come to 'Christmas Diner' on Seventh Avenue in Madison at seven o'clock at night, I'll tell you why."

Judging from the conversation on the phone, Riley wasn't crazy.

But for the sake of safety, Louis temporarily spent a lot of money to find someone who had served as the president's bodyguard to protect himself.

Before Riley arrived, Louie had been questioning the bodyguard about his resume.

Because judging from the appearance of the other party, this guy is very likely to have served as a bodyguard for Melaleuca, otherwise he couldn't imagine that someone who had served as a bodyguard for the president would be reduced to a temporary bodyguard.

"Sir, I only once maintained order during the President's speech."

"What kind of presidential bodyguard is that?"

"I don't think so either."

"You guys are cheating!" Louis said dissatisfied, "I spent so much money to hire the president's personal bodyguard!"

The old bodyguard said loyally; "Please rest assured, sir, I will protect you with my life, and if the president's personal bodyguards were really effective, the assassination case would not have occurred in 1963."

At seven o'clock, the restaurant bell rang a few times.

Riley was on time.

Seriously, Riley doesn't look like the gentleman who led pop culture in the early 80s and made Hollywood stars compete to imitate him.

No big back, no Armani suits, this person who has been cool for most of his life, now just comes here in casual clothes and messy hair for dinner.

If the two of them hadn't sat down and observed each other like this, and let Louis pass Riley on the street, he would never have recognized this slovenly old man as Riley.

"You're old, Coach Riley."

"You look as young as ever."

After that, the two sides were silent for a while.

This is what happens when two people who don't know each other sit down and eat together.

"Seeing you makes me feel more at ease." Louie said, "The NBA summit was held in New York yesterday. Many people said that you are crazy. I don't believe it, because you are the strongest person I have ever seen."

Hearing this, Riley smiled coldly, "Coach Lu, even you think I have to be the strongest person you've ever seen, so as not to go crazy, right?"

The truth is ugly.

But if Pat Riley wasn't the toughest guy Louie had ever seen, how could he survive a [-]-game losing streak in the Finals?
"Coach Riley, I didn't mean that."

"Actually, those people are right." Riley took a sip of red wine, "I am indeed crazy. Maybe I look normal now, but to many people, I am already crazy, because I am not reconciled, there are many times, if only we did better, I could win, but we didn't. I emphasized this, so they thought I was crazy. I felt that fate was not on my side, and I thought God was cruel, so they thought I was crazy. Coach Lu, thank you for asking me out, except for my family, only you are willing to accompany me Such a madman eats."

Louie saw madness and anger in Riley's eyes.

He was starting to feel uneasy, and it really wasn't like a normal person.

What makes him uneasy is that it is himself who makes Riley deeply unhappy, denounces the injustice of fate, and criticizes the cruelty of God.

"I believe you're not crazy, Coach Riley." Louie sent an edited text message to the temporary presidential bodyguard sitting not far away, "Or I'm crazy, because I plan to invite a lunatic to be the coach of the Celtics."

The president's bodyguard received a text message from his employer, which read: "Remember your oath, you will risk your life to protect me!"

"receive."

The old bodyguard replied the text message helplessly, he really didn't know what happened to the rich people nowadays, he insisted on asking the other party out for dinner even though he knew it was dangerous, and he didn't feel at ease about himself at all after spending a lot of money to hire a bodyguard.

The old bodyguard had observed Riley, and he felt that this person had no ability to threaten the life and safety of his employer. Unless he had a gun hidden in his trouser pocket, the employer was absolutely safe.

Judging from the way Riley entered the restaurant, he didn't have a gun in his trouser pocket, so the old bodyguard felt at ease, but he still had to keep an eye on Riley out of professional ethics.

(End of this chapter)