America 1982

Hugh Spade thought today was a good day, because when he just got up in the morning, his damn ex-girlfriend Melonie called and said that she now had a hundred dollars and wanted to exchange some photos first. He took the photos to meet her at her residence in Warwick after get off work.

So after Sinclair Elementary School, Hugh Spade drove back to his residence early. Although the gap between the five hundred yuan he requested was too big, the one hundred yuan plus his weekly salary of $140 was enough. At least it can guarantee that he will become a normal human again this week, instead of a poor guy who can barely afford to pay for commercial insurance and is going to sell blood to maintain his dignity.

He opened the refrigerator, took out a can of beer and drank it. Then he reached into the deepest part of the refrigerator, took out a folder, and poured out all the photos inside.

These are his precious collections, all of which are wonderful photos taken of Melonie when she was dating him half-heartedly or drunk.

Hugh Spade drank his beer, examined it for a few minutes, and selected the three that he thought were the ugliest from the twenty-odd photos. He put them in his pocket, put the rest away and put them back in the refrigerator.

After getting the photo, he walked out of the apartment holding a beer, then opened the door and got into his family car, started the car and drove towards Warwick.

Standing in front of the apartment where he had left wonderful memories, Hugh Spade pressed the doorbell. When he saw Melonie opening the door, he opened his arms and said with a false smile: "Dear Melonie, I don't know why. , every time I see you, my mood gets better."

"Here's a hundred dollars, give me back the photo." Melonie had no intention of letting him step into the apartment, she just stood in front of the door and said with a cold face.

Hugh Spade chuckled: "You should invite me in for a cup of coffee and some desserts. Remember that time in Boston? Just like that, give me..."

"Picture, then get lost." Melonie was too lazy to listen to his greetings, took out a hundred yuan and clamped it on her fingertips, saying with hatred.

Hugh Spade licked his lips with his tongue and slowly suppressed his smile: "I need to let you know our respective statuses when we get along, B*tch."

As he spoke, he directly grabbed Melonie's wrist and showed him the banknotes, then directly used force to pull Melonie into the apartment, and then closed the door hard!

"Do you want to hit me? Like last time?" Melonie took a deep breath and stared at Hugh Spade as she spoke.

Hugh Spade slowly threw away Melonie's wrist and laughed again: "No, dear, of course I won't. It's a normal transaction. You pay me the photography fee and I give you the photo. I... "

He looked around the room, and then fixed his gaze on the coffee table in the living room. At this time, capsules and pills were scattered on the transparent glass coffee table, and there were several bags of medicine in separate bags next to it.

Those medicines immediately attracted his attention, and he walked towards the coffee table. Melonie immediately stepped forward to stop him and said, "This is not my stuff, I'm just helping to pack it!"

"Go away, B*tch, don't make me leave marks on your face like last time." After Hugh Spade shook his fist to scare Melonie away, he walked over and picked up the bags containing the medicine. After looking at the bag, he said in surprise: "Adelal and methaphone, these are good products that are difficult to buy in pharmacies nowadays."

"I said, this is not mine, it's my tenant. I helped him pack it and earn some extra money." Melonie suddenly stepped forward from the side and reached out to try to take back the medicine that Hugh Spade had picked up. He explained in his mouth.

Hugh Spade raised his hand and punched Melonie in the face, causing Melonie to fall over on the sofa.

"Do you need me to use my fists to help you remember what pain is?" Hugh Spade stared at Melonie condescendingly with fierce eyes and said.

Melonie covered her face that was hit and looked at Hugh Spade in horror, her voice crying: "Hughes, that's not mine. If you want me to make money, don't screw up my work. Please…”

"Baby, oh, it breaks my heart to see you cry." Hugh Spade made a heartbroken and exaggerated expression and mocked Melonie: "So, your tenant is a drug dealer? Gang member? If you don’t explain it clearly to me, I can’t guarantee what will happen next. Maybe your beautiful photos will appear in schools everywhere, and you will spend your fucking life helping drug dealers repackage drugs!”

"No..." Melonie cried bitterly as she lay on the sofa.

From Melonie's intermittent narration, Hugh Spade learned everything. In order to raise money, this woman rented a small bedroom to a high school student at Lincoln High School. As a result, the high school student did not come here to study at all, but to do In his small drug business, every evening, male and female high school students would come to him to buy some drugs, and then go to various youth parties. Melonie tried to stop him several times to no avail, and she was short of money, so she was persuaded to help him. He earns some extra money by packaging the medicine and selling it to students who come here to pick up the goods.

"That guy is a gang member! The Italian Mafia! If you take those goods, he will cause trouble for you!" Seeing Hugh Spade looking at the drugs with greedy eyes, Melonie suddenly He mustered up the courage to shout.

Hugh Spade laughed: "You know, if that guy was really a gang member as you said, you would have told me right away instead of watching me prepare to take away these goods. , just said it to try to scare me off."

As he spoke, Hugh Spade picked up the medicines on the coffee table and put them all into his pocket: "I'll discount these for fifty yuan. I'll treat them as if you paid me one hundred and fifty yuan today."

Then he bent down and picked up all the bills that fell on the ground when he beat Melonie, turned around and walked out: "Before next week, you still need to pay me three hundred and fifty yuan. You have to thank me." I didn’t calculate the interest for you.”

"You took away those goods, what should I do! Hughes! Hughes!" Melonie struggled to get up on the sofa and quickly chased after Hugh Spade.

Hugh Spade turned around gracefully and looked at Melonie: "You are so beautiful, why not go to bed with that little guy? Maybe he will not blame you for losing the pills, but will pay you to spend the night capital."

"You bastard!" Melonie waved her fist at Hugh Spade like an enraged female animal.

Hugh Spade raised his leg and kicked Melonie hard on the lower abdomen. Melonie was kicked back two steps and fell to the ground with a painful expression while covering her lower abdomen!

"Unappreciative bitch, oh~" Hugh Spade spat on the ground, then took out the three photos he brought with him from his pocket, and threw them on Melonie's body like garbage: "Take it and enjoy it slowly , your pair of Naiko are quite charming."

When he walked to the door and opened the door, Hugh Spade seemed to remember something, turned around and said to Melonie, who was kneeling on the ground and reaching out to pick up the photo:

"Remember to prepare coffee and desserts for me next time you call me to pick up money. See you next time, honey."

The door closed heavily, Melonie got up from the ground, wiped the tears on her face with her hands, stood up and walked to the window to look out at the parking space. She didn't pick up the car until she was sure that Hugh Spade had driven away. The phone dialed a number:

"He left and took the medicine."

On the other side of the phone, Tommy Hawke said calmly: "What happens next has nothing to do with you."

"What exactly are you going to do, Tommy? At least let me know that you will not embark on a criminal path." Melonie said nervously.

"I am helping Mr. Hugh Spade find a buyer and persuade him to embark on a criminal path." Tommy Hawke finished and hung up the phone.