America 1982

Bethea's foster home is located in a residential area in the center of Providence. It has a quiet environment with large green plants, close to the park and the Providence River.

It is a British-style independent house with five bedrooms and six bathrooms. In addition to a garden and a swing, the backyard also has a small plank road leading to the river. In the summer, the family can row a boat. Fishing on the sparkling river.

When Tommy Hawke and his son arrived, Bethea was already wearing a pink Betty Boop costume of the same style as Tony, holding a plush doll from "Diaper Clan" in her hands. Accompanied by his two pet dogs, he was waiting outside the door, waving excitedly to the Hawke's pickup truck.

When they parked their cars in a public parking space, Tony and Tommy actually felt a little embarrassed. Looking around, they saw that the entire residential area did not have the high-powered pickup trucks that blue-collar workers loved to buy. Instead, they all It's a luxury SUV with a surfboard on the roof or a yacht hook on the back. It doesn't need any external reminder. Just step out of the car and you can intuitively feel that the three Hawk family members who are at the bottom of society are incompatible with this place.

When Colin Hawke jumped out of the car, Bethea in front of the door suddenly shouted: "Daddy!"

Then, like a strong and sunny deer, he ran over nimbly and threw himself into daddy's arms!

Colin Hawke picked up Bethea with a loving face, held it above his head and spun around in circles: "Bethia, my baby girl! How are you doing this week?"

"She insisted on wearing Betty Boop." Monica, the foster mother, slowly walked over from behind. She did not interrupt the intimacy between the two, but just smiled and said next to her: "And she insisted on making arrangements to go to the park in the morning. It was changed to the afternoon. I didn’t understand it before, but when I saw Tony and Tommy, I understood her persistence.”

"Good afternoon, Mrs. Hopkins, thank you for taking care of Bethea." Dad, Tony, and Hawke spoke politely to each other in unison.

The forty-two-year-old woman in front of her is a senior partner of a local accounting firm. Her husband, Reid Hopkins, runs a dental clinic. Her biological daughter has grown up and is studying with a full scholarship. New York University, let’s put it this way, the two pet dogs raised by this family are richer than the three Hawk family members at this time.

After all, the two pet dogs can enjoy the treatment of going to the pet hospital and being served and bathed twice a week, and being taken away by the pet doctor for regular physical examinations every month. And the two brothers of the Hawke family, since their father After losing my job at GM Ford, I no longer know what unlimited hot water and dentistry mean.

"Daddy~ Why are only Tony and Tommy wearing the coats I mentioned?" Bethea giggled under her father's support, and then looked at the three of them with her soft and bright eyes and asked questions.

"OK~ Come down, baby girl." Colin Hawke carefully put his daughter down, then took off his coat and threw it to Tony, revealing the T-shirt underneath. From the front, it was just an ordinary white T-shirt, but after taking off the coat , revealing the back, you can see a graffiti of Betty Boop and the diaper family printed on it, and there are crooked children's handwriting below:

"Bethia Hawke and her family."

Monica covered her mouth to prevent herself from losing her composure, and then praised with emotion on her face: "Oh, you printed the painting Bethea gave you last time on a T-shirt? That's great, Mr. Hawke, I'm so touched. ”

"Do you like it? Bethea? This was painted by my precious daughter. Of course I have to take it with me." Colin Hawke proudly turned around in front of Bethea, enjoying his daughter's beauty with pride. Surprise expression.

Taking advantage of the moment when his back was turned to Bethea, Dad did not forget to look at Tony and Tommy, especially Tommy, imitating his disdainful tone in the car and said: "Family comes first, huh?"

Tommy Hawke could only shrug his shoulders and make a winning gesture to his father.

There is a park next to the residential area, and Bethea is eager to go to the park to show off her diapered family.

Monica handed Colin Hawke the handbag that had been prepared, containing vitamins, drinking water, biscuits, snacks, yogurt and other children's supplies, and told him Bethea's precautions, but at this time Colin Hawke hesitated, then turned around and greeted Tommy Hawke, who was tossing his sister with Tony:

"Son, come here. I had some insomnia last night and was worried that I couldn't remember it clearly. Come here and listen to it with me."

Tony was left playing with Bethea. Tommy came over with some doubts. Monica looked at Tommy: "The weather is a bit dry today. Check her lips in about half an hour. If they are a little dry, remember to let her drink water." , and there is lip balm for children in it. At four o'clock, she must remember to take vitamins, so that at dinner she..."

After listening to Monica's serious instructions for a few minutes, the father and son took Bethea to the park to play.

Not sure if it was an illusion, but Tommy Hawke felt that his father seemed to be intentionally or unintentionally letting him spend more time alone with Bethea, which made him feel a little abnormal.

Bethea was the apple of dad Colin Hawke's eye, and her status in his heart was not comparable to that of his two sons. In order to ensure that he could spend all his time with Bethea, he even refused to allow Tony and himself to accompany him for visits.

With doubts in his heart, while his father took Bethea to buy ice cream, Tommy asked Tony: "Tony, do you think it is possible that his father is terminally ill and will die soon?"

"Really?" Tony turned to look at his father in the distance, and then looked at Tommy with a ghostly expression: "I don't think it's possible."

"Why? Why are you so sure?" Tommy looked at his brother suspiciously.

Tony shrugged: "I don't think if I was going to see God if I was terminally ill, I wouldn't be in the mood to go to a strip club to drink. Last night, after he worked overtime until the early hours of the morning, he went to a strip club with his friends to get drunk. Or I got a call from the club and drove him back home."

"Okay, your reason is very good. I hope I'm overthinking it." Seeing Tony's extremely determined expression, Tommy whispered.

Tony was curious: "What are you thinking too much about? What did Dad do to make you curse his imminent death? He did five-finger movements on the posters you collected, but didn't clean them up?"

"No, I gave the poster to Dennis. Did you think that Dad seemed to have a lot of time for me to play alone with Bethea today? This is abnormal. Before, he wanted to glue Bethea to his Over the head." Tommy expressed his doubts to Tony.

Tony nodded slightly, then patted Tommy on the shoulder: "Maybe he hopes you can spend more time with his sister before you go to college and leave here."

"Before I go to college, I will bring Bethea home." Tommy exhaled, as if talking to Tony, but also to himself.

Bethea waved ice cream in the distance and shouted the names of her two brothers. Tony ran slowly towards Bethea, turned to Tommy who was following him and smiled and said:

"Compared with your words, I believe you will become an X-Men and make coffee for Professor Charles Xavier in the toilet."