America's King of Poetry

Chapter 51

It was the end of May, and it had been two months since he came to the United States, and Arthur's life gradually became more regular.

Get up early every day to make breakfast for Gina, take her to school by motorcycle, and then step on the clock to work at Luciano's restaurant.Schmidt couldn't care what time Arthur came. Sometimes he would disappear for a whole day. Schmidt had to hire a new black handyman named Willie to cover the shift when necessary.Fortunately, Arthur works hard most of the time and has been learning cooking with Carson.Schmidt wondered if this kid wanted to go out and open a shop by himself after finishing his studies.

After a day at work, Arthur finishes his work and goes to a nearby bar for a drink.Because of his young and handsome appearance, the women who posted it were naturally indispensable.Arthur has his own taste in women, and he is not interested in every girl.And unlike him in the past who liked to change girlfriends crazily, Arthur now prefers to eat fast food, and he is very satisfied with Gina.Being with her is relaxed and comfortable, and I can get back the feeling of being a teenager.

Of course, Arthur also has his principles.He will never take a woman home, never spend the night outside, and will definitely go back at night.Ever since that one-night affair with Karen in the library, he has been obsessed with it.It's a pity that there is no WeChat in this era, and there is no other contact information. New York is so crowded that it is probably difficult to meet again.The women I met at the bar were far worse than Karen in terms of quality, taste, and temperament.

If there is a game at night, Arthur will choose to go home to watch the game, appreciate the rough style of the NBA in the 90s, and enjoy the fighting of those inside behemoths.The habit of gambling has not been quit. Every Friday night, he will go to the casino controlled by Montolo to have a little fun.He never let Montolo take care of himself, and occasionally saw other members of the Luciano family in the casino, including some peripherals.They knew that Arthur's surname was Luciano, but they didn't know his real identity, which allowed Arthur to inquire about some news from the family from time to time.

This is one of his good ways to control the family. Any small moves by Montoro, Dio or Silves will be detected by Arthur.

On weekends and Sundays, Arthur would go to St. James Cathedral to worship on time, and meet with Abramo by the way to chat about the progress of many matters.Connie didn't understand why she had to come to the church so far away to worship, when it was enough to come to the last Good Friday.But seeing her husband become so pious, it doesn't matter if he stays far away.Careful Paula has long noticed Arthur and always sees him every time she comes to church. She consciously keeps a secret for her father.The relationship between Angelo and his father has eased a little. His father is more open-minded than before, but he still refuses to let go of the issue of having a girlfriend, and he is not allowed to make a non-Italian girlfriend.

The replacement of the stained glass window in St. James' Cathedral is in full swing. Because Arthur donated a window, he was able to enter the church's reference room to look through past materials.But so far, it has not been able to find out the identity of the priest in black.And Abramo also sent people to Wisconsin to investigate Anna's matter. Because of the age, the investigation did not make any progress.Having received some information from her relatives, officials suspect that she died in a kidnap-murder.It is said that she was kidnapped by a man named Buford-Sennett and then sedated, died accidentally due to an overdose, and her body was hastily disposed of.

The prisoner named Sennette had verbally confessed that he killed Georgia Weckler, but the body was never found, and no other strong evidence was found.And this prisoner died in prison more than ten years ago. The case has become an unsolved case, and it will always be on the list of missing persons, which cannot be erased.

In addition to these daily things, Arthur will also take time to watch Ron Artest's games. He has been eyeing Artest as a long-term line to prepare for a smooth entry into the sports agency world in the future.

If he's in Queens, he'll dine at Flo's for their enchiladas and real tequila.He made an appointment with Balmond once and gave him a very attractive price to consider working with the Luciano family.Balmond was tempted, but he wondered why Montolo wasn't particularly concerned about the delivery.Arthur could only explain that he didn't want to attract the attention of the Gandolfield family for the time being because of the need for confidentiality.

Balmond nodded, but he said something to Arthur, "There are no real secrets in the world of the living. Secrets are only hidden underground, where the netherworld is, and in the hands of Santa Muerte." Santa Muerte is the god of death worshiped by Mexicans, a female skeleton with a huge sickle and a red robe.

Anna has been to Arthur's house a few times, and she doesn't seem to like Gina very much, and she often stares at her with strange eyes, which makes Gina a little uncomfortable.She still didn't speak, and stayed at Russell's house most of the time. Arthur considered whether to forge her identity in September and let her go to school.But considering that she is too dangerous, let Russell accompany her, anyway, he is a dead person.

As for Matthew, still continuing his undercover life, Arthur has another pair of eyes peeking at Jackie Gandolfield.Regarding Wood's disappearance, the Gandolfield family conducted an investigation, but Arthur and Matthew concealed it very well and did not reveal any flaws.At the same time, the underground market for illegal drugs in Manhattan fell into temporary chaos. The Gandolfield family spent a lot of effort to reorganize, but the seeds of collapse had already been planted.

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In late May, the NBA playoff semifinals entered the final stage.

The battle between the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls came to a tiebreaker.

Both sides have won their own home games in the first six games.Although the Bulls lacked Jordan, in the summer of 1993, the Bulls' lineup underwent a substantial upgrade.They introduced Bill Wennington and Luke Langley inside, making the inside even thicker.On the front line, the Croatian wizard Kukoc finally came to the NBA to join the Bulls.The back line signed shooters Steve Kerr and Pete Meyers to carve up the playing time vacated after Jordan left.

The Knicks took a 2-0 lead in the first two games, and the situation is very good.But just like in 1993, the Knicks, who came to the Chicago United Center, lost two games in a row.In the third game, there was a gang fight between the two sides at the end of the first half. The cause was that Derek Harper choked the Bulls' substitute English, which triggered a big fight between the players on both sides.As a result, English was suspended for one game and Harper was suspended for two games.

Harper was traded to the Knicks in the middle of the season. In order to replace the injured Doc Rivers, he came to the starting point guard position and is an important puzzle piece of the Knicks lineup.His absence is a major loss for Nisque.Especially in the crucial fifth game of Tianwangshan, Harper was unable to play, which caused the Knicks to play very hard.The two sides battled to the last 2.1 seconds. The Knicks trailed the Bulls by one point 85:86. Charles Smith's offense at the basket was blocked three times in a row, and the Knicks were pushed to the edge of a cliff.If they lose Tianwangshan, the Chicago United Center in the sixth game is likely to be their grave, and they will repeat the mistakes of last year and be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

But at the last moment, a penalty changed the fate of the Knicks.

Herbert Davis missed a jumper off a pass from his teammate, but referee Hugh Hollins called a foul on defender Scottie Pippen.Herbert Davis was sent to the free throw line, and with 2.1 seconds left in the game, the impact of such a call on the game was decisive.Davis made two free throws and the Knicks overtook the score.The Bulls made a mistake on their last offensive serve, the ball was intercepted by Starks, and the game ended.

Pippen and Phil Jackson were extremely dissatisfied with this penalty, but they could not change the referee's whistle.The slow motion also showed that Pippen did hit Davis on the arm after Davis shot the ball and before his foot hit the ground, which was a foul.This foul also ruined the Bulls' hopes of advancing in six games.Although in Chicago in Game 93, the Bulls slaughtered the Knicks 79:[-], Pippen even dunked Ewing in the game, and then collapsed from Ewing. He got a technical foul but relieved his anger, but the life and death battle still had to return to New York.

On May 5, the battle will take place at Madison Square Garden.

At 06:30 in the evening, Arthur got off work from Luciano's and took the subway to Madison Square Garden.If you don't go to Brooklyn or Queens, in Manhattan, Arthur will choose to take public transportation instead of motorcycles.Because motorcycles are forbidden to shuttle between cars in urban areas, they have to line up behind them like cars, which means that they must eat exhaust gas and the speed is slow, so it is more convenient to take the subway.

New York has an extremely large and complex subway line, which has a history of 1904 years since it was completed and opened to traffic in 90.If Gina hadn't led Arthur back and forth through the long corridors and stairwells, he would definitely have gotten lost in this underground labyrinth.Once you take the wrong train direction here, it is very, very troublesome to correct it.Because it has been in operation for nearly a hundred years, many subway lines and vehicles have become dirty and broken.There are often homeless people in scantily clad clothes, wild singers playing piano and singing, mice as big as kittens in the carriages, chickens caught by people, performance artists dancing pole dances with railings, and drunks who take off their pants and shit on seats.

Seeing such a situation, Arthur thought that he should spend more time in the future and send Gina to school by bike. The subway environment is really too bad.

The game started at 07:30, Arthur and Gina arrived at Madison Square Garden by subway at seven o'clock, and squeezed out of the subway station together with the surging crowd.The fans in New York tonight are very excited and nervous. Whether they can beat the Bulls is a battle.

This was the first time Arthur went to Madison Square Garden to watch a game after he came to New York, and the ticket was given by Abramo.Tonight, he turned into an avid New York fan of Madison, watching the fierce confrontation of the NBA playoffs with his own eyes in the super high decibels of the scene.

But the Knicks didn't play well in the first half.Ewing went scoreless in the first half, which made Knicks fans nervous.The Knicks barely led by 1 point and entered the second half relying on the performance of other players.Gina looked nervous. She wasn't a Knicks fan, but it was hard for any New Yorker to come to Madison and not be infected by the emotions here. She was as worried about the home team as the Knicks around her.Only Arthur was not worried. He comforted Gina and said that the Knicks would definitely win tonight.

In the third quarter, under the leadership of Pippen, the Bulls began to play an advantage, and the Bulls overtook the score.At this moment, Ewing finally stood up, first made a successful three-pointer, followed by a series of layups, dunks and mid-range jumpers, leading the Knicks to a wave of counterattacks.Helped the Knicks to overtake the score by 4 points when they fell behind!The hanging hearts of Knicks fans finally fell.

In the fourth quarter, the game finally entered the rhythm of the Knicks. The two giants Oakley and Ewing crazily grabbed rebounds inside. Their suffocating defense destroyed the Bulls, and the point difference was pulled to more than 10 points.This was a very large score gap in the NBA in the 1990s. In the playoffs, unless you have Jordan, it is difficult to turn around.The Bulls finally fell, and the final score was 87:77, and the scores of both sides were very low.The Knicks finally won, and finally crossed the Chicago Bulls.

At the end of the game, Ewing raised his arms like King Kong to the roaring cheers of Madison Garden fans.

Gina screamed loudly with the fans around her, venting all her excess energy.Arthur has long discovered that Americans have a passion for sports that other countries cannot understand. He believes that one of the main reasons is that people here have too high a calorie and alcohol intake and need sports to vent.

Arthur cheered along, but he knew in his heart that Jackie made another big profit in this game.

A grand reality show has temporarily come to an end, and will continue until its climax in June.

Arthur and Gina left from Madison, watching a wonderful basketball game is equivalent to jumping for two hours, with a feeling of joy in their bodies.The little fire in Gina's heart had already been ignited by the passion of the game and the hormones in Arthur, and she began to touch Arthur on the way back.He tore off his shirt and pulled it up from the back, gently stroked his back, and tiptoed to kiss Arthur's lips, his face rubbed against Arthur's broad chest from time to time, like a little female cat in heat.

After getting out of the subway, the two rushed out impatiently, trotted all the way back to the apartment building, and climbed upstairs.They began to kiss each other at the door. Arthur took out the key from his trouser pocket while kissing, and after a while, he aligned the keyhole. The door opened with a "click", and the two fell into the house, only to find that the light in the house was on, and there was a person, a woman, sitting in the living room.

The two were so frightened that they separated quickly. Arthur settled down and looked at the woman, and the memory in his mind quickly searched for the corresponding answer.

"Cousin Dorothy?"

(End of this chapter)