"Of course not, please come in."

Ethan had no choice but to take the macaroni from her hand and invite Jenny into the house.

After Jenny walked into the living room, she looked around curiously.

Before entering the house, Jenny thought that Ethan was living alone and messy would be inevitable.

But wherever her eyes could see, everything was arranged in an orderly manner, and the neatness was beyond her expectation. Only the ashtray on the table in front of the sofa was full of cigarette butts, and there was a half-drunk bottle of whiskey next to it.

"Please feel free to treat it as your own home." Ethan put the macaroni on the wine cabinet next to him.

"Thank you." After Jenny thanked her, she sat down on the large leather sofa and sank in. The feeling of being wrapped made her feel very safe.

"By the way, how is your injury?" Jenny gestured to her waist.

Ethan sat down opposite Jenny and said, "It's okay now."

After finishing speaking, Ethan felt that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, so he quickly took out his cigarette case and shook it.

"You don't mind this, do you?"

"I wouldn't mind if you gave me one."

Ethan smiled hoarsely and patted his forehead. He had forgotten that Jenny was also a chain smoker.

As the two pipes smoked, the living room suddenly filled with smoke.

Jenny looked a little nervous. She reached out and unbuttoned the top button of her shirt, exposing her collarbone, and then breathed out softly.

Her crossed legs had changed directions several times, and the eyelashes on her eyes were trembling slightly.

"Where's Mayor Kendall?" Ethan coughed and took the initiative to start the topic.

"He's still working. He usually doesn't come home until midnight."

"Is he so busy at work?"

"Who knows, all he thinks about is work, and all he thinks about is how to get Proctor."

Hearing her talk about Proctor, Ethan immediately became interested. "Mayor Kendall seems to be very dissatisfied with Proctor. Did they have any grudge before?"

"Do you know about the new casino project launched by the Chino tribe?"

"Have you ever heard of it? What does this have to do with the two of them?" Ethan sat up straight.

"Actually, no one else knows that Dan and the new chief of the Chino tribe, Alex Langcid, have secretly reached a cooperative relationship."

"I heard Dan mention it at home that Proctor also had a verbal agreement with the previous chief."

Jenny alternated her legs and continued:

"Proctor will be responsible for expropriating the land required for the new casino, as well as dealing with other issues that are inconvenient for the Chino Tribe to come forward. In exchange, Proctor will have a certain share of the Chino Tribe's new casino project. .”

Ethan flicked the ashes of his cigarette and took over the conversation, "In other words, Mayor Kendall wants to squeeze out Proctor and take away the position of invisible partner of Kino Moon's new casino."

He had never understood why Mayor Kendall kept chasing Proctor, but what Jenny said cleared up his doubts.

Now the new casino is almost ready and construction has started. Kent Town looks harmless to humans and animals, but I didn't expect that it would be so easy to pick the peach.

Kendall has always said that Proctor is the big cancer in Banshee Town. In fact, from a certain perspective, this is really hard to say.

Proctor actually believed in a philosophy. In his own words, he would never poop in a eating place.

Therefore, he has been maintaining order in Banshee Town either intentionally or unintentionally. However, anyone who sells pills within Banshee Town will be severely punished by him.

No matter what his purpose was, it was considered to be a guarantee of peace for this side.

"You're absolutely right. Now that the new casino has been prepared, Dan and Alex are focused on how to kick Proctor out."

After Jenny took a puff of cigarette, she said quietly:

"I don't know what he is doing outside all day long. Every time he comes home, he falls asleep. He hasn't touched me for a whole year."

The last sentence contained too much information, and Ethan didn’t dare to answer. He changed the subject.

"Why would you mention this to me?"

Jenny looked directly at him, "Didn't you ask? I think I can tell you anything."

There was no way he could answer these words, and Ethan coughed quickly.

"You are thirsty, let me get you a bottle of water."

When Ethan walked to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator door, he heard footsteps behind him and a fragrant breeze rushed towards him.

He suddenly stiffened, and Jenny hugged his waist tightly from behind.

"Ever since you saved me on the Banshee Festival, you have been in my mind. You don't know, but the moment I saw you in the school gym, I wasn't afraid at all."

"Mrs. Kendall, please don't do this."

"I told you, call me Jenny."

At this moment, a horn sounded outside the house, and Jenny was so frightened that she quickly let go of her hand and quickly returned to the sofa.

After a while, the door was banged.

Ethan immediately breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned and went to open the door. Siobhan and Emmett stood at the door with serious faces.

"Why are you here?"

Siobhan put his hands behind his back and looked at him expressionlessly, then suddenly took out a guy from behind.

"boom"

Jenny was so frightened that she shivered, and Ethan was covered in ribbons and colorful confetti.

"Happy birthday"

The two of them shouted together, and then Siobhan laughed and gave Ethan a big hug. Emmett smiled honestly, showing two rows of big white teeth.

"You two bastards, I thought something happened."

Ethan patted Emmett's thick back hard, and his wife Meg also got out of the car with a smile on her face and a big cake in her hand.

"Hey Meg, long time no see."

Siobhan said: "A few of us, Brock and Alma raised funds to buy this together. If Alma hadn't reminded us, we wouldn't have known that today is your birthday."

Meg smiled and said: "Alma is going to her aunt's house to help take care of the children. Brock is still in the hospital, so we are the only ones here. The two of them insisted that I hide in the car and said they wanted to give you a surprise."

Ethan scratched his head and said, "I didn't even know today was my birthday."

Ever since he was a child, he had never celebrated his birthday in his memory. Every year, after the date passed, he suddenly remembered, oh, it turns out that his birthday has already passed.

Unexpectedly, after arriving in this world, they would surprise him, and Ethan couldn't help but feel warm in his heart.

"Are you a guest?"

Siobhan looked inside, and Ethan quickly stepped aside.

"Come in quickly. This is Mrs. Kendall. You all know her. She came here to express her gratitude for what happened in the gym last time."

Ethan dusted off the colorful crumbs on his body, and then pointed to the spaghetti on the wine cabinet next to him.

Jenny quickly stood up and greeted them.

After she expressed her birthday wishes to Ethan, she found an excuse and left in a hurry.

Jenny waved to Ethan before getting in the car, and it wasn't until Ethan nodded to her that she got in the car and left.

"Hey, you two?"

Siobhan walked out of the room and looked at Ethan with a puzzled face. Ethan reached out and pushed her head away.

"What are you thinking? I just came here to express my gratitude."

Siobhan stuck out his tongue in embarrassment. Jenny had a husband, so she was overthinking it.

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