reborn in america

"Bang!" There was only the sound of a fist touching the gun, and then a figure fell down, hitting the ground heavily.

Adam frowned and closed his eyes. Although his body had an instinctive evasion idea, he stopped it. Maybe being taught a hard lesson by Brett at this time will relieve his pain from guilt. .

However, the fact is that he only felt a gust of wind blowing in front of his face, followed by the sound of fists hitting close to his ears, and Carol's muffled groan.Only then did Adam realize that it was Carol that Brett hit, not himself.

Seeing Carol lying on the ground with a mouth full of blood, Brett did not stop there, but walked up to him, grabbed Carol's clothes, and said viciously: "I told you, I told you You! But you promised me, so now? You tell me, this is the promise you made?!!"

As he spoke, he wanted to shake his fist in Carol's face again, but this time, Adam stopped him after he realized it: "Brett, stop, what happened today is my fault, and it has nothing to do with Carol."

Brett was grabbed by Adam's arm, I don't know if it was a sudden outburst or something, Brett pulled twice but failed to pull away, he could only turn around and stare at Adam, his chest was heaving violently, as if he was about to Burst out and punch him.

But in the end, Brett shook off his arm, stood up, pointed at Carol on the ground angrily and said, "Adam, I don't care if you fucking like men or women, but he can't."

"You know?" Adam had an indescribable emotion. He thanked Brett for his tolerance, and at the same time, he was once again annoyed at himself for being so belated.

Brett snorted coldly: "I'm neither blind nor foolish."

In fact, Brett is indeed slow. As the brother who lives in the same room with Adam, he didn't have doubts until before Thanksgiving, and then he saw the intimate relationship between the two before he was finally sure.

He had thought about a showdown with Adam, but he wanted to wait for Adam to tell him the truth himself, but for his teammate and friend Carol, the two were not so good.Before Adam came to Los Angeles, the two had had a "kind and friendly" exchange. Although both sides suffered losses in the end, at least they had a gentleman's agreement.

Originally, I thought that the two of them would graduate and enter university soon, and Adam and Carol might not last long. I didn't need to hurt the feelings of brothers because of this, and let it be. When Adam and Carol kept playing with fire, they finally caught fire and got out of hand.

"I'm sorry, it's my fault." Carol spit out a mouthful of bloody saliva, and some loose gums pulled bursts of pain, but he didn't have any resentment towards Brett, the sadist, but started Apologize to him.

It was he who promised to minimize the impact of the two being together, and it was he who persuaded Brett not to disclose it to Adam for the time being after the two of them had completely spread out everything, so as to give him some buffer, and hoped that Brett would help them in the future. Do some cover in school.

Brett did it. He found many unreliable reasons for the two of them to be together often, and it also made the school teammates and friends not have too much association with it. It is the relationship between them that has always been kept secret. status.

But Carol broke his promise. In the small town full of acquaintances and prying eyes, he was able to remain vigilant, but in Los Angeles, an open and bustling city, where there are no prying eyes or familiar figures, He let down his vigilance, but because of this one mistake, it brought about an irreversible and bad ending.

"Forget it, now it's not a question of who is at fault." At this critical moment, Brett showed a rare calmness and determination that a brother should have. He knew that it was meaningless to say this now, and he had to learn a lesson and take revenge. Time: "Adam, you stay here and take care of Michelle. What happened just now must have scared her. Carl and I went out to find out where my mother went."

Adam nodded, although he also wanted to go out with them to find his mother Catherine.But one thing, in this strange city and strange hotel, it is impossible for him to leave Michelle alone; Received a shock; three, at this time the mother probably does not want to see him, he needs to wait until Catherine calms down, and then find a way to communicate with her.

As they said that, several people started to move separately. Adam took Michelle to the hotel room to rest, and then asked the room service below to order some desserts.Although Michelle was indeed a little scared, but fortunately she was always sensible, eating the dessert brought by the waiter, not only did not cry, but also comforted the anxious Adam.

On the other hand, Carol and Brett split up to see where their mother, Catherine, has gone. Although she is not a child, she is upset now. It would be bad if people with evil intentions see the gap , or accidentally entered a black neighborhood without paying attention, it would be very bad to encounter any accidents.

American cities are not China, because you can carry guns, drugs are rampant, and law and order are always bad in Latino and chaotic black neighborhoods. There are millions of shootings in the entire United States every year, even in California, where gun control is relatively strict. There has not been much improvement, and gun violence still occurs frequently.

In Los Angeles, the city of angels, there are thousands of shooting incidents every year, thousands of people are injured by shooting, and white people die.As for other violent incidents, they are even more uncountable, and the police's detection rate is even less than [-]%. Only in those rich areas, whether it is the police's attention or the gangsters' intentional avoidance, is it relatively safe .

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However, when Adam and the others were worried about Catherine, she was walking aimlessly on the road, the astonishing scene she had just seen flashed in her head, and at the same time, the familiar scriptures in the Bible Wen also appeared in his mind one by one-"Don't you know that unrighteous people cannot inherit the kingdom of God? Don't deceive yourself! Whether it is a prostitute, an idolater, a prostitute, a child molester, or a man who loves men ( Homosexual) ... shall not inherit the Kingdom of God."

If Adam was rejected by God because of this and was prevented from entering the Kingdom of God, how could she allow the family to meet again in the Kingdom of God after they passed away? When the old Baker asked her why Adam failed to arrive with them The kingdom of God, how should she tell him that Adam offended men and was rejected by God?

Countless thoughts were mixed with each other, repeatedly appearing in her mind, which made her feel exhausted: "Shutup! Shutup!"

She covered her head and yelled loudly to the scriptures that kept flashing in her mind. The passers-by who passed by gave her a strange glance, but they didn't respond in any other way.In the City of Angels, there are so many people, no matter whether they are too big or can't stand the stimulation, no one will be surprised by it.

However, the casual glances of passers-by on the road made Catherine, who had woken up from Adam's stimulation, feel a little ashamed. She looked up and saw a church not far away. go there.

Because Catherine entered the church at about five o'clock, which was not the normal worship time, so the church was very empty and deserted, and there was no one there.

She sat on a somewhat cold mahogany pew in the church, took out a Bible from under the seat in the front row, and began to read alone. Her voice was a little anxious at first, flustered and low, but as time passed , her speed of reciting the Bible gradually slowed down, but her voice became louder and louder.

Finally, when she read the last sentence of Chapter 5 of the Gospel of Matthew: "Be perfect, like your Father in heaven", she finally stopped, closed the new covenant in her hand, and whispered "Amen" .

She raised her head, but saw a priest standing not far away, and that priest was an acquaintance she knew. Thinking of her recitation aloud just now, Catherine blushed a little and felt embarrassed.

"Hello, Sister Baker. I didn't expect to meet you here." The town's new pastor, Constan Turner, smiled and looked at Catherine, who was a little embarrassed, and greeted him softly.

"Pastor Turner, good evening. I didn't expect to meet you in LA." Catherine stood up and greeted Constance Turner politely.

"I have been an assistant pastor here for three years. Today is Pastor Cobain's last service. I'm here to see him off." Constance Turner explained to Catherine.

Pastor Coburn and Pastor Leonard have been good friends for many years. After Pastor Leonard officially retired more than a month ago due to health reasons, Pastor Coburn finally decided to retire this month. Pastor Coburn recommended Constance to go to the town. of.Therefore, this time I specifically asked him to pray for him, and then pulled away and came over once.

"Pastor, can I ask you a question?" Looking at the familiar pastor in front of her, Catherine said suddenly.

Turner was a little puzzled, but he nodded readily and said, "Of course, you can ask me any questions."

"Is same-sex love really a great sin as the Bible says?" Catherine raised her head slightly to look into Pastor Turner's blue eyes, and asked nervously.