[Titanic] Where Your Heart Goes

Although Mr. Henry didn't talk to Karmin, he guessed what Karmin's purpose was, so even if he discriminated against people of color in essence, he never said these things outside.

The grandson's education problem is enough for Mr. Henry to have a headache. Who has ever seen a child who does everything for "money" when he is four or five years old?

Jeffrey is such a weirdo.

This made Mr. Henry lament that there are successors, but on the other hand, he has a headache whether Jeffrey's character is deviated due to the lack of "mother".

Carl is not at all as worried as Mr. Henry. He thinks that his son has a good character of asking for money. He learned to care about prices from an early age, so that he can work hard to maintain his own living standards when he grows up.

Time passed, and finally after the United States declared war on Germany, people of color in Tennessee erupted into demonstrations for equality.

Karl didn't intervene behind the scenes this time, because if this kind of thing goes wrong, he will get himself involved.

The governor of Tennessee is a smart man. He keenly seized this opportunity to be immortalized in history, and accepted the demands of the demonstrators with shocking speed. , there will be no discrimination.

But it is absolutely impossible for things to go so smoothly.

After the governor publicly issued this declaration, not only did countless conflicts erupt between white people and people of color in the state, but even journalists from all over the United States rushed to Tennessee excitedly, trying to report it as soon as possible. The most authentic news.

The vigorous correction of racial discrimination, which lasted for nearly a year, was finally passed by more than half of the voters in the state, and this is currently a symbol.

Things didn't go directly in a good direction. Many white people with perceived racial discrimination tended to move out of Tennessee, and bloody incidents broke out frequently.

Time can always slowly dilute all disputes. After half a year of legislation, stimulated by various reasons, the Racial Equality Act passed finally began to show its strong vitality.

Carl smiled and sat at the dining table and read the newspaper every day. With the end of World War I, Tennessee's desire to end all racial discrimination completely disappeared.

"Jack, it's been five years. From today onwards, you will pay for all the expenses at home." Jack gently reminded while spreading butter on the bread.

Jack was stunned for a moment, and then a bright smile appeared on his face. He immediately put down the knife and fork in his hand, took out the check book and handed it to Carl: "Write whatever you want, you know the password of the bank account. If you want to use the money, you don't have to. Tell me."

"So, are you implying to me that the family members can spend all your property at will?" Carl looked at the brand new checkbook and smiled meaningfully.

Jack has prepared a checkbook in his pocket for a long time, and he has never had a chance to use it if he misses it once. He must have been patiently scratching his heart and liver.

"My money is yours, spend it as you like. Five years ago, I said that I would become the breadwinner of my family sooner or later. Now, I finally have the opportunity to do so." With a joyful smile in his eyes, Jack sat in the chair Mr. Henry raised his eyebrows and deliberately raised the newspaper to block the satisfied arc of his mouth.

Carl's palm was under the table to hold Jack's, and he turned his head to look Jack in the eyes and said, "Three years ago, I promised you, just give me five years, and I will make you and me a partner." Standing together in name. There are less than two years before the original agreement, Jack, I will definitely fulfill my promise to you."

Jack looked into Carl's sincere eyes and smiled indifferently: "It doesn't make any difference to me. People who are important to you already know about our relationship, so don't people who don't matter know the news? I don't mean anything at all. I've already gone on sunny day picnics with you hand in hand, so, Carl, I don't expect anything to embarrass you."

Carl didn't show any gratitude when he heard Jack's understanding words, and a meaningful smile appeared on his face.

Carl let go of Jack's palm, and instead rubbed his fingers on Jack's cheek. He leaned close to Jack to steal a light kiss on his lips, and then explained: "Although I say this, you will re-examine my bottom line It's a question of being too low and not being decent enough, but I will still explain my intentions to you."

Mr. Henry's face hidden behind the newspaper shook slightly, and he felt that his son would probably sleep in the guest room tonight.

Carl didn't seem to be worried about the tragic situation he was going to face. He explained in detail the plan he had started a few years ago: "I remember when you came back from Germany, I was very angry when I saw you rushing out to save Miss Rose. thing?"

"Yes, of course I am very clear that that was the only time we quarreled." Jack's smile was full of nostalgia. The quarrel seems to be commendable instead.

Carl sighed and continued to explain: "The first thing I realized because of this incident is that you will never belong to me legally. The only thing I have the ability to control you is love, but love is very bad. Sure, I can't count on it to tie you down all my life, my famous painter."

"...So, what did you do that I don't know about?" Jack asked tentatively, no matter how smart he was, it was impossible to guess Carl's intentions.

"So, when I recalled this incident, I noticed a very interesting detail—Miss Rose is a feminist, and her eloquence is very good, which encouraged female workers in New York City who have very good jobs and salaries to follow her. She went to fight for her rights." Carl said with a serious expression on his face.

"I seized this opportunity and immediately took advantage of the lack of a talented developer in the factory's R&D team to invite Miss Rose and his wife, who were eager to avoid Mrs. They are all squandering the ancestral property of Mr. Andrew’s family, and neither Miss Rose nor Mr. Andrew’s patience with her has reached the limit.” Carl sighed, clenched Jack’s palm and said, “Sorry, I took advantage of this thing."

Jack shrugged his shoulders, he still hadn't figured out how Miss Rose's matter had anything to do with Carl's plan.

After all, in the long run, Carl played a huge role in promoting equal rights for men and women in Tennessee, and this is a very progressive idea for society as a whole.

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. You will understand after I have finished everything. Also, since I established the factory, I have consciously recruited Indians, blacks and Chinese to work in order to break the balance of the absolute majority of whites in Tennessee. When the balance is disturbed, they must fight against the existing legal provisions for fairness as I imagine."

"Sorry, Carl, is there any connection between the women's rights movement and the Racial Equality Act? I don't feel it at all. Although I have always guessed that you are involved in these two things, I don't understand them. What is the key." Jack looked at Carl in confusion, but Carl suddenly laughed out loud.

Carl's neck was raised very high, and he was obviously very satisfied with his IQ.

Facing Jack's eyes, Carl kissed Jack's brow lightly, and then continued: "Honey, do you think it's easier to legalize same-sex marriage in a liberal state, or is it easier in a conservative state?"

Jack suddenly realized at this point, he stared at Carl with big bright blue eyes in disbelief, the application on his face flickered, and even his voice trembled: "The Women's Rights Movement and the Racial Equality Act are just yours. The pre-arranged move is completely paving the way for the same-sex marriage that will be implemented in the future! God, your factory started recruiting workers when we just arrived in New York, and you actually started planning this five years ago something wrong?"

Carl held the knife and fork again and began to eat. He was in a good mood now, so good that he was even in the mood to tease Jack: "At first I was very suspicious that you had no love for me, but after seeing your reaction on the bed, I don't know. We made a decision to plan this matter.”

After Carl finished speaking, the smile on his face turned from gentleness to cunning: "If your original decision was to stay by my side and be raised by me, then I wouldn't spend so much effort to promote the development of these things. I plan to rely on A male who survives another man does not deserve my marriage."

Jack rolled his eyes to the sky, and then said with great emotion: "So, should I thank God for making me a man with strong self-esteem?"

Carl rubbed against Jack with his sauce-licking lips, and after thinking for a while, he frankly admitted that he was too entangled in his thoughts: "I don't know exactly what I think, but if you just want to live with me, I can't respect you. But after you completely left my life and ran towards your own dreams, I hated your strength and self-esteem a little bit-especially during the time when Europe was smashed and you didn't hear from you For a period of time after you come back, I especially want to imprison you, let you stay at home obediently, and don't run around."

"Ahem..." Mr. Henry choked on the milk he had just brought into his mouth. It was incomprehensible that his son turned out to be so nasty.

Carl pretended not to hear his father's coughing at all, and divided the food in front of Jack into small pieces as he did every meal before, with no psychological pressure in the posture of a wife and slave.

Mr. Henry turned his head away and didn't want to see his son's useless appearance anymore. Lai Fujie had already placed the same cut food in front of Mr. Henry with a blank expression.

Mr. Henry looked at Jack, then looked down at his own plate, suddenly his old face felt a little hot.

Carl glanced at the interaction between his two fathers calmly, pretending not to notice.

Jeffrey on the desktop has been very calm about this, but after growing up, Jeffrey, who has changed from a lively and cute face to a faceless face, has completely inherited the bad taste of his father and grandfather-of course, in the face of someone who can cheat money When he was a child, Jeffrey always smiled like a spring breeze, looking smart and cute.

Things did not exceed Carl's expectations, and the legalization of same-sex marriage was announced the day before he and Jack agreed.

In fact, Jack made a huge contribution to this matter. His second art exhibition was held on the day when the same-sex marriage proposal was announced. Jack showed the mysterious portrait covered by a white cloth a few years ago.

If the face is ignored, this is just a religious oil painting, nothing special.

But a closer look at the faces of the characters in the painting reveals the connotation—or adultery, more appropriately—that is Carl’s face.

The left and right sides are divided into angels and demons. Although there is a smile on the same face, no matter which half is covered, it makes people feel extremely harmonious, and good and evil are perfectly blended together.

The reporter of "New York Times" unceremoniously praised Carl's portrait as "a contemporary famous painting not inferior to "Mona Lisa's Smile".

Jack's art exhibition this time is not only such a controversial painting, this painting is not even the most eye-catching.

The most lovable scene is the scene where Jeffrey and the little husky Harry are playing together. The splash of water from the flushing pipe hits the innocent smiling face of the little boy, surrounded by friendly dogs who seem to be able to hear cheerful barking Class, there is nothing more touching than this.

But it is a pity that all Jack's works this time are not for sale except landscape paintings.

Some collectors who were not reconciled to this waited for Jack after the exhibition was over in order to persuade him to give up one or two paintings to enrich his collection, but Jack flatly rejected their request.

"Sorry gentlemen, that's my partner and our kids, I will not sell my family. They are the center of my life and the source of most of my creative inspiration, because their presence makes my life change. be complete."

……companion? ! !

All the reporters were excited because of this word, and there was not a single female guest in this art exhibition.

Aside from the landscape painting, there was only one adult male and a little boy of about five years old, and the male whose photo often appeared in the commercial pages of the newspapers was Carl Hawley!

That's Carl Hawley!

The reporters who knew how to grasp the opportunity and were good at digging out the inside story immediately unearthed the story of the "hero saving the beauty" on the Titanic under Carl's deliberate disclosure. After their processing, the whole story presented a powerful reading sex.

It was not until this time that everyone noticed that Mrs. Rose Andrew, who for the first time led the feminist movement in the United States, had such entanglements with a business tycoon and a famous painter.

The story moment has risen again!

Even if there are many opponents, when a thing can impress the vast majority of people, things will definitely turn around.

Tennessee upholds its consistent "openness" and "inclusiveness" to pass the same-sex marriage bill, and Carl and Jack became the first couple to legally register same-sex marriage.