Chapter 15 Chapter fifteen

At the beginning, their mother and son were not caught. This was the happiest moment for his mother.She took him to hide in a corner outside the store, showing her stolen things to her son, and trembling with laughter.George.Harvey laughed along, waiting for the right moment to make out with his mother, who was busy counting the latest loot, and maybe he could hug her when she wasn't looking. For mother and son, it was a relief to sneak away from their father in the afternoon and drive to the next town to buy food and groceries.They are very poor and only earn money by collecting scrap metal.After collecting the junk, the mother and son worked together to move the bottles and cans to old Mr. Harvey's old truck, and drove to the next town to exchange money.

When the mother and son were caught for the first time, the clerk at the cash register was very polite to them, taking as much as they had, and leaving the rest intact on the counter.The clerk said lightly, and also asked the eight-year-old George.Harvey blinked.The mother took out a bottle of aspirin from her pocket and put the bottle on the counter in embarrassment, her whole face collapsed. Mr. Harvey couldn't help but think of his father often scolding his mother, saying: You are no better than our son go. From then on, Mr. Harvey was very afraid of being caught.The thought of being found out made his stomach churn like eggs being whisked in a bowl.As long as he saw someone walking towards them with a serious face and sharp eyes, he knew that the clerk had seen his mother stealing something.

Later, his mother gave him the stolen things and told him to hide them in his clothes. Because his mother told him so, he followed suit.The mother and son managed to slip outside and into the car, laughing loudly, pounding the steering wheel with both hands, and calling Harvey her dear little accomplice, filling the car with wild laughter.His mother was always unpredictable, but in that brief moment, he could feel her love.He knew that this moment was fleeting, and soon after, his mother would turn his attention to the shining things on the side of the road, and she would drag him over to see this opportunity to make a fortune, but before that, in the presence of his mother's laughter In that moment, he really had nothing to worry about in his heart; for that brief moment, he was filled with warmth and felt very free.

He remembered what his mother had said on the first long-distance trip between mother and son. At that time, they were driving in the Texas countryside. The road was boring and long. Suddenly, they saw a white wooden cross beside the road. Heap of fresh and withered flowers.His eyes are sharp and he pays attention to colorful colors immediately. Don't just look at dead people and graves, widen your horizons, his mother said: Sometimes it's okay to take small things from them.Even then, he sensed that what they were doing was wrong.When they got out of the car and walked to the cross, his mother's eyes turned into two black spots, and he knew that she was concentrating on searching.She found two pendants, one in the shape of a heart and the other in the shape of an eye, and she held them up to show her son.

I don't know if your dad thinks these are useful, but we can keep them in our collection, don't tell your dad, this is our secret.My mother hid a lot of treasures and never showed them to my father. Do you want a pendant in the shape of a heart, or an eye? eye shape.He said. I think these roses are still very fresh, we can keep them, they will look good in the car. At that time, his father was doing odd jobs in a place in Texas, dismantling planks with his hands alone.He and his mother couldn't make it back to where his father worked that day, so they had to sleep in the truck overnight.

He and his mother were hunched over each other as usual, and sleeping in the truck was strange, with his mother fidgeting like a puppy biting a blanket, moving back and forth in the seat.George.Harvey knew from previous experience that he had better be obedient and move wherever his mother told him to.He couldn't close his eyes unless his mother found a comfortable sleeping position. Sleeping until midnight, he was dreaming of the palace in the picture book, when suddenly someone knocked on the roof of the car, he and his mother sat up in fright.There were three men standing outside the car, looking in through the window, George.Harvey was familiar with this look, and sometimes his father was too drunk, and his eyes were also in a trance.At this time, the men were not only drunk, but also staring at his mother, completely ignoring his existence.

He knew never to call for help. Don't talk, their target is not you.she whispered to him.They were covered with old blankets, and he shivered under the blankets. One of the men stood in front of the truck while the other two slammed on the roof of the truck, laughing and sticking out their tongues. His mother shook her head furiously, but it only made the men more excited.The man standing in front of the car hit the car with his buttocks, and the other two laughed even harder when they saw it. After a while I will slowly move to the door of the car, and his mother said softly: I will pretend to get out of the car, and as soon as I say yes, I want you to find the key and start the engine immediately.

He knew his mother's instructions were important, and to say that meant that she needed him badly.Although his mother pretended to be calm, fear broke through her disguise like metal, and he could hear her frightened. She smiled at the men, who yelled excitedly, as if loosening up.She nudged the gear lever with her elbow and said calmly, "Okay, George.Harvey immediately reached out and turned the key, and the truck's old engine began to rev with a loud rumble. The expressions of the men suddenly changed. They used to be happy with the prey, but now seeing the woman preparing to reverse the car, the three of them were full of doubts, not knowing what her plan was.As she shifted gears, she yelled at her son: Get down!The truck slammed into the man standing a few feet away, and Harvey crouched in the seat, feeling the force of the truck.The man was sent flying to the roof of the car, and his mother quickly reversed the car again, throwing the man to the ground.

At that moment, he understood clearly the sorrow of being a woman and a child, both of whom are the unluckiest people in the world. Mr. Harvey watched Lindsey run towards the neighbour's bushes, his heart beating so fast, but he recovered his composure at once.He had to carefully weigh all the worst consequences before deciding what course of action to take, a trick his father had never taught him, his mother had taught him.He saw that the notebook had been turned over and a page was torn out. He hurriedly checked the bag containing the murder knife. Fortunately, the knife was still there. He took the knife to the basement. He had dug a knife in the foundation of the house earlier. Square hole, he dropped the knife into the hole, then removed from the metal rack the mementos he'd taken from the victims over the years, he picked out the Penn stone that used to be in my bracelet, held it tight in his hand, Hmph, let's see if you can find it!He thought to himself.He put other small things on a white handkerchief, and knotted the corners of the handkerchief to make a small bag like a hobo.He got on his stomach, put one arm into the hole, and stretched himself down desperately.Holding the small bag in one hand, he groped in the hole with the other, and finally reached the tip of an iron bar deep in the foundation, where the workers poured cement for the foundation, and the tip of the iron bar was rusted .He slung the small bag containing the loot from the tip of the iron bar, then extended his arms through the hole and stood up slowly.He buried a book of poetry this summer in the forests of Forge Historic National Park, and he always likes to take his time obliterating evidence, but now he wants it gone.

He can only wait five minutes at most.He can say that he was scared and angry at first, and then like everyone who has been burglarized in his home, he took a moment to count the valuables such as cufflinks, cash, tools, etc., so he didn't call the police immediately.But he knew that everyone would become suspicious if he waited any longer, so he had to call and report the crime in time. He cheered up, took a few steps, took a few breaths, and when the call was connected, he was able to pretend to be nervous. A thief broke into my house and I want to ask the police to come and take a look.he said to the operator.While he was thinking about what to say to the police, he was thinking about when he could leave here the soonest, and what he should take with him.

Dad called the police and specifically asked for Ryan.Fenemun spoke.But no one at the bureau could find Fenemont, and the police told Baba that they had sent two policemen to investigate.Mr. Harvey came out to open the door, and the police saw that he was so angry that he was in tears. Although the police were a little bit contemptuous of a big man crying in public, they felt that there was nothing wrong with Mr. Harvey's reaction in this situation. The radio station later revealed the content of the sketch in Lindsay's hand, and Mr. Harvey immediately expressed his willingness to let the police search his home.In addition, he seems to be very sympathetic to what happened to the Shamon family, and these actions have deepened the police's goodwill towards him. The police really didn't want to disturb Mr. Harvey. They searched Mr. Harvey's house carefully. Except for a room on the second floor full of beautiful doll houses, nothing seemed wrong. lonely person.The police searched for a long time, but found nothing, and then had to change the subject. Everyone stood in the room where the doll house was placed on the second floor and chatted with each other. A policeman casually asked Mr. Harvey how long it took to build these dolls Room. Police later said Mr Harvey became very friendly when they mentioned the dollhouse.He went into the bedroom to get the notebook, without mentioning that a page was missing, and enthusiastically showed the sketch of the doll's house. The policeman noticed that the more he talked, the more cheerful he was. After listening for a while, the policeman cautiously asked the next question. Mr Harvey, a policeman said: We would like to ask you to come to the station so we can conduct further inquiries.Of course you have the right to have a lawyer come with you, but Mr. Harvey interrupted the policeman: Just ask here, I will answer all questions.Although I am the victimized party, I do not intend to sue the poor girl. The girl who broke into your house, another cop said: She did take something.She got a sketch of a cornfield with a building in it The police later told Fenemont that Mr. Harvey spoke so well that one had to believe him.He came up with a perfect explanation, so perfect that the police didn't suspect it at all.But then again, the police did not regard him as the murderer in the first place, and because of this, they were unsuspecting of him. Alas, the poor girl.As he spoke, he put his finger on his tightly closed lips, turned and picked up the notebook, and he turned the pages of the notebook to show the police, and finally turned to a sketch that looked like it had been taken by Lindsay. It's this one, the sketch you're talking about is very similar to this one, isn't it?The policeman, now the audience, nodded involuntarily.I just want to understand how it happened, Mr Harvey admits, I admit I can't help but think about this terrible tragedy, I'm like everyone here, how could we have stopped this tragedy?Why didn't everyone hear anything, didn't see anything wrong?If you think about it, that girl will cry for help, right? Okay, please look here. He picked up a pencil and pointed to the sketch and said to the two policemen: I am sorry to say the truth, but based on the architectural principles, and the fact that a lot of blood was found in the cornfield, and the place where the blood was found is very secret, I deduce that Perhaps he was watching the two policemen, watching their eyes furtively. The two policemen listened very carefully. In fact, they couldn't wait to hear what he had to say. The police had no clue, no body, no evidence, said Maybe this strange man can provide a feasible direction for investigation.I deduced that the murderer might have dug a hole similar to a burrow in the field, and I admit that the more I thought about it, I even drew some details in the burrow like a sketch of a doll’s house, such as a fireplace, wooden frames, etc. .Well, it's just my habit, he paused for a while and said: I'm the only one at home, I have a lot of time. Do you think your inference is correct?one of the policemen asked. I think I've got some clues. Why didn't you call us? I can't bring their daughter back from the dead.What's more, when Detective Fenemont came to me last time, I said that I suspected that the boy from the Ellis family was involved in this matter, but it turned out to be a wrong lead. I don't want to put forward any layman's point of view to interfere with your case. The police apologized to Mr. Harvey before leaving, and they said Detective Fenermont would call him again tomorrow, presumably to reconfirm today's conversation.The police saw the notebook and listened to Mr. Harvey's inferences. These all showed that Mr. Harvey was a law-abiding citizen, but he didn't know that his victims were innocent citizens.The police noted my sister broke in from the basement and escaped through the bedroom window. They discussed the damage to the home with Mr. Harvey. Mr. Harvey said he was willing to pay for all the damage. It was obviously too sad to hurt someone. Now the poor girl's younger sister seems to be influenced by her father, so he won't care too much. I know the effect this has had on my family, and as I watch the tension grow, I know that Mr. Harvey is becoming less and less likely to be caught. After picking up Buckley from Knight's house, Mom called Ryan from a convenience store on Route 30 and asked him to meet her at the mall near the supermarket.He hung up the phone and drove over immediately. When he reversed the car and got out, the phone in the house rang loudly, but he turned a deaf ear to it.The car seemed to be a secret little world. He thought about my mother while driving. He knew it was wrong to do so, but he couldn't resist her.He once wanted to rationally analyze why he couldn't reject her, but his reason couldn't last long, and all possible explanations were quickly left behind. The supermarket is very close to the shopping center. My mother drove there, and it won't take long.She took Buckley by the hand and walked through the glass doors to the children's play area of ​​the mall.Children can be temporarily left here while parents go shopping. Barkley is overjoyed, ah, the game area, can I play here?As he talked, he watched children his age jump around the play area and somersault on the rubberized floor. Do you really want to play here?Mom asked him. Please please please.He said. She made concessions and said, "Okay."He heard it and rushed to the red metal slide.Be good, she yelled at him, she'd never let him play alone in the play area before. She left her name with the management who worked in the gaming area, and told the management that she was shopping near the store downstairs. While Mr. Harvey was talking about his theories to the police, Mom was hanging out in a store that sold some crap.After a while, she felt someone tap her on the shoulder, and she turned her head in relief, only to see Ryan.The back of Fenemont walking out of the shop.She followed Ryan outside the store through glow-in-the-dark masks, black plastic balls, furry leprechaun key rings, and a smiling skull. He didn't look back, and she continued to follow him. She was a little excited at first, but the more she walked, the more upset she became.She had plenty of time to think between the walks, but she didn't want to think too much. She finally saw him open a white door, set into the wall, where she had never noticed a door before. She knew Ryan had led her into the air-conditioning center of the mall, or where the water pumps were, from the noise coming from the dark passage ahead.She didn't care where she was, the darkness around her made her feel as if she was in her own heart.She suddenly thought of a picture in the doctor's office, expanding before her eyes, and saw her father in a cotton robe and black socks sitting on the side of the examination table, and the doctor was explaining the dangers of heart failure.Her thoughts were in a mess, and she was about to cry, when she suddenly realized that she was close to the end of the aisle.The corridor leads to a large three-story room. There are several huge metal towers and cylinders in the room. Many small light bulbs are inserted in a mess, and the regular vibration sound echoes in the room.The air-conditioning unit pumped the air out of the mall and pumped fresh air in. There was a deafening noise between the pumps. She stopped to listen for other sounds, but she heard nothing but the sound of the machinery running. less than. I saw Ryan before she did. He was waiting for her in the dark room, and he wished he could see what she wanted from those big, misty eyes.Although he felt sorry for my father and my family in his heart, he still couldn't help but fell into these misty eyes.He really wanted to tell her: Abigail, I would love to be in your eyes forever, but he also knew he had no right to say that. Mom narrowed her eyes to identify things among the intertwined metal parts, and gradually saw what was going on.For a brief moment, I felt that my mother just wanted to stay here. Although it was a strange environment, she felt that staying here would be enough to bring her peace because no one could find her. Ryan reached out and touched Mom's fingertips with his fingertips.If Ryan wasn't here, maybe I could have this moment alone with Mom, and Mom could get away from everything for a while and forget that I was Mrs. Salmon. But Ryan touched Mom, and she turned around too.Although he was right in front of her, she seemed to ignore him. He understood why she was so absent-minded and didn't blame her. I watched them from the balcony of Paradise Plaza, feeling dizzy and short of breath.Mom grabbed Ryan's hair, and he wrapped his arms around her slender body, pulling her closer and closer.I looked at the two of them and thought Mom would never know that at this very moment my murderer was having two policemen out of his house. Ryan kissed Mommy's neck and breasts lightly, and I could feel his kisses as small as a mouse's footsteps, as light as falling petals, magical and tinged with extinction.Ryan's kisses were like whispers, taking her away from me, her family, and the sadness in her heart.She indulged in carnal pleasures, at the mercy of her body. Ryan took his mother's hand and led her away from the wall. They walked between the metal delivery pipes. The rumble of the machine and the echo made the surroundings even more noisy. At this time, Mr. Harvey began to pack, and the younger brother was playing Linxi and Samuel were lying side by side on her bed, neatly dressed, but very nervous, grandma downed three glasses of spirits in the empty living room, while dad stared at the phone in a daze . Mom greedily pulled up Ryan's coat and shirt, and he helped too.He watched her struggle with the clothes on her body, taking off the sweater first, then the wide dress, and the cotton pullover, and finally she was only left with panties and a tight shirt.He stared at her intently. Samuel kissed Lindsay on the back of the neck, she smelled of soap and ointment, and in that moment he made up his mind never to leave her. Ryan was about to say something, and I knew my mother had noticed that he was about to speak, and she closed her eyes to signal him not to speak, but there was a strong cry in her heart.She opened her eyes and looked at him, he fell silent, her mouth was tightly shut, and she pulled the tight shirt off her head, and the panties fell slowly to the floor.I can also have a perfect body like her, but I have lost the chance to grow up.Her skin is as clear as moonlight, her eyes are as deep as the sea, but her heart is blank.She had lost herself, and in endless sorrow she could only indulge herself. Mr. Harvey shut the door of his house for the last time and never looked back; Mama lost herself in her most primal desires, and only in the compassionate arms of her lover could she hide from her own broken heart.