FOE Family First Chapter 28 Family Over Everything
Originally, Melonie planned to ask Tommy Hawke to accompany her to the bank in the morning. Anyway, Tommy Hawke didn't need to go to school every day, and walking to the bank with her could be used as a good exercise.
Tommy Hawke did not refuse the invitation, although he felt that reading in the bedroom was a better choice. However, Melanie was still a little worried about her future. Strictly speaking, she had to wait until Hugh Spade was found guilty by the judge in a three-month trial before she could be hired by Sinclair Elementary School to replace Hugh Spade.
Although in Tommy's opinion, this anxiety is completely unnecessary, because he has taught Melonie to write a thank-you letter to the principal of Sinclair Elementary School, telling about Melonie's own situation and experience, and thanking Sinclair Elementary School for cooperating with the police to drive away her nightmare Hugh Spade. Finally, she said that she was considering writing a letter of praise to the Clare Elementary School Parent Committee to praise Sinclair Elementary School for its great help in this matter.
As long as the principal is not an idiot, he should understand that he should not let Melonie, the person involved, bring this matter to the ears of the parent committee of her own school. The demand in the letter is obvious, so just meet that demand. Otherwise, if the parent committee knows that the teacher of the school where their children study actually sells pills, the principal can only expect to be complained about.
The easiest thing for the principal to do was to give Melanie the job that originally belonged to Hugh Spade, transfer her to his own work, and make her give up the idea of thanking him publicly in front of the parents' committee.
Just as Melonie was preparing breakfast, there was a knock on the door. Tommy Hawke, holding a toothbrush in his mouth, walked out of the bathroom and opened the door of the apartment. His brother Tony was standing outside the door and smiled at him: "Good morning."
"Don't you have to work today?" Tommy Hawke asked, moving aside and taking the toothbrush out of his mouth.
"Wipe the white stains off your mouth before you talk to me, fag~" Tony teased his brother, then sat down at the dining table in a familiar manner, greeted Melonie who was baking bread in the kitchen, and began to enjoy the breakfast that belonged to Tommy Hawke. Seeing Tony holding up the cup of coffee that belonged to Tommy, Melonie spoke up to stop him:
"Tony, this cup is yours."
As he spoke, he quickly poured another cup of coffee from the coffee pot, brought it to Tony, and put Tommy Hawke's cup of coffee back to its original place.
Tony looked at Melonie in confusion, then looked at Tommy Hawke who went back to the bathroom to continue brushing his teeth, and said, "What's the problem? It's just a cup of coffee. When he was a child, he not only drank my juice and coffee, but also secretly wore my Mickey underwear."
"If you insist, you can try it." At this time, Tommy Hawke wiped the water stains on his face, walked out of the bathroom, and smiled at Tony.
Tony picked up Tommy's coffee cup and put it to his mouth. As soon as he put it in his mouth, he stood up and rushed into the bathroom to spit out the coffee into the toilet. Then he grinned and said, "Aunt Melonie, did you forget to add sugar to this espresso?"
"Tommy firmly believed that bitterness could boost his spirits." Melonie said with a smile after seeing the consequences of Tony's refusal to believe in it and insisting on trying.
Tony sat back at the table and took a sip of the coffee Melonie had poured for him. After neutralizing the bitterness in his mouth, he said, "Tommy, I can personally sponsor you for 75 cents. You can find a doctor and ask him to use that umbrella-like thing to check your stomach. I suspect your stomach is about to become the same as a cat that can excrete coffee beans. Maybe when Marvel knows about your mutation, they will draw you into the comics and make you a member of the X-Men. Your job is to go to the bathroom every day to help Professor X prepare coffee beans, and use this bitter taste that made me swear just now to help him concentrate."
"That's a good idea, Tony. You can also help me think of a cool nickname for me after I become an X-Man." Tommy smiled and sat next to Tony, taking a sip of his cup of coffee.
Tony immediately said, "I figured it out, CatAss!"
“Hahahaha~~” Tommy laughed as loudly as Tony, but the laughter suddenly stopped at the highest point. Tommy looked at Tony with a deep gaze, and his voice returned to calm: “What did Dad do again?”
Tony also stopped smiling, but his expression was not serious. He just drank his coffee and said, "Today is Bethea's visiting day. Dad wants us to accompany him to visit Bethea."
"Didn't Dad always go to visit Bethea alone before? Was he afraid that the two of us would divide up his pitiful visiting time? You and I have suggested going with him many times before, but he vetoed us. What's the reason today?" Tommy asked puzzledly when he heard that they were only going to visit Bethea.
Although Bethea was taken to a foster home, her biological family can visit once a week, usually for about two to four hours, depending on the foster parents' schedule.
Tommy Hawke feels that weekly visits are the cruelest punishment the Child Protection Agency imposes on the poor. He cannot take his child back, but he has to meet her every week. He can witness the child's growth every time, but he cannot participate in it.
Tony picked up the bread and took a bite. "Maybe Dad finally remembered that in addition to his daughter, he also has two sons. By the way, Dad asked you to wear the grass green jacket with the "Diaper Family" printed on it. Bethia said she likes to see you wearing that jacket."
"I will never wear that jacket. I'm already eighteen years old, and I'm wearing a jacket with a cartoon character? And it's printed with 'Diaper Crew'? Everyone will think I'm gay, and a cute sissy. If I go to jail, sunflowers will bloom on the day I go to jail!" Tommy Hawke refused decisively after hearing Tony's words.
Melonie came over with some baked bread and said, "I didn't hear anything."
"I'm afraid I can't go to the bank with you," Tommy Hawke said to Melonie.
Melonie nodded, with a quick flash of disappointment in her eyes, but then she said to Tommy seriously: "Of course no problem, I will handle it, family always comes first, Tommy, say hello to Bethia for me."
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On Interstate 95, a Ford Raptor pickup truck with an American bald eagle printed on its body was speeding along the highway.
Colin Hawke, the father who had rarely changed into a clean casual outfit, was now leaning on the back seat of the car and sleeping with his mouth wide open. In order to visit his daughter without losing money by taking leave, he completed the work that was supposed to be done on today's visiting day last night.
Tony tried to put on a nonchalant expression, holding the steering wheel with both hands and concentrating on driving. In the passenger seat, Tommy Hawke was wearing a jacket with "Diaper Tribe" printed on it. He looked relaxed, as if he had become a different person from his previous resistance. At this moment, he was admiring the green scenery that was quickly passing by the window, and said:
"You know what? Now I don't think it's embarrassing to wear this coat."
"Shut up, Tommy!" Tony said with a straight face, "Don't make me beg you."
At this moment, Tony Leon was wearing a pink jacket with images of the Betty Boop cartoon printed all over it, and a pink hairpin with cute dog ears on her head.
"Actually, you should have made it clear at the beginning that you would wear Betty Boop to this family gathering, and I wouldn't have any objection to wearing this Diaper Crew jacket." Tommy Hawke took two cigarettes from the cigarette box, lit them in his mouth, then handed one to Tony and said with a smile.
Tony took the cigarette and put it between his lips, his voice desperate: "I don't know why, but my anticipation for this visit has plummeted."
"Sons, listen to your heartless words. Oh, I'm ashamed of you. You have Italian blood that values family. Your closest family members have only a little expectation of you, but you keep refusing. You should learn from your father. He will do his best to meet any request of your family. Remember, family comes first." Perhaps he was awakened by the teasing of the two men, Colin Hawke said vaguely in a sleepy voice in the back seat.
Tony nodded in understanding: "You know, Dad, if you're willing to exchange your coat with us..."
"Hoo..." Before Tony could finish his sentence, Colin Hawke's snoring continued .
Tommy Hawke looked out the window with a cigarette between his legs. He finally suppressed his mocking words towards his father and just smiled faintly: "Family comes first, huh?"
Tony Leon turned his head to look at his brother, patted his grass green coat, then patted his own pink coat, and said seriously:
“Without a doubt, Family Over Everything.”
