Volume 4: White Devil Chapter 258 Otilia's Life Plan
Accompanied by her personal butler and Paige, Otilia walked into the King Sea View Suite of the Bessie Hotel.
The Bessie Hotel opened in 1942 and has always dominated the list of luxury hotels in Miami since its opening. It is selected as one of the best wedding venues in the United States by Bride magazine every year and has the most beautiful private beach in Miami.
Otilia did not carefully look at this room where even the sheepskin books on the bookshelf were genuine. Instead, she sent the butler away in a disinterested but very gentle manner, and then showed Paige a speechless smile: "So, Tommy didn't have time to pick me up, but he took the time out of his busy schedule to help me book the most difficult room to book in Miami, but the one with the most beautiful sea view?"
"That's what he said, Miss Farrell," Paige replied expressionlessly.
Otilia let out a frustrated sigh: "Well, he's always so busy, I'm used to it, it's okay, very beautiful room."
After saying that, he responded to Tommy, the old bodyguard he trusted, with a bright smile: "Thank you, Paige, I want to rest for a while."
However, Paige didn't seem to understand Otilia's words of farewell. He stood there without moving, holding an unlit wooden pipe in his mouth. Otilia looked at Paige in confusion, not understanding why old Paige, who was always sharp-eyed and sharp-eared around Tommy, didn't understand what she said today. She asked, "Is there anything else you need to know?"
"...Ms. Farrell, I think you can go to the balcony to enjoy the scenery before you rest. Tommy has been busy for a long time, or rather, many people have been busy for a long time." Paige glanced in the direction of the balcony and reminded Ottilia with a smile in her eyes.
Otilia looked at the balcony suspiciously, then at Paige, then walked across the living room, walked onto the balcony, held the railing with both hands and looked down. After seeing the situation below clearly, she immediately exclaimed.
Below the balcony should have been the exclusive beach of Bessie Hotel, but at this moment, the beach was covered with a sea of purple flowers. Tommy, the big boy who told her that he was too busy to pick her up at the airport, was now standing in the sea of flowers, wearing casual clothes, with his hands in his trouser pockets, looking triumphantly at her balcony.
No woman can resist romance, no woman can resist flowers, and no woman can ignore surprises.
"I think you now understand how heavy my work is in Miami, Otilia?" Tommy lowered his head to look at the purple sea of flowers that stole the limelight from the real ocean. "I originally wanted to cover the ground with violets, the state flower of Rhode Island, but there are not so many violets in Miami. In the end, I had to add purple irises from Tennessee and purple cornflowers from Texas to make up the number."
After Ottilia came to her senses, she smiled happily and was about to turn around and run downstairs from the third-floor balcony to meet Tommy, but Tommy immediately made a stop gesture to signal Ottilia to stop. Ottilia stood on the balcony, not understanding why Tommy didn't let her go down to see him, but then she found that Tommy walked through the flowers and climbed up to her balcony nimbly along a ladder that had been prepared long ago, just like the poor boy in fairy tales who was eager to have a tryst with the princess.
The subsequent development was indeed just like those fairy tales. The princess was blinded by the damn poor boy's flowers. Without much dialogue, Ottilia was picked up by Tommy and walked towards the big bed in the bedroom.
Paige walked out of the guest room with a pipe in her mouth, closed the door, took out the stun gun with skillful movements, and knocked down Martin's half-brother who was walking towards her to settle the money he had paid for the flowers with Tommy. Then she grabbed the man's collar and dragged the guy who ruined the atmosphere into the elevator, leaving the romance to the man and woman who had been reunited in the guest room.
After a long time, Otilia lazily lay on the big bed, propped up her chin with both hands, and carefully looked at her boyfriend whom she hadn't seen for a while. "They said you took a vacation. My father still doesn't believe it. He insists it's a rumor. You can't let yourself be idle."
Otilia was not left with any traces of time, or rather, the expensive high-end skin care products resisted the erosion of time on this woman, and she was still as bright and charming as when Tommy first met her.
On the contrary, Tommy's face looked more and more mature, which was also something that troubled Tommy. The hair of American men grows at an astonishing speed. In his previous life, when he was 27 years old, if he didn't shave or have a haircut for a month, he would just look haggard at most. In this life, if he didn't shave, take care of his hair, or tidy up his chest and leg hair for a week, he would look like a sloppy homeless man in his thirties or forties. If he went out and said he was Otilia's father, people might believe it. No wonder hair removal products have always sold well in the United States.
"It's not just me." Tommy lazily brushed his hand through Otilia's long golden hair and said to her with a smile.
"I know, and Jason and Martin..." Otilia said the news she got from Paige who was picking her up on the way to the airport.
Tommy shook his head slightly. "No, and you. Otherwise, why do you think you suddenly showed up in Miami as a director of the New Century Foundation to attend the cocktail party held by Bill and his wife?"
"Impossible." Otilia said, "This is a normal activity arrangement of the New Century Foundation. It is a small cocktail party held by Bill on environmental issues."
"If I called you directly and said, Otilia, honey, don't pay attention to those poor black people in Africa, let's go to Miami to have sex, how would you refuse me? So, now Diane is begging you to come and see me, and you can receive an invitation letter for having sex with me, and the airfare will be reimbursed by the foundation." Tommy said to Otilia with a smile.
"You mean you were the one who set up the party? That's totally unnecessary, Tommy..." Otilia was stunned for a moment , staring at Tommy with her pretty eyes. After more than ten seconds, she spoke uncertainly, "You're kidding, right?"
"Of course I was joking. How could I do that? But you do need to take a vacation. The KeyBank board of directors will make some adjustments in the near future. Others will take over your previous African projects... Jim and I had several arguments about this issue, and I insisted..." Tommy looked at Otilia: "I want to say that the work at KeyBank will be finished soon, and you will have a long vacation."
When Otilia heard Tommy say that he was going to end her work in Africa, she immediately turned over and sat up, looking at Tommy very seriously: "Hey, Tommy, you can't decide everything for me. This is a very serious problem. You are very disrespectful to me by doing this. You should at least ask for my opinion first. I have always..."
"Calm down, honey. I didn't make the decision for you. Just listen to me, okay? Jim and I had several serious arguments. He thinks you should continue with your current job and be tougher than you are now, because the board thinks you are doing a very good job. It's me. I just think there is a job that will allow you to help more African women and children, and at the same time, you can spend more time in the United States, so that I can see you more often." Tommy also sat up, hugged Otilia from behind, put his head on her smooth shoulders, and comforted Otilia's little dissatisfaction:
"Jim had been dealing with some UN organizations for KeyBank's overseas projects. During a phone conversation with me, he told me some so-called funny stories. I didn't think those stories were very funny. I thought they were very tragic. So I thought of something more important than bringing them clean water, medicine, and toilets."
"What did Jim say?" Otilia asked when she heard Tommy's serious tone.
"As for issues like women's rights, underage marriage, child abuse, human trafficking, etc., Jim said he heard from a UN official that in some African countries, a second-hand AK47 assault rifle only costs $5, and comes with ten rounds of ammunition. It is the second cheapest commodity in that country. What is the first cheapest commodity? Girls. You only need to pay the girl's parents three dollars to buy a girl." Tommy said to Otilia:
"That bastard Jim said that at this price, his annual salary plus dividends could buy all the women in that country. That's interesting, but it reminds me of another problem, which is the popularization of laws in those African countries. The laws in many African countries are very imperfect. After all, those places are very backward, both in civilization and material aspects, and the laws on women's rights and child protection are almost zero. It's better to expect France to reoccupy them than to expect them to introduce relevant laws to protect women and children."
"You graduated with a law degree, you are a professional, you should use your expertise to help those people. You have promoted many public welfare projects in Africa over the years, you know how barbaric those African countries are. For this reason, I think you should compile what you know into a report and submit it to the United Nations Women's Rights Protection Association. Use your legal knowledge to do something for them, such as helping those backward countries to supplement some laws on women and children. I think this is a truly great cause. If feasible, you may need to cooperate with well-known jurists, judges, and lawyers in the United States and even other developed countries to promote the development of their laws based on the actual conditions of those countries."
"Leave the task of delivering water and repairing toilets to the Africans to those rubbish white people like Jim." Tommy put his mouth close to Otilia's earlobe and whispered:
"Most importantly, this great job allows you to spend more time in the United States, and you no longer need to fly overseas for a long time."
Otilia thought about it seriously, then shook her head. "Of course this is a greater cause, but it's not feasible, Tommy. Those countries are independent. They can't accept foreigners helping them revise their laws. Such behavior interferes with national sovereignty and will only cause resentment from the government."
"Our goal is to help more people, not make more countries hate us, right?" Tommy nodded in understanding and asked.
Otilia nodded and forgave the guy who made the decision for her without her permission. "Yes, although you suspended my work, I think you are really kind, Tommy. I mean, you can think of this kind of problem after listening to Jim's teasing, which means you are a kind person."
"The question of whether I am kind or not can be discussed later. First of all, what I just offered was just an act of bargaining. If those countries cannot accept the United Nations interfering in their legal issues, or organizations such as the United Nations Women's Rights Protection Association and the United Nations Children's Rights Protection Association also know that it is not feasible and refuse to promote it, then we can give a more moderate suggestion, such as you come forward to work with some legal scholars, judges, and lawyers to compile one or more books on the litigation procedures of African countries. Don't make them too complicated, but more easy to understand. For example, if a woman is abused at home, as long as she can read or find someone to read the contents of your book to her, she will know how to use the law in that country to solve the difficulties she encounters. This kind of book is not sold, but distributed for free, and it requires a lot of effort, because you need to unite like-minded scholars, study the legal provisions of those countries, translate them, and then express those provisions in clearer and more straightforward words, and you also need to raise funds for this project. Of course, as your boyfriend, I will be the first to donate to it, and I will also try my best to provide some help within my ability." Tommy seemed to know that Otilia would say that the first suggestion was not feasible, so he immediately expressed his true thoughts.
Otilia, an American social activist who graduated from law school and has been doing charity work in Africa for many years, issued a report to the United Nations Women's Protection Association, and then took the lead in fundraising in the name of the United Nations. She then used the raised funds to find some well-known legal scholars, judges, and lawyers to cooperate in writing popular legal books on the litigation procedures of African countries, and distributed them free of charge in those countries so that women and children in those countries would no longer think that the law is too far away from them.
"What do you think after listening to it? Do I understand you, or does that bastard Jim understand you better?" Tommy asked Otilia with a smile.
Otilia looked at Tommy steadily, and after a while she hugged Tommy and gently rested her head on Tommy's chest: "Tommy, your mother must be a real angel, that's why she taught you to be what you are now. How can you be so kind and gentle, yet so determined to confront the suffering of this world and work hard to change it?"
This was the Tommy she knew. He had never changed. When he was in high school, he led a group of children to help the country of St. Vincent and got back the funds that belonged to that country. When he was in college, he led his classmates to break the expensive technological shackles for many poor Americans, so that the hard-working poor also had the opportunity to change their destiny.
Now, he looked at himself with a smile on his face, and told himself gently but forcefully that he must change the tragic fate of women and children in the distant continent of Africa so that they would no longer be sold as commodities by their families.
"Maybe, there is no suffering in this world, and it has always been beautiful." Tommy said with a smile: "So, do you think my suggestion is good?"
"Of course, of course." Otilia said seriously.
Tommy knew that Otilia would never refuse his proposal. She was a kind woman who had witnessed firsthand the many problems faced by women and children in those countries in Africa. Otilia could go to repair toilets, deliver water, and donate medicine, and so could others. But Otilia majored in law, and if there was an opportunity for her to use her expertise to help more people, she would not refuse, because doing so would make her feel more fulfilled.
Tommy doesn't care whether he is regarded as an angel or not, nor does he care how difficult life is in Africa. He just made a life plan for the wife he chose when he successfully pursued Otilia.
First, through KeyBank, she engaged in many public welfare projects overseas, dealt with many United Nations organizations, gained fame and some awards, and obtained the status of an international social activist. Now, this step has been completed. If nothing unexpected happens, and if history does not change, when Bill is elected, she will receive a Presidential Medal of Freedom to recognize her contributions as an international social activist over the years.
Then, Tommy told her at this moment that she should transform herself from a social activist to a legal expert, and under the name of the United Nations, engage in international legal academic research with other well-known legal scholars to promote the legal development process in some African countries. Based on academic research, she could teach at a law school in the United States or other countries, and at the same time serve as a legal adviser to some women's organizations and participate in some typical cases. It would probably take several years to complete all of this. If nothing unexpected happens, relying on her previous experience as a social activist and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, plus some miscellaneous international awards, it is not impossible for her to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Finally, when Bill is in the later stage of his presidency, he will get the presidential nomination and find a position as an associate judge in a circuit court where a judge has retired. Then he will begin to slowly build up his qualifications and wait in the circuit court for ten or twenty years. If a position becomes available in the Supreme Court, he will use the television media that Tommy controls and the Internet resources that he will surely control in the future to make a deal with the then-incumbent president in exchange for the president's nomination of Otilia and send her to the throne of the Supreme Court.
This is the life plan Tommy made for Ottilia. He doesn't need Ottilia to know her life path clearly, he just needs Ottilia to listen to him and do the right thing.
