Georgetown University!
It was almost noon when Lake drove from Quantico to the university.
parking.
Turn off the engine.
Lake got out of the car and lit a cigarette while waiting for Betty to come out of the teaching building not far away. Then he looked at the scenery of the university called the Politician's Paradise.
Georgetown is the top private elite university in the United States, and it is also a top institution known as a paradise for politicians. Basically, apart from Yale politicians, the ones who can get along well are Georgetown politicians.
But General Ross must be thinking MMP in his heart.
Lake was admitted to one of the universities, Yale, but he did not choose to be a politician. Instead, he chose to be a detective in the New York Police Department.
In General Ross's mind, federal agents are all small agents, let alone the regional New York Police Department.
Where is my daughter Betty?
Betty also entered Georgetown, one of the universities, and ended up not being interested in politics, but becoming interested in science.
If there is such a thing as heresy.
Without a doubt.
Lake and Betty belong to this category. They attend a university that cultivates political education, but in the end, neither of them has developed an interest in politics.
If Ross was also a politician, he would probably have fainted from crying in the toilet by now. Fortunately, Ross is a soldier. Although he felt MMP in his heart, he did not faint from crying.
Lake didn't expect that even though the timeline had changed, Betty still chose science.
In the original timeline, Betty had been in boarding school since her mother died early. Then she fell in love with Banner, who was at least ten years older than her and might be able to give her the fatherly love she lacked. This made General Ross so angry that he wanted to chop Banner to death.
But it's different now.
Karen is fine. Although Betty also loves science, she is at Georgetown University after all. I guess, in this timeline, Betty and Banner have no chance.
Betty is not lacking in fatherly love in this life.
After a while.
Betty came out of the teaching building chatting and laughing with some classmates. Her eyes lit up as she looked at Lake parked on the lawn. A look of surprise appeared on her face. She said something to the classmate next to her, then ran straight to Lake.
"Bang!"
"ah!"
"…Sorry, Lake."
"fine."
Lake rubbed his lower back where he had bumped into the car, and looked helplessly at Betty, who looked like a crazy girl and had no goddess temperament at all, and shook his head and said, "Dear sister, I need to remind you that your weight is not at the same level as when you were a child."
Betty was feeling a little guilty at first, but when she heard this, she rolled her eyes: "When we were little, you could lift me up high. Can you do that now?"
Can your weight as a child be compared to your weight now?
Lake raised an eyebrow: "I can do it now, come and try it if you can't."
Said.
Lake was ready to lift up Betty, who was now almost 1.7 meters tall.
When a person is extremely angry, he can lift a car. When Lake is extremely angry, his adrenaline glands are activated. Not to mention lifting a person high, it is not difficult for him to throw a person like a grenade a hundred meters away.
Seeing this, Betty's face turned red. After dodging, she said angrily, "Brother!"
Lake laughed.
Betty looked around and finally breathed a sigh of relief when she found that no one was paying attention to her. If there were any acquaintances present, and Lake really lifted her up high, Betty felt that she would be socially dead.
Get in the car.
The car started and drove towards his home in Arlington County, between Quantico and DC.
On the passenger seat.
Betty glanced at Lake repeatedly.
Lake turned a blind eye.
But the afterglow continued.
Lake sighed: "Yes, I'm heartbroken again, are you satisfied?"
Betty grinned, but covered her mouth in time, shook her head, took a deep breath, and said, "Which one is it?"
Lake looked at Betty speechlessly.
Which one?
What kind of talk is this? What does "number one" mean? I, Lai, have always been serious about relationships and never act like a scumbag under the guise of sincerity.
Can you blame him for the broken relationship?
Besides.
Let's not talk about the previous ones, let's just talk about this time. Was this breakup because of him? It had already been half a year, and Lake had thought it was time to settle down, but then this happened.
Lake sighed: "I think I will end up alone."
This has given me the label of "Dating is a deadly kind", is there still a chance for me to find my other half?
Lake was already considering giving up on this idea and relying on call girls to meet his needs in the future.
Speaking of which...
How do other time travelers find their significant other?
Betty shrugged and said, "I think Emma and Hermione are pretty good."
She had never met Maureen, but she had met Emma and Hermione during the summer vacation last year and the year before. Of course, she had also met a few others in the past few years, but it was obvious that only these two people left a deep impression on Betty.
but.
What's the point of you feeling good? I'm the one looking for a wife, not you.
Lake rolled his eyes: "A good horse never turns back!"
Betty blinked. "Do you think it's difficult to get back together, or do you think they already have someone else?"
Lake glanced at Betty and said, "Children, don't meddle in adult matters."
Laugh.
Laugh.
What if in the future you go crazy and hook up with Banner like before? You see which side I'm on? If that happens, I'll either beat the shit out of Banner or take your surname.
...etc.
Lake blinked, feeling that there seemed to be something grammatically wrong with this sentence.
Betty was a little speechless and said, "I'm already 25, just five years younger than you. I'm not a child anymore. Besides, even if I don't ask, Mom will ask when you get back."
Lake: "…"
Karen Ross!
A very gentle blonde woman, at least, that was Lake's impression of her.
There are good and bad foster families here. In a good foster family, you will be raised as a biological child, and Lake is one of them.
But there are bad ones too.
For example, those foster families who specifically want to eat the foster care fees paid by the city hall every month, their operation is to adopt as many children as they can, and then use the foster care fees to buy food, drink and have fun. As for the foster children, in a word, how they grow up depends entirely on fate.
Although there are organizations to protect minors, they do not come to your door. Instead, they respond when someone reports a crime or provides information. This is the case in almost all the run-down communities in Queens. Children in foster care do not understand what protection means. Besides, children are timid by nature. How can they think of seeking protection after being beaten?
so...
In a sense, Lake was very lucky. Although Lake never changed his words, Karen never complained. This was why Lake chose to save Karen.
only...
The thought of Karen's nagging.
Lake couldn't help but feel a headache.
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