[Comprehensive British and American] After the Raiders

Everything that happened in the past few days was like a terrible but false nightmare. When the nightmare passed, everything seemed to return to the way it was before.

"what happened?"

Neil's voice brought Daisy back from a brief trance, she looked at herself in the vanity mirror, the light makeup on her face and the coiled blond hair made her look much more energetic than herself in those few days .

Daisy smiled slightly at Neil who was standing behind her looking at her,

"It's okay." She got up and walked in front of Neil, and stretched out her hand to straighten the collar of Neil's shirt. "Shall we leave tomorrow?"

They dealt with the affairs around them as quickly as possible. The clothing store was transferred to Jenny and Gary, who were about to get married, and the house had already been contacted by an intermediary.

Although some unpleasant things happened to them in this place, there are still many good memories in this place. Daisy doesn't understand why Neil wants to leave here.But after nearly losing Neil, the reasons for moving became trivial as long as they stayed together.

"Is there anything else you haven't done?"

Daisy shook her head,

"After I wait and attend Jenny's wedding, let's go back and see my parents."

Jenny and Gary's wedding was held in the church where Daisy and Neil were married, which is also the place where most people in the town hold their weddings.

In addition to many relatives and friends of Jenny, there were also some foreigners invited by Gary.

Daisy saw Hannibal, her psychiatrist, at the wedding scene by no surprise. He was wearing a decent suit, standing in the crowd with a faint but impolite smile, and Daisy was either unfamiliar or familiar with him. men and women talking about something.

She knew that Neil didn't like Hannibal, so she didn't go over to say hello to him at this time.

Andrew on the other side spotted them immediately, he and his wife Ada walked towards them,

"I heard that you are going to move, why so suddenly?"

Daisy glanced sideways at Neil beside her, then turned her head and smiled at Andrew,

"Neil and I started discussing this matter a long time ago." In social situations, she can also respond to various questions with a smile, even if the facts are not as she said, "The world is so wonderful, so beautiful." We all feel a little regretful that we have settled down a long time ago.”

When he heard "regret", Andrew really showed a regretful expression,

"Yes, you are still so young."

"When I heard the news that you are moving, I have been thinking for a long time how to persuade you to continue to live." Andrew has always been a person who says whatever comes to mind. Although sometimes the words are not so pleasant, his original intention is It was not malicious, "I'm really worried that after you leave, you will usher in a bad neighbor."

It was just his offhand complaint, and he certainly wasn't going to convince his neighbors to change their plans.

Ada, the wife next to Andrew, smiled and said,

"Have you decided where to move?"

"We're going to go to places we've always wanted to go but haven't had the chance to go," Daisy said with a smile, "and then we'll decide whether to settle down."

Hearing Daisy's words, Andrew and Ada couldn't help but frowned. Although they envied such freedom and wantonness, they didn't agree with such a wandering life. However, this was something decided by others, and they had no right to interfere.

Daisy went to see Jenny before the wedding. She was a beautiful red-haired girl, and she was even more beautiful in a white wedding dress. They laughed briefly, and Daisy left the room to go back to Neil.

She walked through the corridor of the church, looking for Neil's figure from the window beside the corridor, until the figure standing by the small fountain came into view, her mood became lighter easily, and her eyebrows and eyes also slightly bent rise.

Then she noticed the man standing facing Neil, that was her psychiatrist Hannibal. There was an arm's length between them, and there was not much smile on their faces, just They were talking about something with a flat face.

Daisy knew that Neil didn't have much affection for Hannibal. Between her husband and the psychiatrist, she undoubtedly cared more about Neil's feelings.

This made her quicken her pace, but when she walked out of the church, the conversation between them had ended, and the two of them were moving in two different directions.

After the wedding, Daisy and Neil went home, changed their clothes, and then went out again, driving to the small farm of the Browns.

It seems that it hasn't been long since the last time they passed this road together. It is obviously the same scenery, the same destination, and the same people around, but even if the atmosphere in the car suddenly quiets down, she can feel at ease. The feeling of looking sideways at the rapidly passing scenery outside the window seems to be irretrievable now.

For Daisy, they began to become a kind of torment, and instead of quieting down with each other's silence, her thoughts became more and more active.

It made her want to say something,

"Neil."

"kindness?"

Now that their relationship has just eased, she is also trying to avoid topics that may make their relationship worse again.

This made her pause for a moment before saying,

"You don't seem to like Hannibal very much?"

In her contact with Hannibal, she felt that Hannibal was a person who was difficult to be disgusted with. Neil's attitude towards Hannibal, as she got in touch with Hannibal, made her more and more disgusted. can not understand.

She waited for a while without hearing Neil's voice, which made her sensitively aware that this might not be a safe topic.

But when she wanted to say something else, she heard Neil suddenly say,

"That's not such a happy memory," he continued, glancing at Daisy silently, "I had a bad past with him."

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you all this time."

Neil's first sentence just made Daisy stunned, but the second sentence made her understand immediately,

"You mean," her eyes widened in shock, "you and Hannibal dated?"

Neil didn't answer, but his silence said it all.

Recalling the self who had confide everything in front of Hannibal again and again, recalling her trust in Hannibal, Daisy suddenly felt a sense of anger and sadness of being deceived.

But as this anger gradually dissipated, another mood began to rise in her heart.

The silence in the car lasted for several minutes, and Daisy's complex and intense mood gradually calmed down during these few minutes.

It seems that Daisy has been in pain from the beginning of their suspicion of each other.

But what she cares about pain is never what kind of person Neil used to be, what kind of things he did, and never the existence of "ex-boyfriend". What she cares about pain is always Neil's concealment and deception. , is clearly the closest wife, but feels excluded and knows nothing about her husband's past.

And now, she finally got Neil to tell her about his past, which made her happy from the bottom of her heart.

When she spoke again, her voice seemed to become relaxed and soft as the depression in her heart dissipated,

"I'm glad you're willing to tell me."

The smile on her face was completely different from before. It was not a polite smile with no meaning in it, nor was it the kind of smile that forced herself to smile that everything was fine even if she was not happy in her heart in order to continue their relationship.

She felt as if their relationship had gradually become stiff and bad, and she had never been so relaxed like this moment.

This also convinced her that the previous nightmare was over and everything would be fine.

But sometimes, for different people, concealment and candor may have completely opposite meanings.

That night at dinner at the Browns' house, the atmosphere was tense.

Mr. Brown didn't say a word except when he first met Neil with a loud "hum". Afterwards, Mrs. Brown was the one who adjusted the atmosphere, but Mr. Brown's cold face at the dinner table was hard to ignore. Mrs. Brown Efforts have lost a large part of their effectiveness.

"Neil and I are leaving tomorrow, Dad, you are not happy."

In the end, it was Daisy's coquettish words that softened Mr. Brown's attitude a little.

But after the meal, he called Neil outside the door.

"If you dare to make my daughter cry again," although it was Daisy's decision, he still felt it necessary to say something, "Even if she is coaxed by you to forgive you again, I will definitely not let you go. "

After finishing what he was holding in his heart, Mr. Brown felt a little better. He snorted again, but the previous great dissatisfaction was gone. Then he took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Neil, while giving himself Click on one.

Time passed in the silence between the two of them. After a long time, Mr. Brown's helpless sigh as a father came from the white smoke exhaled by Mr. Brown.

"Otherwise you will never find a girl as stupid as my daughter."

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Neil and Daisy's mentality changes~