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Chapter 233 Clothes and Glasses
Friends are busy with their own future and life, Halle didn't feel sorry for not being able to hold a birthday party, in fact, she even secretly rejoiced - in case they came to America and found that the politeness between her and Damian was stiff What about the new way of getting along?
Surprisingly, it was Tim who picked her up at King's Cross station during the fifth grade summer vacation.
Brother Tim is 24 years old this year, and he is leading Wayne Group to break new ground in many new fields. In addition to the busy life of business elites, he also has to take care of Red Robin's vigilante activities. Harley has seen him in the past two years The frequency is significantly less.
"Are you disappointed to see it's me?" He opened the trunk, helped Harley put her luggage, and still teased her.
"How come!" Harry's smile was absolutely sincere, "But, you are very busy, you don't go back to the mansion for dinner, and you still have time to travel all the way to England to pick me up?"
"I happened to be on a business trip in the UK branch, so Damian asked me to pick you up." Tim opened the car door for her.
"Of course, you know that kid, he doesn't use the word 'please', his exact words are 'you're just wasting your life on the boardroom every day, why don't you do something really useful'." Tim put on the safety Band, ruthlessly exposed Damian in front of Harley.
He hesitated before starting the car.Holding the gear lever loosely with his fingers, he looked at Harry, hesitant to speak.
"...you know the problem between me and Damian." She immediately guessed the unspoken words hidden in Tim's expression.
"I can understand you, really." He let go of the steering wheel and turned his upper body towards Harley.
"In this world, at least as far as I know, no one's growth experience is perfect, and there will always be setbacks and regrets, big or small. As a result, this person will never sing in front of others in his life. Some people will call this phenomenon 'shadow', and there is a certain truth. In my opinion, they are all part of our upbringing and shape our personality. "
"Just like the person who doesn't want to sing, then don't sing, it's nothing."
"I'm not comparing what happened to you to singing, there is no similarity in any way between the two experiences. I'm just trying to say that your reactions are absolutely normal. Whether you're going to face your fears head-on, or go around them - I don't Going to call it an 'escape' - we're all behind you."
"You don't have to force yourself to be strong on this one," he concluded.
The troubles that had been buried in her heart for half a year came back to her heart at this moment, Harry swallowed, and nodded obediently to Tim.
Tim understands that no matter how clever the language is, he still can't figure out how crazy Talia was to attack such a beautiful girl.
She is almost 16 years old and has not completely faded her childishness. She should not be shrouded in the shadow at an age when she should be carefree.
"Damian thought he could hide it from me. The real reason why he didn't come, I guess he was timid - Damian still has time to be timid." He smiled and shook his head.
"I think I've gotten better in the past six months, they're two completely different people," Harry whispered, "I can actually tell the difference in my mind."
"Let it be," Tim drove the car and started to set off, "If Damian dares to rush you, I'll be the first to beat him."
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The private plane took the two to Gotham, and Halle was half asleep for the entire flight; she and Tim then switched to a car that was already waiting at the airport, and the driver drove them to the mansion.
As soon as Tim got into the car, he turned on the computer and tapped. People only saw the scenery of the 24-year-old director of Wayne Group, but did not see his hard work and hard work.
The driver passed the iron gate with strict security measures and parked the car in front of the mansion.After Tim thanked the driver for his arrival, Harry followed him into the mansion and put down his luggage.
At this time, before she was ready, her boyfriend whom she hadn't seen for half a year suddenly walked down the stairs, and greeted Halle with a smile as if nothing had happened, without any barriers.
Harry was stunned, not because of surprise, but because...Damian, who basically only wore black, white and blue (he believed that simple colors can best express masculinity) since he was a child, was wearing a... A large cartoon T-shirt with a big SpongeBob SquarePants on the chest, and a pair of red and green shorts under the T-shirt.
Finally, the most discordant feeling is the square black-rimmed glasses on his face.
A full-fledged college geek, but there are few geeks with Damian's strong body.
The change in temperament was so great that Harry almost didn't recognize him.
"Handsome?" Damian spread his arms and stood an arm's length away from Harry, smiling at her with his head tilted.
"Stupid crying." Tim shook his head in disgust.
"Tsk, you don't understand this, Drake." Damian adjusted his black-rimmed glasses with skillful and natural movements, "Glasses are the easiest identity disguise that has been certified by Superman—put it on and take it off Makes you two. I'm surprised I didn't think of it sooner."
"That's because you always thought that Clark's disguise was 'stupid'. You said it yourself when you were a child. You said that you couldn't understand how there are so many idiots in the world, and they were all fooled by a pair of glasses. ’ Tim loosened his tightly tied tie, finally relaxing.
"...That's right, I did say so." Damian shrugged.
"Did you dress like this for me?" Harry was very moved, knowing that Damian had always disdain to dress like his peers, let alone put on such cartoon clothes that would damage his "temperament".
"They're just clothes," Damian said nonchalantly, "I don't care what I wear as long as it makes you feel at ease."
These glasses really made him a different person...Harry looked up and looked at the man in front of him who had neutralized the tough, youthful and scholarly temperament. What kind of nerves did she get wrong at Christmas? To recognize him as the clone?
She walked over and wanted to hug him.
Damian held her shoulders, preventing her from moving forward.
Harry looked at him puzzled.
"Don't worry, take your time." He lowered his head, took one of Harry's hands, kissed the back of her hand, and stepped back to a safe distance.It's not that he doesn't desire this physical contact that has been missing for more than half a year, he is thinking about it in his dreams.But, who knows if Halle will relapse again?
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Harley was surprised that the first independent mission she received this summer vacation was during the daytime, and she didn't need to go undercover to any gangster or homeless gathering place.
Of course, it is precisely the daytime missions that have the highest requirements for camouflage—you cannot wear Robin uniforms, let alone show people with your true colors.
She needs to use a digital mask to disguise as a young male bodyguard, assigned by Uncle Bruce, to protect Gotham Gazette reporter Vicki Vale, who recently exposed the biggest church scandal in a century. .
It is no secret that priests sexually abuse children, especially boys, around the world.Both Catholicism and Protestantism are hardest hit areas, and a survey report even pointed out that 4.2% of priests had molested children. *
What is most serious about this case, however, is not the number of victims.Rather, the church not only turned a blind eye to these heinous crimes, but even systematically covered up and shielded these priests.
When the parents came to the door and after the Dongchuang incident happened, all the church did was to change parishes for these priests who committed the crime.
The news has caused waves in the society, and more and more victims are willing to stand up and identify the priest who abused them back then.
The follow-up reports are in full swing. Harley's task is to personally protect the personal safety of the female reporter in the near future and prevent the church from retaliating.
And Vik Valli is obviously not a person who is willing to stay in her own home, do nothing, and enjoy 24-hour protection. She actively participated in independent reports on more victims.So Harley can only follow her at any time, pretending to be her male cameraman, but fortunately, the digital mask allows her to pretend to be an adult male.Uncle Bruce didn't trust Polyjuice Potion—he didn't trust anything that had a time limit.
From behind the shadow of the curtains in the mansion's study room, Bruce looked at Harry who was walking away downstairs, and said softly, "Are you sure what we did was right? Won't it backfire?"
Ah Fu, who was arranging the trays on the coffee table in the study, hesitated for a moment. "I'm confident, Master Bruce, that Harley will gain a lot from this assignment."
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The first victim Vic Valli will interview today is a man in his 30s who lives with his single mother.
"These priests who are not as good as beasts will carefully select among the boys before they start. They will deliberately choose those children who are either poor, single-parent, or even homosexual. These children are neglected by their families and elders, as well as their own personality reasons It’s not easy to refuse the priest’s excessive demands.” She said to Halle, whose alias was “Mike” in the car: “After the incident, most of the parents of these children would choose not to pursue and accept the church’s monetary compensation; Children who are molested tend to become addicted to alcohol and drugs in adulthood, and some even choose to commit suicide.”
Harry listened in silence, nodding now and then.
The interviewee (whom Halle had decided not to refer to in her mind as the victim) was Charlie Barden, whose mother greeted Vick and Halle at the door.
The mother and son live in a simple and warm suburban two-storey house. After Charlie's husband died of illness in childhood, in order to avoid the bank taking back the house, Mrs. Barden was forced to rent out the upstairs room and work a double job herself. , supporting the whole family.
In this context, Charlie, who was neglected to a certain extent, became the target of the priest.
The author has something to say:
*The case of the church here is a fusion of the movie "Focus".
*The figure of 4.2% comes from British bbc news, John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York has done a study on pedophilia among Catholic priests.Researchers visited every parish in the United States and found records of priests who were involved in child abuse between 1995 and 2002.They estimated that 4.2 percent of pastors could be accused of child abuse.