Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 554 Angela's Idea

Ding dong ding dong, the doorbell rang.Rachel, who came to the door quickly, looked outside through the cat's eyes, and then opened the door with a smile on her face, but she couldn't help being stunned when she carefully looked up and down the visitor.

"What's wrong? You thought it was a ghost standing in front of you?" Kate said with a smile after taking off her sunglasses.

"Of course not, but..." Rachel raised her hands and made several shapes on her body, "You look like you've gained some weight—this is the truth, not a joke."

"Oh, of course I'm fat," Kate shrugged, with a flash of complexity in her eyes, "I have a new film to start filming next month, and I need to gain at least 5 to 8 pounds for that role."

"New movie?" Rachel showed a surprised expression, "Aren't you participating in the performance of "The Matrix 2"?"

"Are you going to let me explain clearly here before going in?" Kate said jokingly.

"Ah? Oh, sorry." Rachel smiled and raised her hands to get out of the way, and the two came to the living room one after the other.Kate sat on the sofa, and Rachel came behind the bar: "Would you like something to drink?"

"Soda is fine," Kate said after thinking for a few seconds.

"Soda?" Rachel frowned and raised her eyebrows, "I remember, your favorite should be..."

"Gin and Tonic with a dash of whiskey!"

The two said it at the same time, and after smiling at each other, Kate shook her head: "Since I found out about something, I rarely drink like this, even if it's a little bit of whiskey...so forget it."

"What?" Rachel asked in confusion, then shook her head again: "I don't have anyone here, so I'll make you a glass. My level of making gin and tonic has never dropped."

Kate hesitated for a while but shook her head: "No, thank you, forget it, soda water is fine."

"Okay, soda." Rachel shrugged, only sighing slightly inwardly as she turned away.

"To be honest, I thought you had returned to London before I called, but I didn't expect you to stay in Los Angeles." After carrying their respective drinks from the living room to the inner room, the two began to chat again.

"Originally, I really wanted to go back to London, but I have to attend the premiere of "The Mummy" in June, so I just waited until then to go back, and I just spent the summer in London." Rachel shook the cup in her hand and glanced at it intentionally or unintentionally. Looking at Kate, there is a slice of lime on the floating ice cube, which is the gin and tonic she made for herself.

"Going back to London for the summer is a wrong choice, I thought so too." Kate smiled slightly.

"How about going back to London together this summer?" Rachel suddenly said, "Usually I'll take on a stage role, why don't you try it too? I remember when you were in college, you always Like a puppet on a string."

"Of course, anyone under your light is a marionette." Kate replied with a smile.

"But now your light has covered me, hasn't it, Ms. Best Supporting Actress?" Rachel smiled teasingly.

Hearing this, an inexplicable complex look flashed in Kate's eyes, but she quickly adjusted and shrugged at Rachel: "You will get your own honor, Rachel, I absolutely believe that .”

After a pause, she sighed again: "Unfortunately, I'm going to make a new film soon, so I'm afraid I won't be able to go back to London with you."

"New movie? Oh, by the way, I asked you before, aren't you filming "The Matrix 2"? Why are you going to make a new movie soon? Don't you plan to take a break?" Rachel asked immediately.

"My scenes in "The Matrix 2" are almost finished, and there are only some finishing shots left, which can be completed in the middle of this month at most. The new film will not start shooting until at least late May, rest and gain weight, enough It's gone." Kate took a sip from her cup, and a complicated look flashed in her eyes again.

"Don't you think the schedule is a bit tight? Don't you want to be a workaholic too?" Rachel blinked.

"Hey... I promised Angie a long time ago about this movie. If I terminate the contract unilaterally, I may be sued." Kate's tone was teasing, but she just lowered her head and took a sip of soda water from her glass.

Rachel stared at her intently, and sighed after a while: "You have something on your mind, Kate."

"What's on your mind?" Kate put down her glass and showed a puzzled expression, her natural appearance didn't seem like she was faking it.

"Don't try to lie to me, after all we..." Rachel stopped suddenly when she said this, and sat beside Kate after a few seconds of hesitation, "At least we are still friends now, you can tell me what's on your mind."

Kate remained silent, leaning on the sofa for a while before sighing softly: "I...I think...I think...Angie seems...Angie seems to be dating another woman!"

After saying this, she closed her eyes, and limply slumped on the sofa, as if all the strength in her body had been sucked away.

"This...isn't possible?" Rachel showed a surprised expression, but the surprise seemed to be posted bluntly, "Are you saying that there is... definite evidence, or do you just think there is?"

"I don't know, Rachel, I'm not sure." Kate suddenly sat up and waved her hand a little irritably, "Remember her 21st birthday party? What Liv said...should...should only be ...and then you see her and them...and Britney...although it's not very clear, but...damn, I keep telling myself, you are too suspicious, you should believe her. But...but the chest always Some... dull pain!"

"I heard some too." Rachel gritted her teeth and said in a low voice, "You bastard!"

"What's wrong?" Kate didn't hear clearly, she quickly shook her head: "It's nothing, I just want to say...Since it's like this, why...don't you...ask her clearly in person? It's not your style to hesitate."

Speaking of this, the miserable expression flashed from Rachel's face.And after Kate was silent for a while, she held her face with a wry smile: "I thought about it...but I didn't dare...I'm afraid, I don't know how she will answer, what should I do if she answers me? If she answers no, how can I judge whether it is true or false, and will she feel that I have hurt her?"

"You're thinking too much, Kate. This kind of worrying about gains and losses will affect your judgment." Suppressing her emotions, Rachel considered her words, "I think——you'd better ask in person, No matter what the answer is, at least you won't be so... anxious..."

While she was talking, she secretly stretched out her hand from behind, as if she wanted to hug Kate's shoulder, but every time she was about to put it down, it would bounce again.After doing this several times, Rachel gritted her teeth and finally let it go.

Kate didn't say anything and remained silent. After a while, she finally turned her head, with a more bitter smile: "You don't understand, Rachel, you don't understand that feeling. That kind of feeling that has been accumulated since childhood, that kind of feeling The feeling of being attracted all the time. To be honest, I should thank you, Rachel, if it wasn't for being with you...association made me understand what kind of feelings it is, maybe I would still run away...when those emotions erupted violently , nothing can stop me, I want to possess her! I want her by my side, I want her to be mine, completely mine! But...but..."

She buried her head between her arms and shrugged her shoulders slightly: "I love her, love her very much, I don't want to lose her, I don't know what to do, maybe... I can only wait..."

Rachel just put her arms around Kate's shoulders, without saying a word, her eyes were full of complexities: that feeling... I understand!

"Forget it, don't talk about it, let's talk about some happy topics," Rachel suddenly stood up, "If you don't want to chat, then watch TV or something. Disney Channel has many good TV movies. Of course, It’s also good to watch current affairs news or talk shows once in a while.”

As she spoke, she turned on the TV in the inner room, and Kate didn't stop her, watching Rachel silently doing everything.

"How about this? Oh, no, this host is too boring... This? I've seen it before..." Rachel kept changing the channel with the remote control, as if she didn't know what to watch, until a picture jumped into two human eye.

"...You can see that the firepower of the two gangsters is still very fierce. Even if the police have received reinforcements, there is still nothing they can do about them. Another news is that the SWAT team is on its way and will arrive in a few minutes at the latest The scene. Whether these gangsters can be subdued as soon as possible, let us wait and see. NBC reporter, Stanley Lawford will report for you."

Although the picture broadcast by the TV station was rather blurry, it was still possible to see two lunatics with automatic rifles shooting unscrupulously in the street, and the surrounding policemen were hiding and unable to raise their heads.

"A bank robbery in North Hollywood?" Rachel read aloud while watching the scrolling captions.

"It's terrible. Those guys can't even deal with the police." Kate's attention was also attracted.

Seeing that the gloomy and sad Kate had improved emotionally, Rachel stopped changing channels.

"According to observations, the weapons carried by the gangsters should be AK47 or AKM, and there are other weapons at the same time. They are wearing thick body armor, so the firepower of the police can't play a big role at all. Because the opponent's firepower is too strong, we can't fly. Too low. Likewise, the police helicopters would have to be pulled high enough that they would not be able to gain air superiority."

Following the reporter's explanation, the gangsters in the camera became more and more vicious.

"It's terrible, what the hell are the police doing." Kate couldn't help frowning.

"I think it's not just a problem with the police. There aren't many bank robberies like this in the United States every year." Rachel shrugged, "Forget it, don't look at this."

As she said she picked up the remote control and was about to change the channel, at this moment the reporter's voice sounded: "Great, the SWAT team has arrived, I believe the situation should be under control... Wait, who is that? God , that...Kirkland! Move the camera over there! Zoom in, quick! God, that's Angela Mason!"

In the shot, two men and two women are hiding behind a car that has been shot many times.Although it is not very clear, when the camera is zoomed in, the girl in the white coat and denim trousers can still be distinguished.

After staying there for a few seconds, Kate and Rachel both jumped up from their seats: "Angie!"

"That's right! That's her, Angela Mason! God knows how she appeared here?!" The reporter on the TV said in a surprised and overwhelming tone, "It seems that they are not good, no To know if anyone was injured."

"No, no, no! How could this happen!" Kate covered her mouth and yelled in panic, then turned around and was about to rush out.

"Don't get excited, Kate! Don't get excited!" Luckily, Rachel hugged her in time, "She'll be fine!"

"She'll get hurt! She'll die!" Kate struggled in disbelief, but Rachel held her tightly and refused to let go: "It's useless if you go to the scene! The police won't let you pass!"

"The SWAT team has split a team to go to rescue Angela, great, they are very close now. It seems that they are communicating and making plans."

Following the reporter's voice, Rachel patted Kate on the shoulder in surprise: "Okay, it's okay now, someone has already gone to rescue her."

Kate also stopped talking, and stared at the TV with wide eyes without blinking, but she still covered her mouth with a pale face.

"Well, they look like they're going to make a move, Angela is surrounded...they start running - oh, hell!"

In the footage of the TV station, a woman rolled on the spot holding Angela during the shooting, and rolled back to the back of the car.The terrified Kate couldn't help screaming, sobbing and buried her head on Rachel's shoulder, not daring to look any more.And Rachel didn't speak other than hugging Kate tightly, she didn't even notice, she just stared at the figure on the TV with her eyes, without any thought.

"Oops, it seems that someone was injured? It's okay, it's not Angela... Wait, what does she seem to want to do?"

Bang bang bang, bang bang bang, this is not the sound of gunfire but the beating of my own heart.Angela squatted behind her bulletproof car, clutching the gun in her hand, her face was flushed with blood.

"No, their accuracy is too bad, and they haven't hit a single shot so far." Angela found two small sticks from nowhere and used chopsticks to pick up a small fragment of the car mirror, learning from war movies Watching the outside like the soldiers inside.

"Don't waste your energy, let's get down and have a look." Mei Weisi, who was half lying on the ground by the car, said with a wry smile, her lips were a little pale, and there was a small pool of bright red blood beside her.

"Damn it, they can't hurry up." After climbing down to observe Yiyan, Angela said anxiously but calmly, "You've lost too much blood, and if you don't get medical treatment, you will be unconscious and disappointed."

"Although your plan is good, but...but don't forget, there is no shooting angle at all, and the opponent... can hide in the car as a cover..." Meiweisi said weakly.

"It's better than doing nothing!" Angela frowned and looked at the police who were a little further away than before because of the temporary retreat, and suddenly leaned over and looked out from the car tires, "Damn, they're far away It's getting closer."

At this moment, another idea popped up in her mind. Angela turned her head and shouted to Meivis after kneeling on the ground and observing carefully, "Give me your gun!"

"What do you want to do?" Mavis frowned.

"Do you think the PPK in my hand can penetrate their leather boots?" Angela said quickly, "They are only a few dozen feet away from us now, and the angle is much better than that of the police. I can hit the target!"

Meivis hesitated for a while, without thinking about anything like before, she reached out and handed over the gun in her hand.After receiving it, Angela immediately prostrated herself on the ground, ignoring the burden on her chest, clasped her hands and began to aim at the criminal's moving feet.

This is the way she thought of, even if the culprit wraps his body tightly, there are always some places that he can't take care of - such as his feet.

However, no matter how good the idea is, there will be problems in the implementation. After Angela told the police this method through Bucket over there on the mobile phone, although they separated some people and started shooting from the bottom of the car, but because of one or another reason, they did not It didn't have much effect.

It can't be dragged on anymore, those two guys are approaching here little by little, and Meivis, who was injured because of her, is still bleeding.So even though Angela was crawling on the ground to aim and shoot, knowing that there were TV cameras all around, she wanted to get out of this damn place as soon as possible.

Calm down, stay calm, you can do it, like shooting in a club.Angela carefully aimed at the moving feet under the car and said to herself silently in her heart.Although the heart was beating non-stop, although the excitement made the blood flow to the head, but the heart was very calm.

The rhythm of the world seems to have slowed down, and the fierce gunfire seems ethereal to the ears.The feet that were moving back and forth in the field of vision suddenly stood in place, standing there firmly and without moving.

It's now!Angela slammed the trigger. Although the recoil force was greater than that of PPK, she still held it firmly.

The bullet flew out, but obviously missed.Angela continued to pull the trigger unhurriedly, shooting one after another, and the bullet casings flew out of the gun chamber one by one, without any emotional fluctuations because of the miss.

Finally, in the field of vision, the bandit's foot suddenly twisted, and he knelt on the ground with one leg.Obviously, someone hit him, and Angela seized the opportunity to shoot all the remaining bullets, and the guy finally fell to the ground.

Although the guy seemed to be seriously injured, Angela didn't know and didn't care if he was hit or not. There were obviously many people shooting at the time, and she only cared about one thing.

So she finally let out a long breath when she heard shouts from around that the guy behind the car was no longer a threat and the other was running away.