Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 534 You Are Our Daughter

"Mary, honey, I think you might need to take a break." Jared said after staring at his wife for a while.

"What?" Elena opened her eyes and frowned, "Don't you understand what I'm saying, Jedi?"

"Of course I understand, but you are obviously a little concerned," Jared said seriously, spreading his hands, "Your mood has not been very good these days, and you are in a daze occasionally. I know you are worried about Chris, the media We did go too far this time. But let Chris handle it herself, she has always done a good job in this regard."

"Jedi!" Elena stood up abruptly, gritted her teeth and stared at her husband, "Please be serious!"

Jared frowned slightly, surprise and astonishment flashed across his face, usually his wife would only say the word "please" to him when she was very annoyed and excited.He stood up and walked out from behind the desk, reaching out his hand to comfort his wife: "Relax, honey, please stay calm no matter what."

"Calm down? God, I tried to stay calm, but you didn't listen to what I said!" Elena said excitedly, "Haven't you reacted yet, Jedi?! Chrissy, our Daughter, she is gay! She likes women and not men! She admitted this in front of me the morning before yesterday! What's even more frightening is...she actually...has three lovers by her side at the same time! God, how could this happen! "

Elena walked back and forth in the study, covering her face and shaking her head constantly.But Jared stopped his movements, and once again showed the bewildered look at the beginning: "You mean... Chris confessed to you that she is... gay?"

After a few minutes, he stroked his chin and said in a surprised tone: "It's incredible!"

"Is your reaction just incredible, Jedi?!" Elena glared at her husband.

"Then, should I ask someone to bring Chris back and tell her not to do this again?" Jared smiled and spread his hands, and then gently pressed his wife's shoulder: "Relax, Mary, things will happen sooner or later." fixed."

"Will it work out? Damn it, Jedi, do you want me to repeat it?" The wife clenched her fists and showed an anxious look, "The reports in the Los Angeles Times are true, and Chris has been in the hospital since four years ago." Started dating Jessica...she's also in a relationship with Kate and Natalie! What's that?!"

"No matter what, she will always be our daughter." Jared said calmly, raising his hands.

"Yes, of course, Chris is our daughter, she has always been so good, how could she be such a person," Elena murmured and suddenly became excited again, "It's them, it must be because of them! Back then I Just keep going and let Chrissy go to a private elementary school! That Kate Beckinsale, I always thought she was a nice girl, but I never thought she would be this kind of person! And that Natalie Hess Raiglo... I hope through Papa..."

"Mary!" Jared suddenly raised his voice, and his face became more serious than ever. "Please! Keep calm!"

After her husband also used the word "please", Elena couldn't help being startled, and finally recovered from the endless nagging before.Then Jared hugged her: "I know you're worried about Chrissy, or you wouldn't have told me until now. But, remember what I told you? As a parent, when there is a problem with your child, you should first Stay calm. Stay calm to understand where the root of the problem is, so you can fix it. Never pass the buck and impose your views on them.”

After a while, Elena, who was hugging her husband, sighed softly: "You are right, Jedi, I was too impulsive."

"It's okay, you've kept the words in your heart for several days, and it's inevitable that you will be a little too excited when you explode now." Jared patted his wife on the back, and then sat down on the sofa with his arms around her: " Alright, now let's replay this matter and discuss it calmly again."

It took about ten minutes before Elena fully told what she knew.Jared would occasionally ask a question or two, but mostly listened.After his wife finished telling the story, he thought for a long time before concluding: "Well, first of all, Chris's sexual orientation is certain. As you said, she has hardly dated men. The only boyfriend is a... wait, don't you think that's a coincidence, Mary?"

Elena thought for a while, then nodded and admitted: "It's really a coincidence, maybe Chris knew about Jonathan's situation a long time ago, so she used this method to cover herself and Jonathan. God, if... this relationship will be a big one. Big joke!"

Seeing his wife's wry smile, Jared made a worrying gesture: "At least now, apart from Chris and her lover, only we know her sexual orientation. Oh, yes, you said Annie..."

"I'm not very worried about Anne," Elena shook her head at this moment, "Just like I, Ada, Frank, and Lawrence, the people close to me know some little secrets more or less, so don't worry about them telling it."

"In short, it's better to limit the knowledge to a few people for a long time." Jared didn't dwell on this topic, and after thinking about it, he opened his mouth again: "Obviously, Chris thinks Can't face us and run to Frank instead of dodging reporters as she said? Frankly, that's not her style."

"You also said that Chris often does unexpected things." Elena smiled wryly and spread her hands.

"...no sign...I mean there's not enough cause for her...that would be a possible, undetermined genetic problem...Damn it!" Jared rubbed his temples, simply Picked up the phone: "Well, Mary, let me talk to Chris first. It's just a father and daughter conversation, no one else."

"Well, if... I mean if..." Elena sighed and wanted to say something, Jared immediately raised his fingers and made a motion of silence: "Hi, dear, it's me. What, plan Not coming back at Uncle Frank's...Is it? Lying is not a good boy...Okay, Chris, your mother has already talked to me...Don't worry, why don't you come back first, let's talk about it in the evening How about talking, just the two of us... that's great, I'll wait for you."

With a sigh of relief, Jared turned off the phone and looked at his wife after a moment of ecstasy: "Mary, I know what you are thinking, but we still have to consider what Chris thinks, don't we? Let's talk about it after this conversation is over." .”

After a moment of silence, the wife finally nodded with a little helplessness.

Not long after the phone call, Angela returned home from Frank with her younger siblings. Although she looked the same as usual, she rarely looked at her parents, and rushed back to her room after saying hello. up.I didn't come down until dinner, and I didn't say a word during the meal. Whether my parents, Willie, or Ike asked her, they all responded with "uh", "nice", "okay".

Jared saw all this in his eyes, and he just smiled in his heart and didn't say much, until the father and daughter came to the study one after another after dinner.

"Chris, I have to say you startled me." After the tea servant left, Jared leaned on the desk and crossed his arms and said to his daughter.His eyes quickly fell on Angela's clasped hands, and his two thumbs were unconsciously rubbing back and forth rhythmically.

As Angela's father, Jared is very familiar with this action. Since she was a child, whenever she did something unspeakable and had to face her parents, she would rub her thumbs involuntarily.

This shows that she is restless at the moment, and at the same time... still that Chris.Jared smiled inwardly, took a sip from his teacup to make himself look more relaxed: "What's wrong? You don't want me to perform a one-man show?"

"Dad, don't be like this..." Angela raised her head and said something in a low voice, then lowered her head again.

"Hey, what's going on, this isn't like the Chrissy I know." The father sat down beside his daughter, tilted his head and thought, "You know, honey, I still remember—God, Nearly ten years—again at Brenket's Cottage, you said yes to Nancy Meyers' invitation and I didn't, so you offered to play a trivia game. Back then, you It’s really impressive how confident you are.”

After a pause, he continued: "I still remember when you wanted to invest in Pixar, I objected, and you swore that I would regret it. After I gave you the chance, even if you were not good at it, you still worked hard to follow my advice. The request was to justify that it was a worthwhile investment. Things like buying the North American rights to 'Titanic' and so on."

Speaking of which, Jared looked at his daughter seriously: "Aside from other things, when you asked me to help sell Cisco stocks last year, weren't you equally confident and courageous? So, what makes you so uneasy and scared now? , or even flee to Frank? If I guess right, if Frank shows even the slightest possibility of knowing in front of you, you will escape immediately."

"Does uncle know?" Angela raised her head and asked nervously.

Jared shook his head dumbfoundingly: "No, he doesn't know, only your mother and I know in the family."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help sighing: "You know, Chris, according to the habits you have shown, I think if we really know that your sexual orientation is biased, you should stand with your hands on your hips." We said confidently in front of us: What's the matter, everyone has the right to choose a partner. But what you are doing now is really unexpected."

"It's different..." Angela mumbled.

"Oh?" Jared raised his eyebrows, "What's the difference?"

"You...the things you mentioned are all things that I know will be successful, but this time is different..." Angela gestured randomly with a wry smile on her face, "I don't know how you will react, I'm afraid You're going to hate me and think I'm not normal and it's a disgrace to the family...it makes me sad and upset."

"Simply put, God told you the result when you did those things, so you did it without any scruples and no pressure; but when your sexual orientation was revealed, God didn't tell you the result, so you were afraid I flinched and wanted to escape. Is that so?" Jared asked, shaking his head lightly.

However, Angela nodded sadly: "Yes, that's right. Only those things that can be determined and completely sure, I will go all out to do it. But in the face of uncertainties, there are too many Unknown factors, I just want to escape."

After the father frowned and rubbed his chin for a while, he put his arms around his daughter's shoulder and patted lightly: "This is normal, my dear, women are usually more sensitive than men emotionally, so they are more likely to feel insecure than men. And anyone who is not sure about things will shrink back immediately, and it is understandable for you to escape."

"No, Dad, you don't understand..." Angela shook her head, a trace of sadness and self-mockery flashed in her eyes.

But my father didn't see it: "Listen to me Angie, no matter what we do, we can't be [-]% sure, just like when you want to sell Cisco stock, you know that you may not be able to convince me, but you still call me, no So we always find ways to try hard. Since you have admitted to your mother that you have a different sexual orientation, why can't you admit it to me, why don't you dare to face us?"

Jared held his daughter's shoulders, looked into her emerald green eyes and said seriously: "No matter what, we are your parents; and no matter how wrong you are, you are still our daughter. Even if the world is destroyed, this cannot be changed Fact, we love you!"

After staring at her father's face for a long time, Angela suddenly hugged her father tightly, buried her head in his arms and moaned sadly, "I'm sorry, Dad, I'm sorry, I'm just afraid... just afraid..."

"I can understand, honey, after all..." Jared patted his daughter on the back and didn't continue, an old figure unconsciously appeared in his heart, he smiled wryly and shook his head slightly.

"So... how do you and mom think about my problem?" After calming down, Angela asked tentatively.

"From my personal point of view, this is your choice, and I have no right to interfere. Although I hope you can have...a normal life, I hope you can be happy—if you really love them." Jared stroked his daughter's head lovingly.

"Of course I love them!" Angela interrupted hastily.

"Really? Everyone?" Father asked jokingly, Angela's face immediately turned red, and she gasped and couldn't speak.

"However, your mother may not be able to accept it for a while. Although I know she doesn't hate homosexuality, it's different when it happens to my daughter." Jared continued.

"Oh, no." Angela hugged her head immediately.

"Don't worry, dear, can you give your mother time?" The father said comfortingly, and then changed the topic: "It would be better if you can give a reason, and I am also curious, why do you... like women? Of course, if you feel inappropriate, you don’t have to answer.”

The daughter shook her head, bit her lip and looked at the bookshelf for a long while before she spoke: "I don't know, Dad, I just know that if a man with malicious intentions touches my skin, I will get goosebumps, and then I will go further." Disgusted. I can't remember when it started, but it was very acute. By the way, do you remember Jonathan?"

"Of course," Jared nodded, "I also know he's gay."

"You already know?" Angela showed a look of surprise, and then turned her head a little embarrassed: "He was the first man who shook my hand without giving me goosebumps, a man outside of my family. I was curious at the time, I only found out he was gay after dating him, so I knew my sexuality was innate and it couldn’t be changed.”

Speaking of this, she looked at her father and asked with some embarrassment: "Mom must be very angry, right? Jonathan and I will pretend to be dating because I think my mother may have discovered something, so I want to cover it up... Jonathan doesn't know that I am also gay."

"She was a little angry, but that wasn't the main problem," Jared shrugged. "By then, you were already dating Jessica, weren't you?"

"Yes... yes," Angela said shyly, "You know, she often stays overnight."

"That's true," my father thought for a while, "but you also often went to Kate's house at that time, and you and Natalie always stayed at each other's house every year when you went to New York for the holidays. God, you were already at that time." Date all three of them at the same time? Haven't they ever expressed dissatisfaction or something?"

"Actually...they...don't know that the other two are also my...lovers...they just think the other two are my ordinary friends..." These few words were almost squeezed out between teeth, Angela's face was flushed red.

"You mean you're dating three people at the same time, and they don't know each other, and they're still friends?" Jared showed a surprised look, "You always surprise me, Chris, if you're a man , can already be called a playboy.

"I've always wanted to be a man." Angela lost her temper in her exasperation.

Fortunately, my father didn't hear clearly: "What did you think?"

"It's nothing, okay, Dad, please don't mention this, please? If you want to know the details, let's talk about it another day." Angela said pleadingly, "Don't let others know about my sexual orientation, no matter grandpa , Grandpa is godfather, okay, Dad?"

"Okay, then I won't mention this. As for your grandpa, I don't plan to tell them now." Jared shrugged, then smiled and stroked his daughter's face: "I hope you can remember, Ke Liz, you are our daughter and we all love you."

Angela was silent for a while, then hugged her father again, tightly.