Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 322 Dedicated to Angela

Rowling moved to London in early December. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" was published on both sides of the Atlantic in August. The sales of Philosopher's Stone have doubled in the UK alone in just 12 months. Obviously, this series has begun to attract more and more people's attention.

"When the Writers Association sent a notice telling me that I had won the National Book Award for Children's Fiction, I was completely shocked! I kept asking myself if I heard it wrong." Rowling said this in the previous conversation Things are still unbelievable.

Anyway, she ended up leaving Edinburgh with her daughter and moving to London, which is why Angela and Kate were able to visit her the day after the premiere of "Titanic", and of course, the same...

"Why didn't Xiaxia come together, Angela? I miss her very much." Rowling's 5-year-old daughter Jessica asked curiously while greeting Angela and Kate with her mother's baked snacks.

"I'm sorry, Jesse, Xia Xia's family has a visitor, a visitor from the United States, so I can't come to see you with us." The girl shrugged and then spread her hands to make a sad expression, which made the little guy giggle.

"Of course, if you want to see her, you can come to my grandfather's manor. Her American friend is my aunt-to-be's niece, so she will definitely go." Angela continued.

"Really? Can I really go?" The little guy blinked at the girl.

"Hey, don't my invitations count in front of my grandfather?" The girl's slightly exaggerated tone made her giggle again.

Rowling coughed lightly at this moment: "Jessie, dear, can you go back to your room? You can see in advance what Christmas presents Angie and Kate have prepared for you."

"Are you going to say something that children can't listen to?" Jessica stuck out her tongue and nodded like a little adult, "Okay, then I won't bother you."

Then, she waved to the two guests with a smile, and left the living room in a bounce.The surroundings suddenly fell silent, and the three people sitting on the sofa, whether it was Angela and Kate, or Rowling opposite them, all slowly sipped the coffee in their cups in this slightly awkward silence.

"Well, I think..." Rowling was the first to break the silence, but she closed her mouth after saying two words just now. In any case, even though she asked them for an explanation before, she still felt that it was wrong for her to ask so hastily. A faux pas.

"Actually..." Kate, who hadn't spoken much since just now, took a deep breath and opened her mouth, but was interrupted by Angela's voice: "Yes, Joe, as you can see, we...are dating !"

The tone was calm but with unshakable affirmation. Kate looked at the girl in surprise. Angela smiled slightly, held her hand in her arms and clasped her fingers tightly. The meaning of it is self-evident!The emotion immediately flowed into Kate's heart. Regardless of Rowling's eyes, she immediately held Angela's face and kissed her tender red lips deeply.The girl also ignored the stunned magic mother, and responded even more enthusiastically than before.

Facing this same-sex couple who declared their rights with actions, Rowling smiled wryly: "I'm sorry, ladies, it's at my house now, can you pay attention?"

"We should be the ones to say sorry." Angela, who separated from Kate, took her lover's arm generously. "We can't help it. If you feel very rude, we apologize and leave immediately."

"Wait! Wait!" Rowling raised her hands, "First of all, I have no hostility towards homosexuality, every phenomenon has its reasons, and homosexuality existed in Roman times or even earlier, didn't it ?”

"Really?" Kate was a little dubious, holding Angela's hand tighter. Although she always liked to play some exciting games with girls, she always had a sense of proportion and carefully protected the girl. That's why Angela was so moved when she confessed the relationship between the two in front of Rowling just now.

"Kate, I've met you more times than Angie, so you should know that I don't lie to my friends." Rowling said seriously, "I'm just surprised, very surprised, after all Angela..."

"After all, my background is quite prominent, and I'm a genius, and I already have my own business at a young age, and I'm still a billionaire little rich woman, right?" The girl smiled and shook her head, with a teasing expression. She, "But, do you think it has anything directly to do with love, Jo?"

Rowling smiled wryly: "Should... no... well, I admit, the fact that two of my friends suddenly became a same-sex couple one day... makes people confused, although I don't think homosexuality is wrong, but This is really unbelievable, you must know that when you first met, you were still sisters."

Kate and Angela smiled at each other, shrugged and said nothing.

"It's hard to imagine how your fans would react if they knew," Rowling sighed.

"Actually, I'm not worried about this," the girl shrugged. "The same-sex environment in the United States is relatively relaxed, especially on the West Coast. It's really a big deal to give up my current career. I don't care about it, it's just..."

At this point, there was a hint of worry on her beautiful face, and then she looked at Kate: "I don't know how much pressure from the family will be, and whether it is possible to transfer my anger to others."

"It does sound like that," Rowling shook her head, "Unfortunately I can't give you any advice."

Kate didn't speak, but just put the other hand on the clenched hands, and Angela gave her a reassuring smile, and then looked at the magic mother: "I think, you will definitely not tell others, will you? "

"That's not certain," Rowling deliberately pretended to be hesitant, "You must know that the tabloids will spend at least tens of thousands of pounds to buy this news!"

Angela and Kate both rolled their eyes and shouted in unison: "Joe!"

"Okay, I'm kidding," Rowling laughed and held up her hand, "I promise I won't tell anyone, swear to God! I said I'm pro-gay, and if it's appropriate, I'd like to be in the book Bundle……"

Speaking of this, she suddenly covered her mouth: "No, I can't tell the answer to the mystery before the end."

"You mean, a certain character is gay?" Kate suddenly became interested, "Who could it be?"

Rowling shook her head with a look of annoyance, no matter how much she asked her, she would not open her mouth. In the end, the girl stopped Kate: "Okay, since Joe won't reveal the answer, then don't ask again, she will always write the answer." It's over, isn't it?"

"Well," Kate was slightly disappointed, "It seems that we have to wait for a long time."

Angela smiled and shook her head, pointed at her and said to Rowling: "See, Joe, this is your loyal book fan, why don't you hurry up and get a pen and sign her as a souvenir or something."

"Is that so? Then, do you want to sign your body, Miss?" Rowling asked seriously.

"If you wish, ma'am." Kate immediately stretched out Angela's arm, pointing to her cuff: "Please sign here."

The three of them burst out laughing in the end, and the little embarrassment they had before disappeared in the laughter.Then, Rowling suddenly remembered something and stood up: "Wait a minute, I have something to give to Angie."

She left the living room, and came back a few minutes later with a book in her hand. Judging from the color and thickness of the book, it should be the British version of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets". Rowling said nothing. Handed the book to the girl.

Angela took it and looked at the other person in confusion. Rowling just smiled, so she looked down at the book without asking. After turning two pages, a line of writing was revealed: "To Angela, she was in my last He helped me selflessly when I was in trouble.”

The girl understands but also doesn't understand. Of course she knows the meaning of this passage. She saw it when she bought "Chamber of Secrets". The title page of Philosopher's Stone reads, dedicated to her daughter Jessica and the child who was the first listener, but...

There was a sudden movement in her heart, and after a careful look, she realized that the handwriting was not printed, so it should be handwritten, and there was an extra signature of JK Rowling in the lower right corner, so to speak... Angela raised her head and looked at The other party opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

"I don't have anything as a gift, so I can only write a few words." Rowling said apologetically.

"No no no," the girl shook her head repeatedly, "this gift is very sincere, thank you, Joe, thank you very much, I like it."

"I originally wanted to write it on the title page of the next book, but without your help I don't know when it will be published, so I wrote it on this book, and I plan to spend more time revising the third book." Rowling said so.

"Really, so when will the third book be finished?"

"In the next few days next year, I have to think about the outline carefully. You must know that I have found a lot of inspiration from you."

"So you're going to write about a lesbian?" Angela quipped.

"Sounds like a good idea." Rowling replied half-truth.

"Forget it," the girl pouted, "I don't want to be accused of interfering with the author's creation in the future!"

Speaking of this, she suddenly laughed: "However, I think the publisher should consider giving you a contract!"

"It should be very simple, right?" Kate interjected with a smile at this time, "At least it should be very simple in the United States, isn't it? Well, it seems that I can also consider being an author to publish a book!"

"Great, I've been waiting for someone who won the WH Smith Writing Contest, and someone who is studying French and Russian literature at Cambridge to write something." Angela turned her head and looked at her lover with a smile, " Of course, it would be better if it was a mess, so I could laugh at her as much as I wanted."

"This is really sad, I finally see who you are, Angie, we're done!" Kate said in a plaintive tone, causing the other two to laugh.

The afternoon passed in this pleasant atmosphere. After the sky began to darken, Angela and Kate bid farewell to Rowling and prepared to leave. The three hugged and bid farewell at the door.

"Let's go, I'll take you home." Kate said as she adjusted the wig, hat and clothes that the girl had put on again, "Be careful, don't let people recognize you, this is in England."

Angela quietly watched Kate who was arranging her clothes, and suddenly grabbed her hand, regardless of whether there were other eyes around her, and pressed it on her chest.