Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 251 Christmas and New Year

The sky was low and white, and tiny snowflakes were flying and falling down, making the snow on the trees in Central Park thicker.

"Hey, Angie, you're already two laps behind us. Are you going to keep sliding down like this?" Natalie spun around and slid past Angela with a giggle. Carrie took her brother's hand and tried to keep up, so she just waved at her.

"Don't be too happy, I haven't used my full strength yet!" The girl shouted like this, but the skates under the shoes twisted and twisted, and she couldn't control it well, so she couldn't help but want to grab her velvet hat Get down and throw it on the ground to vent.

"Do you want me to help?" Scarlett's elder brother Adrian slid over and asked a little courteously.

"Thank you, I can do it myself." Angela shook her head with a smile, "Don't worry about me."

"Okay, then I'm going to chase them." Adrian was a little disappointed, nodded and slid towards his sister and the others.

The girl sighed, and continued to compete with the skates and shoes. Her skating skills could only allow her to keep her balance and slide slowly. If she was a little faster, she might fall. Besides, she was still full of thoughts, and it was good to be able to skate a few laps with them. up.

"I think I have to stop, maybe it's better to find a place to sit and wait for them." Angela whispered to herself, looking at the bench outside the circular skating rink, fortunately she was wearing a black invisible mask when she went out. Glasses have become a habit, otherwise, if a tabloid reporter catches me and takes a picture of me, I don’t know how many people will talk about it after dinner.

"This is the third lap, Angie." Natalie passed by her again, suddenly slowed down, looked back, turned around and slid in front of her, looked carefully, and asked again: "You It looks bad."

"You finally found out?" Angela rolled her eyes on purpose. "I wanted to make a bet. You must think that the friend you left aside to make a fool of yourself is actually very happy."

Natalie burst out laughing, and stared at her with bent eyes and hands on her waist: "If I remember correctly, it was you who suggested skating in Central Park, didn't you?"

"You must have misremembered, I proposed to take a walk in Central Park." The girl said nonsense without changing her face, which made the other party's teeth itch with hatred.Then Natalie put away her smile: "Okay, Angie, that's not what I'm talking about."

"What's that? Forgot to drop a coin in Santa's tub?"

"Okay, Angie, I mean you have something on your mind, or something that's bothering you."

Angela's heart skipped a beat, but she still shrugged nonchalantly: "When did you become a psychologist?"

"No, I just have this feeling. And..." Natalie pointed to her right hand, "Since we met yesterday, your right thumb has been rubbing back and forth on your index finger. Generally speaking, people who are worried will To repeat an action unconsciously."

She smiled slightly: "I have indeed read some books about psychology."

"Okay, okay, so tell me, what's bothering me, psychologist?" The girl slid to the edge of the rink, sat down on the bench and took off her skates.

"How is this possible," Natalie followed and sat down beside her, "I just care about you, Angie. There seems to be something wrong with you, if you don't want to tell your parents. Maybe you can talk to me or Manny, oh, of course, except for those .”

"Okay, Nat, I see." Angela took her hand and patted it, but didn't say much, how could she tell Natalie what was on her mind.

During this period of time, that damn thought kept bothering her. Although she buried it in her heart most of the time, it would pop up occasionally and stab her a little bit, so she was very unhappy, whether it was "Virtual Idol" ” made $1600 million in its opening week, won three Grammy nominations, or “Toy Story” was nominated for an Oscar for best original screenplay.

Of course, she is still the naughty, cute and charming Angela in front of everyone, and no one is aware of her inner activities—including her parents. After all, she has played a role in the family more than once in the past ten years, and some things have changed. Soaked to the bone.

"Well, don't say it if you don't want to, it's your freedom." Natalie said in a helpless tone.

Angela glanced at the girl next to her. Even her parents didn't notice her abnormality. Why did Natalie feel something?Is this a coincidence?She looked down, retracted her kneading fingers without any trace, clenched them into fists, and spread them out again.

The girl suddenly raised her head: "Nat, can I give you a hug?"

Natalie was a little surprised, but immediately opened her arms to her, Angela gently hugged the girl, put her head on her shoulder, then closed her eyes, without doing any unnecessary movements, Just hug her like this.

It was very warm and comfortable, and she felt it silently, just as she had always done, just holding Natalie or someone else could make her feel a special kind of peace, Angela didn't know what it was, but undoubtedly she now need this.

The two hugged each other quietly, knowing that Scarlett's voice came from afar: "Hey, you two, why don't you slip?"

"Enough skating, I want to go shopping elsewhere." After separating from Natalie, Angela replied.

"Really? Maybe it's because you skated too badly," Scarlett sneered unscrupulously as she slid in front of her. "You were almost stuck in place and slowly moved forward."

Angela pouted, not bothering to pay attention to this complacent guy.

"Maybe we can find a cafe now, go in and have a drink, warm up before going to other places." Adrian quickly interjected to smooth things over for his sister.

"Well, where do you think we could go?"

"Well... how about the Central Park Cafe?"

"Wow, that's a good proposal. We can fly to Los Angeles first, and then go to Warner's studio."

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Under the rare sunshine, the girl was sitting under the big tree in the manor and lightly fiddled with the strings of the acoustic guitar. She didn't know what she was playing, but she just played it completely according to her own mind.

There was laughter and laughter in the distance, and Xia Xia was the loudest.Basically, apart from Angela, her favorite is Lulu, which may have something to do with their Christian names being Emma.

After Christmas in New York, the whole family went to London as usual. Unscrupulous uncle Frank returned to his grandfather's manor early after spending a two-person holiday with Julia.

To say that he is unscrupulous is because in order to realize his plan of a two-person world, he actually left Lulu in the care of his sister.Angie was very dissatisfied with this, but the person concerned was very happy.Anyway, the little guy already regards Mason's house as his other home, and there are two smaller guys who can be bullied by her.

"Don't think that once you get engaged, you can cross the river and tear down the bridge. I wrote "The Runaway Bride." Angela muttered angrily.She put down the guitar and touched Hulu who was crawling beside her, feeling a little dazed. Although the shepherd dog had been staring at the partner playing with the children in the distance, it still stood by its owner sincerely.

At this time, the younger brother ran over aggrieved, with a dirty face and a dirty face, obviously being bullied by three girls again, Angela couldn't help shaking her head, hugging the little guy in her arms while comforting him The girl who stopped nearby yelled, "Don't forget what I told you!"

"We didn't bully Ike. He accidentally fell twice." The younger sister said plausibly.

Angela glared at her, then looked at Lulu and Xia Xia who were giggling.Shaking her head, her heart was full of sympathy for her brother Ike.This is already considered good, you must know that in families where many children are female, the only boy will often be dressed as a girl by his sisters, and then ostentatiously.

Thinking of this, she looked down at Ike in her arms, with a round face, small nose, big eyes, unspeakably cute, no one would be able to tell if she was dressed as a girl, right?

Ike in his arms seemed to have noticed something, and looked at his sister tremblingly. His pitiful appearance made people feel pitiful. Angela couldn't help knocking herself secretly, what was she thinking, that's your brother!

"Okay, Willie and Lulu, take Ike back and change!" The girl pushed her brother out.

"Okay, okay." Lulu grimaced, and Willie pulled Ike to the side of the house.

Angela shook her head, then suddenly reached out and pulled Xia Xia into her arms, pinching her small face: "Did you feel good when you bullied Ike just now? Dear Xia Xia!"

The little guy giggled and writhed in the girl's arms, dodging her attack: "I didn't do anything to Ike, Lulu did the most, and Willy was an accomplice!"

"Do you think this will get you out of the relationship? Stop dreaming!" Angela insisted.

"I'm telling the truth," Xia Xia opened her mouth and bit the girl's wrist, dodging her attack again, "I also have a younger brother, so I won't bully my younger brother!"

As soon as the words were spoken, Xia Xia suddenly froze. Angela, who was keenly aware of this, immediately stopped: "What's wrong?"

"Father and mother are divorced, I don't know why." The little guy said softly, depressed, "Why can't we all live together? Why must we be separated?"

The girl sighed, hugged the little guy into her arms, rubbed her head and gently comforted her. No wonder only Mr. Watson brought his daughter to the manor this time. It seemed that the marriage of Xia Xia's parents had come to an end.But she couldn't explain all this to the little guy, not even with her previous life.

An inexplicable emotion suddenly accumulated in her chest, and all the unhappiness, confusion and bewilderment of this period of time came out at this moment, making Angela feel uncomfortable with nowhere to vent, until she saw the guitar beside her.

"Xia Xia, do you want to listen to a song?"

"kindness?"

"It's only for you."

Angela said, holding the guitar to her chest, plucking the strings, without any fancy, just like before, completely following the feeling, and then she sang: "Isaw the black clouds began to get thicker, Isaw the lightning flashed through the air, The wind blustered around the house..."

For a long time, she wrote songs more like doing her homework. She always started thinking about what kind of songs to write when she was about to release the album, and then looked around for inspiration. This is the first time that she didn’t think about it at all. Pop it and sing it.It's not intense but very high-pitched. With the sonorous piano sound, it's more like a shout, as if to throw out all the unhappiness!

This song lasts for a long time in the vast world!