Chapter 9 Visiting the patient
"It seems that I have wasted a lot of this precious tea before." Maureen covered her mouth and chuckled, a bit self-deprecating in her tone.
"My father is one-half Siris blood, and I only learned a little bit from him when I was a child." Jack knew that there were not many Siris characteristics in this body, so he explained.
Unexpectedly, Maureen did not ask about the details of yesterday's case, nor did she focus on Jack's life experience. The two just chatted about some interests and hobbies like friends, and asked someone to prepare a set before coming. All the rhetoric came to nothing.
Jack was confused when he walked out of the EAP counseling center. Why did he suddenly have a friend who is a psychiatrist? Why did he invite him to his home tomorrow? This psychiatrist feels so evil.
Driving back home, Jack was wondering if he should read some psychology books and pick up his psychology skills. He opened the door and saw Hannah playing a game console in front of the TV.
Seeing Jack come in, Hannah turned off her PS. Instead of hanging up like a koala as usual, she ran forward and hugged one of his arms. She raised her head and said nothing, looking at him with big eyes. , eyes full of worry.
Jack touched her head, smiled and comforted her: "I'm fine. I will be better than you from now on. You have been a patrolman for three years and you haven't fired a single shot."
Hannah made a face: "You'd better finish your first year as a rookie. My police rank will be police sergeant soon."
"Awesome, has your application to the FBI been responded to?"
"No, it is said that it may take a year." Hannah's face suddenly fell.
"Let's work hard together. I plan to register for community college in the next two days and finish the remaining two years. It is said that with a bachelor's degree, my annual salary can be close to 100,000."
"Oh, by the way, let's go to the Chinese Supermarket in Chinatown to buy groceries. There will be a customer tomorrow, the psychiatrist we met today."
"Hmph! She must be another beautiful big sister, right?"
"Aha, just average, far worse than you."
In the evening, Jack and Hannah went to the Central Hospital to visit Tim Bradford and met Dr. Grey.
Gray seemed to have a particularly good memory for handsome guys. She actually recognized Jack at a glance. She heard that he was now an LAPD and was a colleague of Tim, so she enthusiastically introduced the surgery.
I don't know whether Tim's luck was good or bad. He tried to block a back road but ended up colliding with Selby. He was shot and fell to the ground immediately. Lucy left the bunker to rescue him. Fortunately, John and John were in time. Arriving there, he shot Selby from behind and forced Selby to give up killing them.
Afterwards, Tim was sent to the Central Hospital for examination. It was found that the bullet did not roll after passing through the soft body armor, but got stuck directly between the heart and lungs, avoiding all major blood vessels and vital organs, except for some blood loss. In addition, it is expected to be discharged from the hospital in 3 days.
Jack and Hannah walked into the ward. Tim was arguing energetically with the nurse. Hannah walked forward with a smile and clicked a selfie with her phone.
Tim, who had a weathered look on his face, looked older than John, but was actually less than 40 years old. This veteran, who usually looked serious and rigid, was actually a cold-faced guy with a warm heart. Jack felt that the haggard look on his face now was not true. Because the gunshot wounds probably came from his small family that had been broken up just a few years ago.
No one would have an easy time with an addict wife who ran away from home. After bidding farewell to Tim, Jack secretly noticed in his heart that he would find opportunities to help him in the future. It was still necessary to have a good relationship with his colleagues, especially The police force is a collaborative profession.
Unlike Hannah who is obsessed with entering the FBI, he currently has no clear goal. The skill level on the system panel is too low. He will first develop in the LAPD for two years and then get a college degree.
Dr. Maureen's visit the next day was very surprising. She actually came with Zoe. It turned out that the two were best friends and college classmates. Watching the two beautiful women chatting in the living room, Jack in the kitchen had Nodding loudly, luckily Hannah didn't have a day off today, otherwise if there were three women in one scene, who knows what would have happened.
Lunch consists of four simple dishes and one soup, including kale with oyster sauce, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, meat stuffed with green peppers, broccoli in soup, and ham and mushroom soup. The staple food is rice as always.
Maureen, who likes Siris culture, is not as proficient at using chopsticks as Zoe, who has been eating Chinese food with Jack for two years, but Jack's craftsmanship has received high praise from her. It seems that not all Americans like General Tso's chicken. A sweet-to-death modified version of Chinese food.
"So our monthly agreement is void?" Jack asked his question after lunch while the two were alone.
Zoe looked absolutely beautiful today, and she didn't know whether it was due to the treatment or because Jack had moisturized her so well before. She held Jack's cheek and gave him a gentle, wet kiss.
"It's not voided. The agreement continues. But you, the little scoundrel, broke it once before, so I want it too. This is only fair."
"Don't worry, Maureen is my best friend. I have talked about you with her a long time ago, so she called me after seeing you yesterday. I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence. It was like God arranged it. Same."
After seeing off the two beauties, Jack sat on the sofa and pondered. Since Zoe said Maureen was trustworthy, could he consider having the opportunity to tell Maureen about the condition of this body? He couldn't figure out what happened after the adrenaline burst. Is the continuous excitement a problem with the original person, or is it a hidden personality from his previous life? Or is it even a sequelae of time travel?
This problem must be solved. The LAPD profession may be in danger at all times. He doesn't want to one day become a murderer and slaughter the streets of Los Angeles because Zoe is not around.
Maybe look for Hannah? His head got bigger when he thought of Hannah. This girl would always feed him a straight ball, and it didn't matter if he asked Jack to catch it. It's not that he had no relationship experience in his previous life, but he wouldn't go to bed without feelings, and he wouldn't take the initiative to hurt the other person's feelings. No. He has always been proud of his code of conduct.
Feeling that he was not far away from being a despised scumbag, Jack sighed, not thinking about these troublesome things, and opened the system in his mind. There was still a multiple-choice question to answer.
After killing Selby the day before yesterday, I gained 50 experience points. Counting one experience point for each traffic ticket during the two days of duty, and the 5 experience points gained from arresting a pair of lesbians, the experience bar exceeded 100 again. The current experience value is 6, and the system gold coins 2 pieces.
So whether to break through 20 mental power or physical fitness first, Jack hesitated again and again. Considering the bonus of mental power to daily learning skills, he clicked OK.