I’m Not Shouldering This Blame

On the east coast of the United States, Masai is experiencing a blizzard.

The thickness of the snow outside the house has already covered the calf. The three steps in front of the door are all buried under the snow, and the sled dog that has gone out of the door has slammed into it. The neighbor smiled cheerfully, and the tone of the Christmas music came out of the open door.

Yes, today is Christmas, December is coming to an end, and there are still six days from the New Year. .

Johnson Brown squatted on the window sill on the second floor. The teenagers in the neighbors wore hats and masks, and played in the snow with the dogs of Sahuan. In the dim wind and snow, the lights in the house were warm and beautiful.

He turned his head and pulled the curtains up.

The room was cold, and Johnson wrapped his thick wool blanket and his face was white.

The heating at home was broken last night, unable to work, and the room temperature was very low.

Johnson's hometown of South Saskatchewan does not have such a big snow, winter is much warmer than here, Johnson has not seen such a big snow, now his eyes are not novel, but the fog is quiet.

The house was in a mess, as if it had been destroyed by a monster.

The closet broke a big hole, the pieces of the vase were piled in the corner, the wall lamp bracket was skewed, and the bed was missing one leg, which could only be padded with books. When Johnson sat up, the bed made a soothing sound, as if the next second would fall apart.

No one at home.

The whole house was empty and cold like ice.

- Katie and Charlie, went out to quarrel.

The newlyweds are Johnson’s new guardians. It is said that the legal adoption documents have not yet passed. Johnson is temporarily living here as a mistress’s relative.

The hostess Katie, a former public school teacher of Johnson, is beautiful and kind.

Her husband, Charlie, is a good-hearted lawyer who is always kind and enthusiastic about her children.

This is all that Johnson knew about them, but when he arrived in the city of Bangolo in Masai, living with the couple, Johnson found that they were not the same as they thought.

The lawyers of "Enthusiastic", in addition to going to work, never go out, do not participate in community activities, rarely say hello to their neighbors, and when they return late, they also kicked the dog of the neighbor's house.

Katie, who is kind, does not volunteer, nor does she go to church to help distribute food.

They said that because the family burden is getting bigger, they can only put more time on the job. Their smiles are still warm and affectionate, and they are very concerned about Johnson, but their feelings - really not very good.

In the middle of the night, Johnson heard a quarrel downstairs in his sleep. He squinted and climbed to the door. He heard that Katie was arguing with Charlie. It seemed to be for money, the problem of household accounts. .

Such a quarrel, Johnson used to hear in the slums every day.

He walked back to the bedroom to think about whether his decision was wrong or not. He should not leave South Saskatchewan and let Katie’s home fall into misfortune.

The city of Pedro Lyon was seriously affected by the hurricane. The city was almost turned into a ruin. Those who did not evacuate in time were on the list of missing persons. Some bodies have been discovered.

Johnson's uncle, Lek, is still missing. He listened to Mr. Lawyer and said that the adoption procedure is temporarily impossible. At present, he can't go to school and can only stay at home.

There are plenty of food here, there is no care, there are TV shows and computer games, but Johnson is not interested at all.

The injured teenager is very sensitive.

Live together every day, every meal is on a table, look at the talk show every night on the living room sofa, good night every night... The longer you spend together, the more strange Johnson is.

Katie likes the guest of the show, who is humorous, but always changes the way to laugh at the poor, which means they are the garbage of society.

The positioning of this program is to please the middle class and those who yearn for this class. Johnson has not been fascinated by the bustling life of the city, and the show that makes Katie happy and laughter always makes the teenager uneasy.

In this family, like a guest, no matter how much hospitality and care he receives, he can't get involved.

After several nights of quarrels were discovered by Johnson, Katie and Charlie would not argue at home. They would go to community parks or bars. They said to Johnson that "there is always a contradiction in life, but they think it is wrong to argue in front of children. It should be avoided."

Now they are out again.

With such a big snow, at Christmas, he stayed alone in the cold room.

Mr. Lawyer did not dial the heating and maintenance call. Katie said that he would go out to see if there was any business that was still in business. They still had a smile on their faces, but they were stubborn.

Johnson indented his head into the blanket.

Last night, on Christmas Eve, they were eating a turkey dinner in the living room, and the whole house suddenly swayed.

Then there were a lot of black spheroidal monsters in the room. Johnson saw a long-armed monkey through the glass window. He screamed and slammed his mouth and shook the snow on the pine trees.

***

On the community street, a woman in a down jacket, screaming angrily: "I'm fed up, Charlie! You also saw that when the monster came over, Johnson would only hide in the corner! Fortunately, it was just a dozen black hair balls. What if a long-armed monkey or even a cannibal?"

The man with a black hat, you said with patience: "What are you going to do? Tell him, baby, actually there is a mysterious power in our body. Can you protect yourself and defeat the monsters by manipulating it?"

The woman rounded her eyes and gasped and snorted: "How can I not?"

"He is the victim of school violence. Johnson Brown was very sick of violence because of his childhood! Katie, have you forgotten the original words?"

"In the face of monster attacks, only crying and shaking, this is our protagonist? I really regret to take this task!" Blonde's Katie angered, "I would rather be a bad Jack, fly to the other side of the ocean, Walking in the field of demons is also stronger than this."

Said that she counted the shortcomings of Johnson.

"His socks are not always cleaned, and the forks and forks are not good. A set of plates has been smashed with porcelain. You won't use a mower, even a microwave oven will not work! God!"

Katie looked at the exaggerated expression of "this is a disaster." She accused the man in front of him and threw everything to her.

"Abandoning the world last night, we managed to kill those black hair balls. He didn't do anything! The furniture in the room was completely destroyed. Where did we come to repair the money? It was already a deficit last month, this month's The check is still dragged and not cashed!"

Mr. Lawyer was impatient. He raised his hand and said that he surrendered. He did not want to argue with Katie: "I have already reminded me!"

"You rushed for three days." Katie was so angry that she cried.

She was powerless on the side of the road, thinking of the unheated, cold house, she did not want to go back.

"Hey, Katie, don't do this!" Charlie had to persuade. "Listen, we can't leave Johnson alone in the house. Do you need me to tell your psychiatrist? The injured child is easy to be extreme! If Abandonment and prejudice, there may be anti-social personality! We can't let Johnson become like that, dear, we have worked hard for so long, God will bless us."

A pair of men and women embraced in the snow.

They are indeed a couple, or they will not be able to get such a good task. Before that, there were many people who were envious and close contact with the protagonist. They became important "loves" in the protagonist's heart. This is a good thing in the sky!

Katie wants to kill herself when she was ecstatic.

"I know! If it is really a good thing, why don't the leader himself come?"

The lawyer was shocked and quickly stopped Katie, warningly despised: "You don't want to die, can you dare to say such words?"

Katie pushed her lover in frustration and said with annoyance: "Can you make a little bit of money! Those who come to this world are all losers. You are suspected of being transferred by property. I still can't clear the credit card. They are almost in jail... Will it be better than us?"

"You are not afraid that he is a murderer? If you die, you will die, how much loss will you have to the organization?"

Katie listened and didn't dare to speak anymore.

"Okay, baby! Go home with my wallet, and our Johnson, and say that no one is heating, we went to the hotel for one night." Charlie persuaded.

The two finally reached a consensus and turned to go to the residence.

Ten minutes later, they were shocked. There was a row of children's footprints on the snow in front of the door, all the way out – Johnson left when they were not at home.

"Damn! He ran!"

"Johnson!"

Katie anxiously said, "He hasn't left the house one step these days, even the bedroom is rarely out, why did he suddenly go away? There is such a big snow outside!"

"Kate, are you saying something?" Charlie suspected of seeing his girlfriend.

"*,I do not know anything!"

The two men blamed each other and chased them along the footprints. On the way, they met the neighboring boy who came back from the dog. The footprints disappeared on the road, mixed with other footprints, and they could no longer be distinguished.

"No! We will die!" Katie crashed and caught her hair.

***

Johnson staggered on the road.

The cold wind blew his headache, but he didn't want to go back to the house.

Recently, Katie’s finances seemed to be a problem. The dinner had been connected to potatoes and bread for three days. He seemed to bring bad luck to them.

Unrecognizable houses, messy furnishings, Johnson can not feel at ease to continue living there.

He wants to go back to South Saskatchewan and go back to Uncle Lake. Maybe the missing Lec is still in the casino, and the icy and ruined neighborhood is his home. There is no TV, no satirical guest talk of irony.

But Nansa is too far away...

In the snow, Johnson identified the cross mark of the church. Suddenly there was a flower in front of him. There was a tall leather man riding a modified heavy locomotive and parked in front of him. The tires were very high. On such a cold day, the engine was still very Smoothly steaming.

The huge windshield covers almost the entire face of the man.

"Sir..." Johnson's weak opening.

The man traversed the locomotive on the road that the snow truck had cleaned. If he didn't give way, Johnson could only step on the snow that had his height of half a person. The taste could be bad, the whole body was wet, and then the wind was one. blow……

"Little devil, do you want to freeze to the street?"

The man picked up Johnson and frowned and looked straight into his leather coat.

"First... sir?" Johnson sluggish and struggled.

"Don't move!" The man pulled the locomotive and slammed it away. The white mist that the snowflake and the tire crushed out was scattered all over the sky.