The Legendary Life of an American Superhero

Mid-August 2002.

Lake was sitting at home waiting for someone to come and check.

Someone from the family court will come here to assess whether Lake's profile is eligible for adoption.

only……

After hearing the doorbell, Lake opened the door, looked at the neighbor Richard Cassel who appeared at the door speechlessly and said, "Why are you running here?"

Cassel went directly into the room: "Come here to help you complete the inspection."

Lake laughed and closed the door again: "If you can raise Alexis alone, then so can I."

It's not something raised from a baby.

How hard is it to raise a teenage girl?

Cassel turned his head and glanced at Lake, then pointed to the wine cabinet in the open kitchen: "Unqualified."

"……what are you saying?"

"The wine cooler needs to be locked."

Cassel shrugged: "Trust me, you definitely don't want to see a thirteen-year-old girl drinking, and you don't want to be approached by the family court."

Lake: "..."

After half an hour.

Lake stood in the living room and looked around at his living room. He always felt that this was not his own living room. It was a locked and free living room.

Originally, all the fine wines scattered around the living room were put into the wine cabinet, and the wine cabinet was locked.

His gun cabinet, which was originally used for display and full of weapons, is now completely empty.

even……

In the dining room, the mine-shaped decorations that were originally placed in the middle of the dining table as decorations were also thrown into the kitchen style.

Lake came back to his senses and looked at Cassel, who had changed his home in half an hour: "This is too exaggerated!"

Cassell said: "This is an exaggeration. You should see what happened to Mrs. Michele's family on the fifth floor when she adopted a three-year-old child."

"what?"

"You know Mrs. Michelle turned out to be a loyal member of the National Firearms Association."

"Um."

"All the furniture in her house has been replaced and all the guns are in her warehouse in the port."

"..."

Lake shook his head and looked at Cassel: "So, is this all right?"

Cassel said, "Has Skye's bedroom been tidied up?"

Lake pointed to the second floor: "There are so many rooms on the second floor, everything is complete, what should I do?"

Cassel couldn't help but patted his forehead.

Lake: "..."

after an hour.

Lake and the people from the family court were sitting on the sofa chatting, and Cassel directed the IKEA staff to carry various living furniture.

After the two family court people watched, they looked at Lake.

Lake pushed his glasses, smiled and said, "I ordered furniture for several days, and it just arrived, sorry."

This is completely different from the multiple people and pairs of chopsticks I imagined.

Lake thought so.

The staff of the Family Court also smiled and said, "Major Edwin, our visit this time is just for a routine inspection. Your information is perfect and meets the standards for adoption."

Lake said, "So, I passed the border?"

Another female staff member, looking at the layout of the living room and the dining room in the distance, pointed to the locked wine cabinet and the empty gun cabinet and looked at Lake: "We can see that Major Edwin is concerned about this It's a lot of work."

Lake said thank you.

Ignoring Cassel, who heard these words at the entrance of the stairs, gestured towards him and asked for credit.

noon.

The two family court workers smiled and declined Lake's invitation to lunch and left.

Lake and Cassel lay on the sofa.

Exhausted.

Lake glanced at Cassel lying on the opposite sofa, and said something wrong: "Wait, how did you know that the inspection passed, could it be Alexis..."

I found Watson, blind spot.

Cassel rolled over and sat up: "Alexis is my own daughter."

Lake also got up and looked at Cassell.

Cassell waved his hand and opened his mouth: "Well, actually, when Alexis was ten years old, I was busy writing, which caused Alexis to get lost once, and then the people from the Children's Department came over. Trouble me, and even the family court sent someone to make a final ruling on me."

Lake listened, and his expression became a little weird.

"hey-hey!"

Cassel looked at Lake's gradually emerging expression and pointed at Lake: "No one told me what to do at home at that time. You owe me a thank you, not a laugh."

Lake tried his best to hold back his face and shrugged: "Okay, thank you."

Cassel glanced at Lake speechlessly, got up, and walked towards the door.

Lake was helpless, so he could only turn around, and once again sincerely thanked Cassel, and promised to invite Cassel's family to a high-end restaurant when he had time.

Cassel then left with some satisfaction.

Lake looked at the list of credit cards he had just swiped on the spot, and the high-end restaurant in Kassel just now. He looked up, and his eyes were full of confusion.

He felt like he was being tricked.

The credit card bill of $13,000 just spent is the best proof.

Another week later.

New Amsterdam Hospital.

After experiencing the re-examination and general health that Lake has repeatedly requested, it is confirmed that at this moment, it is completely in a healthy state, not sub-health, but in a completely healthy state, Skye and Lake walked out of the hospital together.

boarding.

Lake looked at Skye who didn't speak in the co-pilot, smiled, and drove away.

Star Building.

Lake opened the door, turned his head to look at Skye who was standing at the door, and said, "Come in."

Skye looked at Lake: "Aren't you afraid I'll make your house dirty?"

Lake laughed.

no doubt.

Skye is vengeful.

Lake nodded and said, "I'm very afraid of others stepping on my home."

Saying that, Lake didn't wait for the expression on Skye's face to change, and said again: "But, this is our home and your home, so you can walk in with your feet sticking to the soil, as long as you clean it up. it is good."

Skye: "..."

In the room on the second floor.

Lake walked behind Skye, looking at the big room with bay windows, a brand new big bed and wardrobe, as well as a computer desk and dresser, looking at Skye standing in the room: "How about it, do you like it? "

Skye's eyes fell on the big bed that looked soft: "I've never been."

Lake said, "A room?"

Skye turned to look at Lake: "Bed."

Even when she was in a foster family, she didn't have a room of her own, and the sofa was the best. Sometimes, she couldn't sleep too dead, because there were always some disgusting foster fathers who wanted to kiss Fang Ze.

Lake felt like something had hit his heart.

This also means that Lake is a man, and if it is changed to a woman, it is estimated that he will burst into tears on the spot.

There was silence for a while.

Lake showed a smile and looked at Skye: "You can pack up first, and we'll go out later."

Skye's own clothes are already very old, maybe they are still wearable in Skye's view, but in the eyes of Lake or most people, they belong to the kind that can be discarded.

So Lake plans to take Skye to buy some new clothes.

to this end.

Lake directly called Alexis back from school, gave Alexis his own credit card, and then asked Alexis to take Skye to the mall for shopping.

Cassel is the driver.

He was depressed.

Cassell looked at Lake: "I just had three cups of coffee and I'm going to finish writing at home."

Lake said: "I made an appointment with the dean of the Midtown College in the afternoon. You can choose to meet with me."

Cassel waved his hand quickly: "I'll be the driver."

Lake smiled.

When Cassell High School, he transferred to many schools, and Midtown High School was one of them. The dean of the high school at that time was the current Neris.

Adoption is not a slap on the forehead and say that adoption is fine.

be responsible.

Learning is a responsibility.

Lake has insisted that learning can improve himself, so even after he had hope of becoming a god, Lake still chose to go to university for further study.

so.

Skye also has to learn. Lake doesn't want to cause the super hacker Skye who can easily hack into major systems in the future to evaporate directly because of his adoption.

Skye was very resistant to going shopping for clothes.

After all, she wasn't used to it yet.

But Lake said directly to Skye: "You can choose to let me go with you, or you can choose to go with Alexis."

Skye chose Alexis.

After Lake said goodbye to Cassel at the door of the apartment, he returned to the Homeland Building. Skye's fingerprints had been entered into the system. Lake had a meeting with David Bass to attend in the afternoon, so after dealing with Cassel, Back to the Homeland Building.

There is intelligence from Langley's side that there is a terrorist organization that intends to carry out terrorist operations on the mainland.

New York is first among them.

This time the meeting was held for this matter. However, just after hearing rumors, Langley's overseas agents are trying to get more information. The SEALs from Quantico have been frequently in Langley recently. Attacks and questioning under the guidance of the officers.

Wait until the meeting is over.

Assistant Tiffany walked to Lake's side: "Sir, Ms. Nelith has been waiting for you in your office."

Lake nodded and spoke to David next to him, and then walked towards his office.

Enter the office.

Lake said apologetically to Nellis, the dean of the Midtown High School who was sitting on the sofa waiting for a while, "Dr. Nellis, I'm sorry for making you wait for a long time."

Nilith got up and shook hands with Lake: "Major Edwin."

Lake raised his eyebrows: "Dr. Nelith knows me?"

"A few months ago, I happened to be in Washington for the National High School Convention, and I agree with Major Edwin's statement that national security is above the truth," Nelith said.

Lake smiled: "Thank you, please take a seat."

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