On the first weekend of November,

Hayley returned to Los Angeles.

Helen was at home,

She was flipping through a magazine in the living room.

"Why are you back?

Are you out of money? "She turned around and instructed,

"Lucia, go and get my checkbook. It's in my room."

Hayley hurriedly said, "Lucia, you don't have to go get it.

Mom,

When will Mr. Bashrov come? "

Helen glanced at her,

"He'll pick me up for dinner in a while.

Are you looking for him now? "

"Yes." Hayley nodded.

"Okay, you guys talk in the study." Helen didn't ask why she was looking for Alexander.

Not long after, Alexander arrived.

"Sweet the art." He kissed Helen on the cheek.

"Alex,"

After accepting the kiss, Helen said lightly, "Hayley is looking for you. She's in the study."

Alexander wasn't surprised. "Okay,

I'll be right back.

Do you want to go up and change? "

"I'll go change." Helen stood up.

Alexander walked to the door of the study, knocked on the door, pushed it open, and entered,

"Hayley."

"Uncle Alex." Hayley stood up from behind the desk,

"Please sit down."

There was a set of four single sofas in front of the desk. Alexander sat down on the sofa,

Smiling, "Is there anything you can't solve that you need to look for me?"

"It's really something I can't solve." Hayley sat opposite him,

"It's David."

Alexander suddenly understood, "What's wrong with him?

I know he likes you very much,

Do you get along well with each other? "

"No." Hayley said straightforwardly, "I don't like him,

And I don't like his attitude towards me. "

"This is a matter between you young people. I can't interfere, but I can talk to him.

Have you talked?

You should tell him your dissatisfaction. I'm sure he'll listen to you. "

"Uncle Alex, do you love my mother?"

"Of course, I love her very much."

"Have you never noticed that David looks down on my mother?"

Alexander did not expect her to suddenly say such a thing. He was a little surprised. "What?"

"David doesn't listen to what I'm saying at all. He only does what he wants to do with me.

The reason why he treats me like this is because he looks down on Helen. So, he also looks down on me. He thinks that Helen only used her beauty to seduce you. To her, you are an ATM. "

Alexander's face darkened. "He wouldn't have said that to you directly. My son is not stupid."

"Isn't he an idiot?" Hayley asked in surprise. "That's probably because he's too arrogant.

You can ask Helen if she thinks that David has never respected her.

Perhaps he will also think that you are old and greedy for beauty. You are no longer the hero father who fought with his bare hands in a foreign country. Perhaps he will be busy replacing you. That is also possible. "

Alexander gazed at her deeply. "I understand.

It seems that you really don't like him at all. I know what kind of person my son is. He may be a little impatient, but he's not an idiot.

Everything I have will be his in the future. He just needs to wait. "

"I don't care when you let him take over your job. I don't want to see him, nor do I want to deal with him.

You know that as long as I ask, Helen will agree to any request of mine. One of the reasons why I haven't told her is that I don't hate you yet. "

Alexander nodded. "I understand." He stood up. "I'll restrain him from disturbing you.

But you, "he pointed at her." Don't tell Helen about this. "

"I won't tell her.

Helen likes you very much. I won't ruin her happiness. "

He gazed at her deeply for a moment. "You're a smart girl. I'll be very happy if David can marry you, but I can't help it. He annoys you.

He's not as smart as you, and that really bothers me.

But don't worry. Even if you can't be my daughter-in-law, I'll still treat you like my daughter.

If you have any problems that you can't solve, you can still come to me. As long as I can do it, I'll definitely help you. "

"Thank you, Uncle Alex."

"Do you want to go out for dinner with us?"

"No, I have an appointment with someone."

Alexander didn't say anything else. He nodded at her and left the study.

Helen had already changed her clothes and was waiting in the living room, still flipping through a magazine.

Alexander walked to her side, took her hand, and whispered something to her. The two of them quickly left the house.

*

Lucia came over and asked, "Miss Hayley, are you going to eat at home?"

"I'm eating at home. Prepare food for two.

I'll go up and change first. When Jim arrives, ask him to wait for me in the living room. "

Jim Caviezel arrived at 6: 30 p.m. The maid asked him to take a seat.

Hayley came down after a while. "I don't want to go out tonight. Let's eat at home. My family's chef is pretty good. The dishes are delicious."

During dinner, she talked about talking to David's father.

Jim was a little worried. "Mr. Bashrov is a very powerful man. Rumor has it that he made his fortune very ruthlessly. Will he think that you're trying to drive a wedge between him and his father?"

"I know what he used to do to start his business. He was able to completely clear his name. Now, he's only doing legitimate business. Until now, he hasn't been killed by his former enemies. This shows that he's smart, strong, and smart.

This kind of person is indeed very troublesome, but it's fine as long as you know how to talk to them. "

"What did you tell him?" Jim was curious and worried.

"You don't need to know that.

He's now captivated by Helen. He'll listen to whatever I say. Even if he knows that I'm not telling the complete truth, he won't expose me.

Are you afraid that he'll do something to me?

No, he'll think that I'm a willful little girl and won't be too calculative with me. "

"It's still very worrying."

In addition to being nervous, he also felt that he was very useless. He couldn't solve practical problems for her and had to let her solve them herself.

"What are you worried about?"

"Everything." He put down his knife worriedly. "David doesn't seem like someone who can let go easily."

"Oh!

That's because you don't understand how people like them think. Of course, they want to get a beautiful girl, but if there's a stronger temptation, they'll give up what they think is' love. '

As long as Alexander gives him some business, he'll be busy. "

*

As expected, David didn't have time to go to Berkeley anymore.

On Saturday, November 21st, Hayley's 19th birthday, he still didn't show up.

Helen held a birthday party for her daughter at the Bellaire Villa and invited some classmates and friends from Beverly High School.

Little Robert Downey arrived very early. "Happy birthday, Hayley." He felt relieved that Jim didn't appear by her side.

On the way here, he couldn't help but wonder if he would turn around and leave if she publicly announced that she was in love with Jim at the birthday party.

Of course, he was a little indignant. How can that guy compare to me except for his height?

He was so angry.

In fact, the few of them — Kinou, Juven, and he — knew Hayley at the same time. Kinou and she didn't have feelings for each other. Juven was beautiful and cute, so it wasn't strange that Hayley would fall in love with him. But now?

That Jim Caviezel who could only play a small role in the series?

When did Hayley have such bad taste?!

He didn't see Jim, and of course, he wasn't stupid enough to mention him. He told her some interesting things, including that he had played a supporting role in a movie not long ago at a studio in Burbank.

"Have you been to the studio?

I don't think so. You can go and take a look sometime. "

"I've been to the location. Juven is filming in San Francisco." She frowned and continued, "Filming is boring!

It may take hours to shoot a scene. In order to shoot a good scene, you may have to repeatedly shoot several takes, or even a dozen or twenty takes!

It's so annoying!

How can I maintain the passion of the performance with such repetitive labor? "

Little Robert smiled. "Everyone's method is different. For example, I can get into it very quickly. After the director yells' camera, 'the camera starts to move. No one waits for you to build up the mood. You have to be ready at all times.

But once you're done, you have to be able to get out of it quickly. Otherwise, it will be too hard to maintain the character's mentality and state of mind. Oh!

You don't really want to know this! "

She smiled and held his arm. "Let's talk about something else.

By the way, where's Kinou? "

"He went to Nepal to shoot Bertolucci's new movie."

"What movie?"

"An ancient Indian prince, the Buddha."

"Siddhartha," Hayley said immediately.

"What?"

"The secular name of the Buddha.

Do you know who he is? "

"He's probably the Buddhist Jesus."

"Something like that, but he's older than Jesus.

It's amazing to be able to play the role of the Buddha. "She pretended not to care and asked," Where's Juven? "

Little Robert glanced at her. "He went to Nashville."

"Work?"

"He took on a musical. A young country singer meets another young singer, falls in love with her, marries her, and breaks up with her.

Probably something like that. "He said sarcastically," The girl's name is Samantha. Samantha Marcis. "He didn't say it directly, but it was obvious what he meant. She understood.

Samantha.

"Have I met her?"

"I don't know. Maybe."

She suddenly stopped and said angrily, "To hell with him!"

She was angry that Juven had a new girlfriend and completely forgot that she also had a new date. However, pretty girls had privileges. She could do whatever she wanted.

Little Robert was secretly happy, but his face was serious. "Let's not talk about them. Let's talk about you.

I'm going to San Francisco next month and will stay there until March next year. If I finish early at night, I think I can pick you up and hang out. You can't always stay in school. I heard that you don't go out much. "

"I have a lot of homework. I don't have much time."

"There's always time on weekends." He persisted.

"I'm dating Jim."