"Patricia? Who is that?"

While playing with Dorothy's hair, Virginia looked at the elder brother, curious, "The princess you met at the banquet?"

Colin shook his head, "I just chatted for a few more words and danced a song."

He looked at his mother and father; "Also, I'm a little curious, father, is Patricia suitable for you?"

Earl and Nina looked at each other and said to Colin: "You have the final say or not, we have no objection."

Colin thought for a while and nodded: "Is that true!"

Then I stopped talking about anything.

When Virginia heard this, she looked at her parents and elder brother, but she wanted to speak but stopped.

So is Evan.

Afterwards, Earl raised his hand and glanced at the time and said, "It's getting late, let's rest."

Everyone agreed and then went upstairs one by one.

The children are not young at this moment, and there is no need to try every means to coax the children who are not going to bed to bed to see Santa send gifts to their socks, just like when they were young.

When Earl and Nina thought of this, they were all moved.

I miss it even more.

On the third floor, two beds were placed in the room that originally belonged to Evan.

One belongs to Evan and the other belongs to Colin.

The extra bed was installed in the afternoon.

Evan didn't feel embarrassed when he arranged the room like this. Anyway, both of them couldn't live for a few days at the end of the year.

At this time, the house seemed a little empty. Many things belonging to Evan were sent to Los Angeles one after another in recent years, and the remaining debris were also put away.

The reason why I put two beds in this room is simply because the room has the largest space.

The room was pitch black, and Evan opened his eyes and couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

"Can't sleep?"

Colin's voice was low, but at this time, it sounded extremely clear to Evan.

Evan turned his head and said "yes".

Colin asked: "Thinking of Audrey?"

"No!" Evan denied softly.

Colin asked again, "What are you thinking?"

Evan did not answer.

After a while, Colin said: "Evan, I'm very happy if it's for me."

"But... you don't have to feel guilty, it's my responsibility."

"Earl told me that you have no intention of politics, so I can only follow it."

"Who made me the eldest son of the Warren family?"

"In terms of wealth, our family is the best in California because of your existence, but in politics, there is only the pillar of father. If you want to continue to expand and stabilize your influence, marrying other families is the best and easiest way. Unfortunately... you can't do it, Virginia can't do it, your younger brothers and sisters, your father and mother can't bear to leave..."

"In this regard, our family is really not like a qualified political family."

"So, no matter how you look at it, I can only take it."

"Who made me still single at the moment?"

Colin said a lot to himself, but Evan, who heard it, finally sighed and swallowed the "sorry" that he had already said once.

...

The next day, the official residence woke up very early.

The gang of siblings led by Colin got up early to share gifts under the Christmas tree.

This is another time in the past five years, the Warren family has been so complete that they have divided and distributed gifts together.

A long-lost scene, a long-lost happiness.

After sharing the gifts, Virginia led her two sisters to help her mother in the kitchen, while the others did their own things.

Earl used reading newspapers as a leisure time.

Robert asked Evan for advice with a stack of information about the Great Depression.

Colin was involved, and suddenly came on the phone. He went to answer, and then looked strange.

Evan asked him what was wrong.

Colin replied, "Patricia asked me out."

Robert smiled and said, "Wow, I said I just danced a dance, and it was really fast."

Colin glared at him, and tried to beat him, saying, "Don't talk nonsense."

Robert shrank his neck, fearing his might, and shut up, but he still winked at Evan.

Evan shook his head at him and said to Colin, "What do you think of Patricia?"

"It's not bad! At least I don't hate it..." Colin said openly how he felt, "just..."

Speaking of this, Colin looked at Earl, who was in the same space but did not interrupt and asked, "Father, do you have anything to say about Patricia?"

Earl put away the newspaper, looked straight at his son, and asked, "What do you want to know?"

Colin thought for a while and said, "What's her relationship with William Hurst?"

Earl; "It doesn't matter on the surface."

"Actually..." Colin waited for Earl to answer.

Earl said: "Actually, she is William's daughter."

"Oh!" Colin was not too surprised at this answer, but just raised his eyebrows and said, "Patricia looks about the same age as me."

"So, she is an old woman."

"That's right." Earl nodded and added: "Actually, she is a little older than you. I can't remember exactly how old she is."

Newspaper tycoon William Hurst is in his eighties this year.

Colin said again: "And, she is an illegitimate daughter."

Earl didn't talk to him.

But there is no doubt about this, otherwise Patricia would not have had her last name Davis and not Hirst.

Hearing this, Evan frowned and said, "Hurst? An illegitimate daughter? This is not suitable."

The Hurst family is a well-known wealthy family in the United States. They made their fortunes in California and now have a considerable influence in New York. However, after the Great Depression, the family's strength was greatly damaged. Now it can be said that they are just relying on their old capital, and they can only stay in the newspaper industry. Evan knows these. In his opinion, although the Hurst family is strong in the media industry, they have a bad reputation and are the Democratic Party, so they do not seem to be a suitable marriage partner.

What's more, it's an illegitimate daughter.

Colin looked at Evan after hearing this, "You don't agree."

"I agree or not is not the key." Evan waved his hand, looked at his father, and found that he was acting like he was not concerned about his own affairs, and said, "It depends on yourself."

"I still said the same thing, she doesn't hate it." Colin said: "As for whether it is suitable or not... let's talk about it later."

Evan stopped saying anything when he heard this, but just looked at his father with confusion.

Earl didn't speak, but actually showed his attitude.

Silence is equal to agreement.

But, why?

Evan couldn't figure it out.

William Hurst, a man who had one leg in the coffin, had even dared to use public opinion to force the president to launch the Spanish-American War for the sake of his interests. Now he is just a dead tiger. The second generation of the family has never heard of how outstanding it is.

Is such a family worth any marriage?

Just as Evan was in deep thought, Virginia came over and called everyone for breakfast.

Evan and Colin walked at the end.

Seeing Evan frowned, Colin patted his shoulder and reminded him: "It's not long since 1952."
Chapter completed!