48 Hours a Day

Karina walked to the carriage and Marlon opened the door for her, but the businesswoman stopped and didn't go up.

Karina looked across the street at the cafe, where Malcolm was eating lunch wearing a napkin, and saw the businesswoman come and gave her a gesture.

The latter hesitated for a moment and eventually walked over. Marlon also wanted to follow the past, but was stopped outside the store by two able-bodied men. He was in a bit of a hurry, but Karina nodded at him, indicating that he had nothing to do with it.

“Want something to eat?” Malcolm chopped off an egg and said to the businesswoman sitting in front of him, "I recommend the coffee and tuna sandwich here, it tastes good. ”

“Just like you. ”

“Everyone familiar with me knows I don't like people rejecting my suggestions," Malcolm said to a waiter beside him, "plus a coffee and fried eggs, and a tuna sandwich. ”

Karina laughed and didn't get involved in this little thing. She looked around, “I've been in Nassau for so long, but I haven't really been around town, I don't even know if there's a cafe here. ”

“It's not your fault that this cafe doesn't normally open, it only opens when I am, and sitting here gives me a sense of being back in civilization. ”

“If you were ten years younger, you might not be able to help but fall in love with you. ”

“I've known your father Figan for a long time, and I never knew he had such a wonderful daughter.” Malcolm had fried eggs and had another sip of coffee, "and when you first showed up in front of me, I thought you were some kind of liar, but now I believe you're your father's daughter, and you both have the same qualities, and you never give up as long as you set a goal. ”

“Maybe because life doesn't even give us the right to give up.” Karina thanked the waiter who served the coffee.

“Are you still mad at me for what happened when you first came to the island? ”

“Should I be angry? ”

“Even if I sit in my seat, I don't do what I want.” Malcolm put down the fork in his hand and wiped his hands with a napkin, "or more precisely, because sitting in this position is not what he wants to do, people only see that the black merchants' alliance is big now, but they don't know that it was not easy at the beginning, we have to deal with threats from all sides, not only outside the alliance but also within the alliance, there are too many exchanges and compromises. ”

“I'm sorry, what does this have to do with me?” The businesswoman asks back, "You don't want to give me something I've already got, now I don't need anyone's pity anymore, I don't care how much you spent building this alliance and how important it is in your heart, if you're just going to play love cards with me today, save it, I don't have as much leisure as you, I have a lot of work to do, just excuse me. ”

Karina said get up.

“Don't you even care about your own father?” Malcolm faded.

The businesswoman's body was set in place, her eyes flashed with hatred, but thinking about what Laerie was doing now, she eventually forcibly restrained her emotions and turned back to try to make her voice sound as peaceful as possible, “My father? ”

“I regret what happened to your father, and one of my cousins happened to have a relationship with Count Slaughter, who was holding your father, and perhaps I can help you to plead with him and settle this matter sooner.” Malcolm looked Karina in the eye and said, "You want your father out of jail too, don't you? ”

“What's the price? ”

“Leaving Nassau, the spices from the last Cold Raven should have made you some money. With your ability and your father's ability, you have the money to start a business, even if you do something else, you should be able to sustain your household. ”

Karina opens her mouth and Malcolm sticks out a finger, "It's not a deal, but I'm going to give you one last chance in front of your father so that this can be resolved peacefully, and you know for yourself that the little tricks you're playing right now won't last very long, and my patience is limited. ”

“What if I refuse?” Karina was silent for a moment.

Malcolm raised his eyebrows, a little unexpected, "Maybe I really underestimated you, and I always thought you were just here to save your father's life for money, but now you're doing it for yourself, aren't you? Well, unfortunately, you're not here at the right time, and I don't want to drag you down any longer, so the game and the old days are over, and if you don't leave, then maybe something cruel will happen next. ”

…………

A minute later, Karina walked out of the cafe, and Marlon greeted her immediately, “Well, isn't he embarrassing you? ”

The businesswoman shook her head, “Still the same old thing, Malcolm thought I was a little girl, thought I could scare me away just by intimidation, don't worry about him, counting the time of the Cold Crow should be back soon, before we do our thing, we still have some stock in the warehouse, I'm afraid you have to go again. ”

The captain of the Breeze nodded, "I have already purchased supplies and can leave port after dark. ”

“Well, you go get ready for the sailing, then I'm going to smoked fish alley, and we'll split up here.” Karina, get in the carriage.

“Why don't we go together? The rest doesn't take all afternoon. Smoked fish alleys are the most messy part of the island, full of thieves and villains, and a young girl shouldn't be there alone.” Marlon frowned.

“It's okay, I have friends there.” Karina had closed the door and left without saying, "Be safe, Uncle Marlon."

“I suppose I should be the one to say that.” Marlon looked at the back of the carriage a little helpless.

The carriage stopped at the alley for half an hour, Karina jumped off the carriage, and a few crouched gangsters whistled at her. Although the businesswoman seemed relaxed when she replied to Marlon, she also had some drumming on her mind at this time, but she stood up to the pressure Malcolm had put on her before, and there was no reason to be frightened by a few hooligans here.

So the businesswoman took a deep breath and walked into the alley. However, not far out, she ran into a group of kids. She also spilled the ink juice on her hand. Karina was helpless and took out her handkerchief and didn't wipe it off for half a day. At this time, the disaster was not alone. She found that the little gangsters she had met in the alley before actually followed her.