American Comics: The Law of Strength

Chapter 88: Strange Thoughts

However, when Peter returned to the villa, he was empty, and there were only a few caregivers who were packing up the equipment in the huge villa.

Affected by the spider's ability, Gwen's injury recovered quickly, and for ordinary people to save their lives, it was already a lucky fatal injury, she only lay in bed for about half a day and woke up, and after less than a day she recovered her mobility, which is a medical miracle.

But it also caused a headache for the doctor in charge of Gwen's medical care, since Gwen woke up anxious to confirm the condition of her father and others, whether it was verbal coaxing or persuasion, at most she could only quiet her for about half a day, and then she would try to sneak out of the hospital room specially set up for her.

Even two professional escorts by her side twenty-four hours a day could not stop Miss Gwen's actions.

After two days of wit-fighting, she found an opportunity to sneak out of the manor to visit her old father, George Stacy.

Director George Stacy and Ben Parker, who was attacked that day, were not harmful, probably because his physical fitness was good enough, and George Stacy, who was seriously injured, could be discharged from the hospital after lying for less than half a day, while Ben Parker only stayed in the hospital for less than two hours.

But what devastated George Stacy was that the house he had spent two decades paying off his mortgage was completely destroyed in that battle, and worst of all, insurance companies seemed to be in this situation for the first time and needed to see if they could be claimed.

But regardless of the results, George Stacy had to live in Ben Parker's house for a long time to come.

It's just that when Gwen stood in front of Ben Parker's door, she subconsciously hesitated and stood at the door, caressing the ring on the tail finger of her left hand.

This is the first time she has taken the initiative to visit her father since revealing her true identity to her.

Gwen paced back and forth while rehearsing the next conversation in her mind, what kind of opening statement would she use, and how should she say hello after seeing her father? Is it simply a hi, or is it a joke about the house that has been shattered into slag?

And... How should she face Ben Parker and Mae Parker...

It's just that the more she thinks, the more fear she feels in her heart, and the more frequent she strokes the ring, if before she was hesitating whether to go in, now she is hesitating whether to leave.

What made her calm down and make up her mind was a snoring sound comparable to the loud noise of an old engine trying to start.

Gently pushing open the door, she saw the back of George Stacy on the sofa, who was now wrapped in a thin pale green blanket, his head leaning on a pillow and sleeping.

She used to hate her father's snoring, the loud noise could not even be covered by her desperate beating of the drum, not only would she often make herself unable to sleep, but whenever he came back from the night shift to catch up on sleep, Gwen did not dare to bring his friends back all day.

That loud snoring would only embarrass her in front of her friends.

But now, this snoring made her extremely relieved, and even those moments that she once hated made her miss it incomparably.

She did not wake her father, but calmly looked at the unhealed wounds on his body, and her heart ached.

Although she didn't know the purpose of the attackers that day, Gwen was pretty sure that those people were here for her, and that her father had only taken the damage in his place, not only her father, but even Uncle Ben...

"I knew you were coming, and I was just wondering when I would see you, darling."

The sudden sound made Gwen tremble, silently turned around, and sure enough saw the middle-aged man as strong as his father, Ben Parker.

Ben Parker's arm was wrapped around bandages a few times, and he could smell the disinfectant water from far away, but he smiled happily like no one else.

"Ha, I still like the lively Gwen Stacy before, but your trembling appearance is also very funny, well, Ling's father just slept, let's not wake him up yet."

After saying that, Ben Parker directly put his arm around Gwen's shoulders and led her to the restaurant, and Gwen Muran, who didn't know how to react, sat at the dining table, she wanted to open her mouth to greet several times, but she couldn't squeeze a word.

On the dining table, there are a large number of magazines in a messy place, and there are several books of cropped newspapers, but most of the content in them is related to her and Ghost Spider-Man.

Gwen almost froze in place, Ben Parker's chatter turned into a beep in her ears, and the thumb of her left hand subconsciously stroked the ring again...

She had already met her father, his health was clearly fine, her purpose for being here today had been achieved, and maybe it was time for her to leave.

"Gwen? Little Gwen? "

Ben Parker's call brought Gwen back to her senses, she looked at the cup handed by Ben Parker a little blankly, but the cup had a big Gwen girl written on it, her heartbeat accelerated sharply by two beats, Gwen suddenly took two steps back, but then realized that only the words Pooh Bear were written on the cup.

"Are you okay? Gwen? I know a lot has happened recently, but the important thing is that you and your father are safe and sound, leave the house to us old guys and the lawyers, and everything will be fine. "

Patting Gwen on the shoulder, Ben Parker put the cup into Gwen's hand, and the mellow smell of cocoa beans wafted from the cup, and the fragrance spread along the wisps of heat throughout the restaurant.

"Take it, I haven't forgotten your favorite mug, I'm going to call May down now, she will be happy to see you."

Without waiting for Gwen's reply, Ben Parker walked upstairs to his own, leaving Gwen alone to silently stare at the table.

Putting the mug aside, Gwen hesitated to leave, and although it was rude not to say goodbye, she was suffocated by the memories of the room that had been either happy or ordinary.

But her fingers reached for the small notebook on the dining table, but when she was about to come into contact, her fingers couldn't help but shrink and bend, clench, and then slowly stretched out her hand and slowly opened the note.

Even she couldn't be sure what she was trying to see in this book, forgive me? She didn't dare to hope extravagantly, and even preferred to write harsh accusations in it, maybe this would make her heart feel better.

As she wished, words like "killer," "persistently wanted," and "we'll bring Ghost Spider-Man to justice" filled every page of her notes, and every word in them seemed to berate her.

But when she saw the contents of the book, she couldn't help but regret it.

You're not ready.

Gwen couldn't help but think of the words she heard when she and her father revealed their identities.

He's right...

"I can't do it..."

Gwen muttered, she wasn't ready to face it all, and the scar was still painful.

"You can't do it?"

At the top of the stairs came the voice of Mae Parker's teasing.

"Can't do anything? Drinking coffee? Oh, trust me, darling, I know it's hard to drink, I've been putting up with it for decades, maybe I can make you something special..."

May Parker walked slowly to Gwen, and the smile on her face gradually disappeared after seeing what Gwen was seeing.

"Gwen... Have you been looking at these things? My rotten book? "

Gwen retracted her fingers as if electrocuted, she didn't even dare to look at May Parker, her eyes still staring at the edited newspapers in the book, and whispered:

"I'm sorry... Mrs. Parker, I really... Very... I'm very sorry. "

How much of this apology is for Peter Parker's death, Gwen herself can't tell, but no matter how she apologizes, the guilt in her heart has not been alleviated in the slightest, but the feeling of suffocation has become more and more serious.

I'm not ready...

Gwen whispered inwardly, then she took a step back and turned to leave.

"I... I have to go, I have to..."

"Wait a minute, Gwen."

Mae Parker grabbed Gwen's shoulders, led her back to the table, and pressed her to a chair.

"Please, Gwen, I haven't seen you in a long time, and now that so many things have happened, I want to talk to you more, whatever you want, so please don't leave yet."

"But I have to leave... I had to... I can't... I..."

Gwen was powerless to find a reason or two to get out of here, but her brain seemed to freeze, repeating a few sentences that wanted to leave, like a broken music box.

And Mae Parker held Gwen's hands tightly and soothed the restless Gwen with a soft voice.

"Gwen, sit down, then take a deep breath, dear, I know it's a difficult time, but we can face it together."

However, May Parker's comfort made Gwen feel more painful, but she did not have the courage to refuse May Parker's request and leave ruthlessly.

Seeing that Gwen was no longer struggling, May Parker also let go of her hand, she dragged the book full of newspaper clippings to her eyes, she stared at the content on it, and then slowly closed it.

"I'm sorry, I didn't want you to see these unpleasant messages."

Gwen quickly shook her head, but the lie against her will was stuck in her throat.

Noticing Gwen's appearance, May Parker also showed a wry smile.

"You and George really deserve to be father and daughter, and your father has also said with this expression that he has come to the truth.

At that time, he promised that he would let us see the truth, and that we would get a satisfactory and surprising result, but in fact, I didn't care if he caught Ghost Spider-Man. "

Gwen's mood was as ups and downs as if she had been on a roller coaster, and she looked at May Parker in disbelief and asked cautiously:

"You don't care if she's arrested? Why? Don't you think she's a murderer? Don't you hate her? "

May Parker was silent for two seconds and then slowly shook her head.

"I just did have a not-so-nice time with her...

But not because I identified her as the murderer, but because she was the source of Peter's death..."

May Parker opened the note again, only this time the content of the note was completely different from the previous one.

Spider-Woman stops crime, Spider Savior, Spider-Woman saves Catcat.

She stroked the newspaper clippings, as if caught in a memory.

"Peter and I have been making this notebook since the beginning of the appearance of Ghost Spider-Man, and he has been collecting every news about Ghost Spider-Man and telling me every heroic story of Ghost Spider.

She makes Peter fall in love, and eventually Peter dies in pursuit of her. "

"Falling in love? And Ghost Spider-Man? But..."

Gwen's eyes widened, and then she remembered Peter's last words and fell silent.

"Peter fell in love with what she symbolized, Gwen...

Fell in love with her abilities, her freedom, fell in love with fantasy. "

Mae Parker flipped through her notes, and gradually, they filled with J. Jonah Jameson stories.

"Ben and I were so sad during the time Peter had just died, when we just wanted to find someone to blame, and she happened to be the right person.

She appeared at the scene and fled from there, hiding from the police and the court, and wearing that mask.

But I always knew in my heart that all this was wrong.

So I also gradually began to understand this masked hero, and the more I learned, the more I couldn't believe the newspapers.

I don't know exactly what happened that day or if the ghost spider killed Peter, but I can see what she's doing now.

She's trying to make up for something, to correct something.

So I didn't care if she was arrested, all I wanted to know was the truth. "

The truth...

Gwen closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, the feeling of suffocation was gone, and she knew that she was still not ready, but she was sure that that moment would come soon.

"Thank you, but this time I really should leave."

May Parker got up with a smile, stared at the ring on Gwen's tail finger and whispered:

"I won't ask where you want to live, you are already not that little girl, I believe you will make the right judgment, but I hope you can bring him to dinner these days and introduce him to us, especially your father."

...

Gwen opened her mouth to explain something, but seeing May Parker's smile, she finally just said goodbye silently and walked out the door, and then she looked helplessly at the ring on her hand, determined to wear it with another finger in the future, or simply put it in her bag when she didn't need it.

Staring at the exquisite pattern on the ring that had become gradually familiar, Gwen had a smile on her face, but for some reason, Gwen faintly sensed an indescribable sense of dislocation, and she seemed to have overlooked something important...

She stroked the pattern on the ring, recalling the conversation she had just had with May Parker, but no matter how many times she remembered it, there was nothing special, just...

Suddenly, some information that Gwen didn't care about in the past came to mind, and this seemingly irrelevant memory gradually became entangled.

She made Peter fall in love, and he fell in love with what she symbolized...

May Parker said.

I don't love her... I just remember, I should love her...

The mysterious Batman once said.

If you really want to hide your identity, then at least learn this Mr. Batman to fake his death to confuse the eyes...

Diane once said.

His father had promised that Mae Parker and Ben Parker would get a satisfying and pleasantly surprising outcome...

The mysterious Batman never took off his helmet in front of him, and every time he spoke to himself, he deliberately used that low and husky voice...

Gwen stroked the ring on her tail finger, and a strange thought suddenly came to Gwen's mind.

(End of chapter)