Chapter 321: Ending the Family and Disappearance (Please Collect, Recommend, and Vote) 5100 Words, Please Double

After Portman gave the signal, Old Dutton and Case immediately led their men into the camp. →

The scene in the camp really scared them. Corpses all over the ground!

For Old Dutton and his cowboys, the free militia was a trouble, of course, just a trouble. It was not a problem to beat them, but how many sacrifices would be required.

But the problem was that these tricky extreme lunatics were beaten to pieces by three policemen. And the three policemen were fine.

This made the cowboys who had been a little arrogant before shut up now. Cowboys are typical strong people. If you want them to be obedient, you must be stronger than them. This is why Old Dutton never thought of letting his second son take over the farm.

His second son is a lawyer, and he is quite good, but he is too kind, or too weak. He always cares more about the evaluation of people around him, and he always wants to meet everyone's expectations. But cowboys don't think like this. Cowboys will only let others do what they want.

I'm getting off topic. Anyway, Kai taught all the cowboys a lesson with his toughness. No cowboy dared to look down on him this time.

Keith didn't pay attention to these things. He just wanted to see his son as soon as possible. But just when he was about to rush into the house, Kai stopped him. "Leave the gun outside."

After Tate was caught by this group of extremists, he was treated... roughly. They took off the child's clothes, shaved his hair, and burned some scars on his body with cigarette butts. He may have been beaten, but fortunately he was not sexually assaulted... There are many pedophiles in the United States, and most of them like homosexuals, so boys in the United States should be careful when going out. Don't wander around in places with poor security, be careful that the little chrysanthemum will become a sunflower.

In order to ensure that Keith would not do something that no one wants to see in a rage, Kai decided to confiscate Keith's weapons. Although Keith was impulsive, he was not stupid. When he heard what Kai said, he naturally thought that Tate's situation was not good. But the more this happened, the more he was reluctant to put down his weapon.

Kai pursed his lips when he saw him like this. He could understand the anger of a father who encountered such a thing.

"The child was not abused too badly. I promise."

Looking at Kai's serious eyes, Keith hesitated for a while, but still handed the weapon to Kai. Then he rushed into the house. Then he heard the boy's shrill cries and the screams of several men.

Kai acquiesced to Keith's fists and feet. If there were not so many people watching, Kai would have wanted to kill those bastards who escaped. A group of big men actually bullied a child. There was no point for such people to live. So Kai had told Meatball before that if Tate's parents did something, as long as they didn't beat anyone to death, they would just pretend they didn't see it.

Then Monica also rushed over. For a mother, Kai had no right to stop her. Then the screams inside became more miserable and louder.

Sometimes, when women are cruel, men really have nothing to do.

Old Dutton originally planned to go in, but when he reached the door, he stopped. He stood blankly at the door, not knowing what he was thinking. In the end, he wiped his eyes and said thank you to Kai seriously.

Beth looked at her father from a distance, feeling mixed emotions. This was the first time she saw her strong father showing weakness. Even though he didn't cry, she saw his weakness.

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"Head..." Meatball came out with a bitter face.

"What's wrong?" Kai got a cigar from somewhere, leaned against the window outside the barracks, and puffed out smoke.

"Too damn brutal." Meatball wiped his face, as if he wanted to use this action to give his eyes and brain a rest and forget what happened inside. "I think we may have to write a very long report. It's better for those guys to be beaten to death than to live."

Monica is an Indian, and it's not discrimination to say what she said. Indians do still have many bad customs, and they are called barbaric for a reason.

For example, the way they treat their enemies. This is the first time that Meatball has seen someone dig out another person's eyeballs with his fingers.

That's not all, there was another guy who was even worse, his entire scalp was peeled off.

Keith was calmer, he just kicked those guys' balls and left. Only a crazy Indian woman was left to ravage those unfortunate guys.

If the district attorney knew about this, Kai and his team would have to write a report, and they might even have to go to court.

Although Portman didn't enter the room, this guy was very curious, so he secretly glanced at it.

"Remember to remind me not to mess with women in the future, especially Indian women..."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense. Call an ambulance. No matter what, they can't die in our hands. By the way, remember to call an ambulance farther away."

Kai didn't help them call an ambulance because he felt sorry for them. On the contrary, it was like rubbing salt into their wounds, which was equivalent to stabbing them again, and even more terrible than this. In the United States, ambulances are not free, and even if you have medical insurance, it will not be fully reimbursed. In most cases, insurance will only reimburse 50 to 80 percent of it. This may not seem like much, but in reality, many reimbursements will be rejected.

Generally speaking, the charges for ambulances range from free to tens of thousands of dollars. It's just that free services are very rare. Because ambulances are operated by private companies, they have profit requirements. What's worse is that ambulance services and medical care are billed separately. Ambulances are equivalent to very expensive taxis, and the service fees of those ambulance first aid personnel are calculated separately.

This price usually starts at $500. If the ambulance is far away or the injured are seriously injured, then I'm sorry, you will receive a sky-high bill.

In other words, these unlucky guys are not only seriously injured, but also going bankrupt. Because these guys have never purchased medical insurance.

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When Kay returned to the Dutton family mansion again, the doctor had left and Tate had been injected with sedatives and fell asleep. Because the child was frightened and abused, he will not only receive physical treatment in the next period of time, but also receive a considerable amount of psychological counseling.

But even so, this is the best situation. You know, the Baker brothers originally did not intend to let Tate live. They even asked the free militia to kill Tate using the Indian method of dealing with traitors, and threw Tate's body to the Dutton farm, so that old Dutton would completely lose control and have a life-and-death contest with Thomas. In the end, no matter who wins, the Baker brothers will take the opportunity to kill the winner and become the biggest winner in the end.

After figuring out the Baker brothers' conspiracy, Thomas and old Dutton, the two old foxes, immediately chose to abandon their previous grievances and form an alliance!

For Thomas, the Baker brothers are mortal enemies who want to destroy his casino, and for Dutton, the Baker brothers are enemies who hurt his family. The two of them are both profitable, so why not cooperate?

You know, the Baker brothers' casino is also a piece of fat meat for Thomas. As for old Dutton, he is very interested in the land and the position of the Liquor Management Committee under the names of the two brothers. Farmers, especially large farmers like him, will naturally not be exposed to the alcohol business.

So driven by hatred and interests, the two ruthless bosses have decided to kill the Baker brothers and swallow their wealth.

Sometimes the struggle for power among the upper class is no different from the fight for territory among the street thugs. Maybe sometimes they appear to be very gentle, but when necessary, they are greedier than anyone else, meaner than anyone else, and like to use violence to destroy the enemy more than anyone else.

Just like the saying goes: If you can't solve the problem, then solve the one who created the problem!

Even the latter is simpler and more thorough than the former.

Kai is not interested in the conspiracy of the two old foxes. The reason why he stayed is entirely because of... Monica's pleading.

The scene of Meatball rushing into the enemy's barracks and protecting Tate with his body brought great stimulation to the frightened child. This made the child unable to leave Meatball for a while. This made Tate's parents feel regretful for their dereliction of duty, and they were extremely grateful to Meatball and Kai.

So in order to stabilize Tate's emotions, Monica strongly hoped that Meatball could accompany Tate in the next few days.

Meatball was a little at a loss about this. He really didn't think that he would become a hero for a child one day. What's even more ridiculous is that it seems that because of this incident, Monica is more certain that Keith and his family are a huge trouble. The reason why Tate was kidnapped was because of the fight between the Dutton family and others.

Monica originally loved Keith, but after her son was kidnapped, Monica made up her mind to take her children away from here. She was not sure what she and Tate would encounter if they continued to stay here. Today it was a Baker brother she had never heard of, so who would it be next time?

She had imagined that if Keith left the Dutton family, perhaps all the troubles would disappear. But this lesson told her that she thought too much. Keith was the youngest son of the Dutton family. As long as the Dutton family existed, troubles would continue to come.

It just so happened that Meatball made Monica very fond of him.

Although Monica is a new-age woman, the wildness in the Indian blood still exists, otherwise she would not like Keith. But Meatball is not bad, strong, that's for sure. The key is that her son likes Meatball!

Of course, this is just a good impression, which is nothing.

Even Keith didn't notice Monica's change, he was still thinking about making up for the harm his son suffered.

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Children's hearts are sometimes very fragile, but sometimes they are as strong as steel. After a few days, Tate became lively again. Of course, this does not mean that Tate has completely gotten rid of his previous psychological shadow. This can be seen from his love of entanglement with the meatball, he still lacks a sense of security. But the psychologist said that this is a good change, even better than he imagined.

Generally speaking, when a child experiences a major trauma, his temperament will change drastically, such as autism, silence, and timidity. But these symptoms are not reflected in Tate. He is still cheerful, and he has no rejection of sports such as horse riding. It can be said that Tate's situation is quite good. If he can have a good environment next, he will recover faster.

And the problem lies in this environment.

Monica has been arguing with Keith these days. She wants Tate to leave.

Keith naturally refused, because it was because of his negligence that Tate went through all that. Now, his idea is to keep Tate in his sight. That's what old Dutton meant. It was so hard to get Tate to live on the Dutton Farm, and he didn't want his grandson to be away from him again.

But Monica was not easy to talk to, and she directly said out loud the reason why all this happened.

"This is all because of your Dutton family! My son and I just want to live a peaceful life! I don't want him to be in danger because of your fight! Can you guarantee that next time, next time we can be so lucky? I am not interested in your land and farm. Case, you fight with those people for your family, that's understandable, because this is your home, but Tate is not! He grew up on the reservation, he has his own home!"

Old Dutton and Case were speechless in the face of Monica's questioning. For Case, his father gradually weakened, and the contradictions between his second brother and eldest sister became more and more obvious. No matter how rebellious he pretended to be, some things can never be given up!

For example, the Dutton Farm, although Case never wanted to inherit the family business, could he watch the Dutton family weaken? Let the land that the family has been operating for generations be taken away by others? Let the Dutton Farm become someone else's property?

He couldn't, this is where he grew up and where his mother died. He couldn't give it up.

But for Tate, it was different. Even Old Dutton didn't want Tate to bear this. As for protection...if they could really protect Tate well, how was he kidnapped?

The two sides were deadlocked, and in the end, Beth came up with a compromise.

Send Tate to Gard Town.

Both sides felt that this was acceptable. First of all, Gard Town had Kai and his men. They had witnessed the combat effectiveness of these Gard Town police before. In this regard, they were really relieved. At most, they could donate more money to the Gard Town Police Department. It wouldn't be too much to let them take care of him, right?

Secondly, Gard Town was not far from here. Even if Case and Old Dutton really missed Tate, they could go there to see him. Or let Tate come to see them.

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In this way, Monica and Tate returned to Gard Town with Kai and his men. Neither Case nor Old Dutton expected that they would be walking into a tiger's mouth by doing this. Especially Keith, in the near future, his wife will become someone else's wife, and his son will become someone else's son...

But these are all later stories. After all, at this time, no one can guess what will happen next.

Before leaving, Monica's grandfather prayed for the departing child according to Indian customs. Monica and his family belong to the Blackfoot tribe of Indians. That is, the Blackfoot tribe. Back then, the Blackfoot people were the most powerful and militarily aggressive Indian tribe on the Northwest Plains. At the same time, their religion and wizards are also very famous.

The Blackfoot Indians believe in a god called Innigin.

And Innigin is the name that the Blackfoot Indians call the dragon in their culture. This tribe has always insisted on believing in dragons, because in their view, dragons do exist. At the same time, like other Indians, they firmly believe that all things have spirits.

Monica's grandfather is a Blackfoot wizard, of course, it is not certain whether it is true or not.

Before they left, everyone got a small animal totem as an amulet. Kai is a dragon, Meatball is a bear, Monica is a crow, Tate is a muskrat, Portman is a snake, and finally Susie's cat.

Among them, Susie's amulet is the most interesting. Because there were no cats in North America before, it is said that the earliest cats were brought to North America by European colonists in the 17th century. Although the Indians believe in animism in their customs, there are no cats in their traditional beliefs.

According to Monica's grandfather, Felix, a wizard of the Blackfoot tribe, this cat totem was not given to Susie by him, but it chose Susie.

In short, it's weird, maybe all the charlatans are like this.

But Susie likes it very much, because her amulet is different. This difference makes her very happy. She specially found a rope and hung this small totem on her chest.

However, Susie's happiness did not last long.

Just after returning to Jiade Town, she was notified... Her mother disappeared in Chicago!

Didn't Susie give up spending Christmas with her mother because she wanted to hook up with Kai? This hurt her mother very much. In order to relieve the depression of being abandoned by her daughter, her mother decided to numb herself with work.

She took her young ladies to Chicago. She originally planned to develop her business in Chicago. It happened that no one was with her during Christmas, so she planned to take advantage of the Christmas peak season to expand her business in Chicago.

But she disappeared within two days of arriving in Chicago, and then her young ladies called the police.

But a brothel owner is missing... Let's put it this way, in a big city like Chicago, there are hundreds of missing cases every day. The case of a professional fallen woman with strong mobility and uncertainty like Susie's mother is impossible to be taken seriously.

According to the understanding of the Chicago police, maybe she got drunk somewhere, or went to other cities, or was simply shot in an alley. There are too many uncertainties, and the police simply don't have the police force to investigate one by one.

But it has been a few days since the report was made, and Susie's mother's sisters have not received any news. This is a bit abnormal.

Although her mother was not responsible for her daughter Susie, she had a good reputation in this industry. Her career was going well and she was planning to make a big splash in Chicago. How could she suddenly abandon her young lady and disappear?

And nothing in her mother's house was moved, even the bank card and current money were still at home. This does not meet the characteristics of leaving on her own initiative.

Then the remaining possibility is...

In short, Susie's mother has always been good to the girls under her, so those girls informed Susie, their only relative