The world begins with shameless people

In the bathroom of a bar in Chicago.

The battle is over.

Soon, Chris and Fiona packed up and left the bathroom.

“I still have to go to work,” Fiona said with a smile.

"This is fun," Chris said truthfully, thinking that Fiona was having a lot of fun. "Let's do it another day."

"Sure," Fiona smiled back and walked straight to the bar without stopping.

Chris stared at her for a few seconds, smiled smugly, and walked towards the exit... He had already achieved the purpose of coming here tonight, and there was no point in staying any longer.

The truth is, Chris has a live-in girlfriend named Kiki, who is a gamer and just wants to play with Fiona.

Of course, Fiona just wanted to have fun.

The problem is that being a woman is different from being a man.

Fiona looked back and saw that Chris had just left. She was immediately disappointed, smiled bitterly and shook her head.

Fiona still had some expectations in her heart.

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University of Chicago.

In Philip's dormitory.

Amanda was still here, of course, sitting on Lip's bed reading a book.

Lip sat at his desk, trying to study as hard as he could... Unfortunately, he couldn't concentrate for long, as he was distracted by Helena.

The experience with Helena... was simply amazing for Lip.

Helena is mature and has an indescribable charm that fascinates Lip deeply.

Lip didn't know that this thing was called Oedipus complex.

In fact, Helena did have a son who was about the same age as Lip.

So...the Gallagher family, or the parents Frank and Monica, have a really exaggerated influence on children like Lip and Fiona.

Sitting at the desk for a while, Lip couldn't help it and reached out to turn on the phone that Amanda gave him.

There were no text messages, no contact from Helena.

Lip wanted to contact Helena, but on the one hand, the time was too short. It was a bit embarrassing to contact her so anxiously. On the other hand, and the most important aspect, Helena seemed to have a family. If he sent a message at the wrong time, it might cause trouble for Helena.

In this case, Lip had to take a deep breath silently, forcing himself to continue studying and not think about Helena.

On the bed, Amanda caught a glimpse of Lip's behavior from the corner of her eye, frowned slightly, and her expression changed.

How to say it…
The University of Chicago is not that great, but it's not bad either.

Amanda is able to study here, so she is not hopelessly stupid. Combined with what Lip said before…
At this moment, Amanda was almost certain that Lip had another woman.

This upset Amanda.

There are two reasons.

First, Amanda had feelings for Lip and thought she was good enough to him, but what the hell, it was just a Christmas holiday and Lip had another woman.

The second is that Amanda is very competitive in this regard and feels that she is being outdone.

So, after a while of silence, Amanda decided to say nothing for the time being and wait and see what kind of woman Lip was looking for.

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The night is deep.

In the South Side of Chicago, at around three in the morning, Fiona arrived home, dragging her exhausted body. She went straight to her room and fell on the bed. She soon fell asleep with the smell of alcohol, perfume, cigarettes and other smells emanating from her body.

She's been so tired lately, this is how she's always been.

In a blink of an eye, the alarm clock rang and it was daybreak.

Fiona was woken up and was in a trance as usual. Then, she gritted her teeth, got up, went to the bathroom and took a shower. After taking a shower, she was a little more awake. Fiona returned to the room, took out a pill from her bag and put it in her mouth.

She is not made of iron, and it is not realistic for her to sleep only a few hours a day without the help of medicine.

After taking the medicine and feeling a little more energetic, Fiona went into the kitchen and started making breakfast for her and Liam.

Liam has long become a left-behind child. Fortunately, in Fiona's opinion, Liam is very well-behaved...better than Lip, Debbie Carr and others in the past.

In the past, bastards like Lip always got into trouble.

Liam just stays at home and watches TV and plays with his phone. He is much better behaved.

After breakfast, Fiona woke Liam up, and as usual, gave him a few instructions, then picked up her bag and went straight to Patsy's Pie Shop.

The peak period of the pie shop is after half past ten. Before that, there are not many customers, so Fiona can rest and take a nap in the changing room.

She has indeed done so in the past few days.

However, today's plan was forced to change a little.

"How did you enjoy last night?" Sean, the pretentious guy, couldn't help himself and asked casually.

Fiona knew exactly what Sean wanted to ask, and subconsciously wanted to say that she had had sex with Chris, but when the words came to her lips, considering that she needed the job and it would not be appropriate to offend Sean as a manager, she held back and said, "It's okay."

Sean was skeptical and wanted to ask more.

Fiona didn't give him a chance, she quickly went into the dressing room, sat down in her usual spot, and dozed off.

*********
hospital.

Veronica had a natural birth and everything went well, so after spending a night in the hospital, she was discharged this morning.

Of course, you can stay in the hospital without being discharged, but you will have to pay a lot more money.

But you know, Veronica doesn't have medical insurance...

In America, not having health insurance is a very serious matter.

This is indeed the case. The number on Veronica's hospital bill is quite scary, costing several thousand dollars.

In fact, if you have medical insurance, it only costs a few hundred dollars.

"You take your time to pack first, I'll go and bargain with them!" Carol, a poor black woman, said without hesitation when she saw the bill.

There’s nothing wrong with that actually.

Hospital bills in the United States are usually shockingly expensive, which leaves ample room for bargaining by patients.

Haha, if the hospital encounters a patient who does not have medical insurance and does not bargain, then the hospital will be very happy.

Time flies.

Veronica waited in the ward for a long time before she heard Carol, who was obviously arrogant and proud, come back. "That group of white people actually wanted to take advantage of us, and they think that they haven't oppressed us black people enough..."

Stupid Carol's racist tendencies are really serious.

However, Veronica is in the same situation, so she doesn't think there is any problem.

Not long after.

Veronica, holding a child, and Carol, holding a child, slowly left the hospital.

Kevin didn't come...

Veronica later learned what happened yesterday. Intellectually, she could understand Kevin's absence, but emotionally, she felt quite resentful of Kevin's absence.

Veronica said nothing, but just kept the resentment building up.

After a lot of fussing.

Carol drove the old pickup truck with Veronica to the house she rented. (End of this chapter)