Marvel: Awakening the Universe

But the boss quickly reacted: "Is it the tenth?"

Hawke nodded and took out the change he had prepared from his pocket and handed it over.

After the boss took the change, he said, "Wait a moment."

after awhile.

Two freshly baked burritos were packed away.

After Hawke took it, he said thank you, then turned around and left with his golf bag on his back.

About an hour later.

After Hawke walked around the nearby blocks with his golf bag on his back, he twisted the dozen or so extra takeout bags in his hand, hailed a taxi, and headed to Calvin Cemetery.

Calvin Cemetery, which spans Brooklyn and Queens, was established in 1849 and is an old cemetery.

Logically speaking, after so many years, Calvin Cemetery should be overcrowded.

This is indeed the case, but in 1984, Calvin Cemetery saw a turning point.

It was bought from the New York City government.

Yes.

Calvin Cemetery was privatized, and because of this, it began a cleanup. Only three months later, Calvin Cemetery announced that it would reopen to the public, and this time, there were many locations available.

Don't ask why it suddenly became empty.

Anyway, after the Calvin Cemetery announced its reopening, no one protested or opposed it.

In order to adapt to the development needs of the times, Calvin Cemetery not only specially opened up an excellent feng shui location with beautiful mountains and waters and facing north and south for Eastern people, but also undertook burial projects funded by the government.

By the time Hawke arrived at Calvin Cemetery, it was already nine o'clock in the morning.

After checking the documents handed over by Hawke, the cemetery guard just took a curious look at the golf bag on Hawke's back, but did not check anything and let Hawke pass.

Calvin Cemetery is very large, after all, it spans two districts.

Hawke, who had been here many times and was very familiar with the place, walked along the path in the cemetery for about fifteen minutes and came to a small tombstone.

There was a photo on the tombstone, and the photo showed a little girl with a sweet smile.

It has her name on it.

Anya.

1995.5.20-2009.9.10

Hawke took off the golf bag containing five alien weapons from his back and casually placed it aside. Then he squatted down in front of the tombstone, and carefully placed the takeaway bag containing various foods in his hand on the small table in front of the tombstone. Then he looked up at the photo on the tombstone with a sweet smile.

He didn't say anything, just looked at it quietly, and then as he looked at the smiling face in the photo, a smile slowly appeared on his face.

A happy smile that only appears when he wakes up in the morning and sees the photo on the bedside table for the first time.

after awhile.

Hawke took out his cell phone from his pocket, which was turned off because he didn't want to be disturbed today, and put it aside. Then he turned around, leaned against the tombstone behind him, and looked at the scenery in front of him.

If you look further away, you will find that Hawke's figure seems to be leaning against the photo on the tombstone. Both of them are looking in the same direction, as if they are admiring the scenery in front of them together.

If you look further ahead.

Midtown College.

"Gwen, do you know where Hawke went?"

"Uh……"

Gwen was just about to put her backpack in her locker and go to class when she received a call from her counselor, Mrs. Snow, and was slightly stunned.

"Didn't he ask for leave from you?"

"I know, but I just got a call from NYU. They're coming to campus today."

"…for Hawke?"

"Yeah, but I can't get through to Hawke. God, it was fine when he didn't have a cell phone, but now he has one and it's turned off."

Mrs. Snow was a little speechless on the phone and said that it would be better if she didn't have a cell phone.

"I thought he might have told you, so do you know where he went?"

"Uh……"

Gwen hesitated.

She had some idea of ​​where Hawke was today, but she wasn't sure if Hawke wanted to know that she knew.

"People from New York University will come today to finalize the list. It would be a shame if Hawke didn't come today."

"Ok."

Gwen heard this and thought about Hawke's preparations for NYU. She also heard that Hawke would miss this opportunity if he didn't come today, so she no longer hesitated and nodded. "Mrs. Snow, I'm going to go find Hawke now, but I may need to ask for leave."

Mrs. Snow breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this.

"no problem."

After hanging up the phone, Mrs. Snow couldn't help but shook her head, then seemed to think of something and couldn't help laughing.

really.

It has to be Gwen.

On the other side, Gwen put her books back into the locker after hanging up the phone, took out her backpack, closed the locker door, went to the parking lot, got into her yellow Corolla, started the car and left the school.

Gwen headed straight towards Calvin Cemetery.

When she arrived at the cemetery gate and parked her car, she found the manager at the gate and explained her purpose.

The cemetery manager also cooperated and opened the gate.

Gwen, who seemed to be very familiar with this place, followed the path and came to a corner. After turning the corner, she saw Hawke, who was leaning against a tombstone with one leg stretched out and the other bent, his left hand hanging on his knee.

Hawke, who was emptying his mind, listened to the footsteps gradually approaching from a distance. He focused his eyes and turned to look at Gwen who was walking cautiously from not far away.

Gwen looked at Hawke, who smiled after discovering her, and couldn't help but feel relieved, then walked over.

She didn't immediately mention why she came here to look for Hawke. Instead, she set her eyes on the tombstone. The girl looked exactly like the one in the photo on Hawke's bedside table. Then she glanced at Hawke who was leaning beside her and said softly, "Can you introduce her to me?"

Hawke smiled slightly and looked sideways at the photo on the tombstone with gentle eyes.

"Anya."

"I……"

"younger sister!"

"..."

Chapter 58: The cheat in exchange for my sister's life

"My dear sister."

"We were found by the priest in front of St. Paul's Community Church in Queens."

"All we had with us at the time was a piece of paper with our dates of birth written on it."

"Hawk and Anya, these two names were given by the priest of the church."

"Anya likes her name very much."

Hawke, leaning against the gravestone of his sister Anya, did not ask Gwen how she found herself there.

This is a stupid question.

Hawke spoke in a very soft voice as he spoke, as if he was afraid of disturbing his sister Anya.

"Anya is very happy."

"She was always happy from childhood to adulthood, even though she had a hole in her heart and had to go to the hospital from time to time, she was still very happy."

Fortunately, he and his sister are orphans, so even if his sister needs to be hospitalized from time to time, he doesn't have to worry about medical expenses.

Because the federal and state governments have backstops.

When Hawke said this, he glanced at Gwen, who was also imitating his behavior, sitting on the ground with her back leaning against her sister Anya's tombstone. He couldn't help laughing and said, "Later, I sometimes wondered if it was because we became orphans and could enjoy free treatment that Anya and I were abandoned."

Gwen couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth when she heard Hawke's words, and then shook her head.

"When we found you, there was no birth information?"

"No."

Hawke shook his head. "The church staff approached hospitals in New York City, but none of them could meet our needs. Later, a doctor suggested that Anya and I might not have been born in a hospital, but at home."

Giving birth at home without going to a hospital is not uncommon in this country.

This is especially true in families with strong religious beliefs. Some are even more extreme and will not give birth in a hospital even if a difficult birth results in two deaths.

"But it doesn't matter."

"I never thought about finding them. Since they chose to abandon me, let's not bother each other."

"Anyway, there's no problem with Anya and I's nationality."

When Hawke said this, he shrugged and continued.

"Actually, at the beginning, someone wanted to adopt us."

"But because Anya had a perforated heart, most families gave up on her."

"Father Moses was a good man and he didn't want to separate me from my sister, so my sister and I stayed in the church until we were four years old. Father Moses was our guardian at the time."

"But then Father Moses passed away, and Anya and I went to the children's home."

"Then Anya and I grew up there."

The so-called children's home is a family-like living facility where more than a dozen orphans live and are taken care of by staff from non-profit organizations.

Gwen frowned when she heard this.

"Has there never been an adoptive family?"

“Who would be willing to do that?”

Hawke chuckled and looked at Gwen. "Once Anya leaves the system, she'll have to bear the medical expenses herself. I'm not willing to give up on my sister. A foster family doesn't require me to worry about medical expenses, but the environment in a foster family... haha."

There is a fundamental difference between adoption and foster care.

Realistically speaking, most adoptive families do so out of kindness, while most foster families, though not all, do so out of a desire for federal and state government subsidies for orphans.

These foster families earn subsidies from the federal and state governments by fostering orphans, and use the money that was originally intended for orphans by the federal and state governments on their own daily expenses.

As for orphans?

I wish I didn’t die.

Gwen had also heard some cases of foster families from George, so when she heard Hawke scoff at foster families, she nodded and agreed with this statement.

"Then later..."

When Gwen asked this, she glanced at the time on Anya's tombstone.

1995.5.20-2009.9.10.

Gwen withdrew her gaze, glanced at the surrounding tombstones, and then looked at Hawke: "I remember that most of the people buried here are those who died in the battle between Hulk and Abomination in New York City..."

A hint of coldness flashed in Hawke's eyes, but it quickly disappeared. He looked at Gwen and nodded.

"Correct."

"Anya didn't die of illness. She died in the aftermath of the war that night."

really.

After hearing Hawke's personal confirmation, Gwen secretly said in her heart, and at the same time she figured out one thing.

"So you've been working so hard all these years, just to..."

"revenge!"

Hawke turned his head to look at Gwen. After squeezing out these words from between his teeth, the flames of revenge surged from the depths of his eyes: "I must repay a favor and I must avenge a grudge!"

He was an orphan in his previous life, and although he was also an orphan in this life, he had a sister who had been with him since childhood. So even though the world suddenly changed, even though this was still the Marvel Universe, and he didn't have a system at the time, he didn't feel too confused.