Chapter 3: The Holiday Is Over (Part II)

Thinking of the lawyer, Don took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and in order to play in Spain without interruption, Don turned off his mobile phone after setting off from Nottingham, unloaded the battery and threw it in his bag. Now in order to facilitate contact, he has installed it again.

As soon as he turned on the phone, he received a bunch of text messages, he looked at the name of the sender, there was Des. Walker, Kenny. Burns, Ian. Bowyer, who is basically an old acquaintance, maybe a casual greeting...... Then he saw Pierce below. Bruce's name, the guy knows his phone number, but has never been contacted. Further down, Walker sent five text messages in a row in one day.

The content is almost the same, ask him where he is now, have an emergency, and call back immediately when he sees a text message.

Don knew that Walker wasn't a casual joker, and if he was in such a hurry, something very important must have happened.

So he gave Walker a call.

"Tony? Tony! Tony, where are you? As soon as the call was connected, Walker's anxious voice came.

"My airport ...... in Madrid"

"Oh,! Have you traveled? ”

"Uh, yes. I went to Spain ......"

"Are you used to traveling without using your phone?" Walker interrupted Donn again.

"Hey, Des. What happened? ”

There was silence for a while, and Walker sighed and said to him, "It's inconvenient to say on the phone, you should come back quickly." Came back and went to the forest bar to find us. All I can say to you, Tony, you're in big trouble this time! ”

Shania didn't notice the change in the expression on Don's face, she was still playing with the Totoro figure. Don put his phone to his ear in a daze.

What kind of trouble? It was so serious that Walker, who had always been calm, was a little panicked...... ※※※ Don and Shania had just returned to 13 Branford Garden Street, Nottingham, when they saw a group of people waiting there, a white Ford sedan parked on the side of the road, a pair of middle-aged men and women, who could not see their specific age, maybe older than themselves...... The woman's figure is perfect, the charm still exists, and the man's appearance is dignified, and he is a talent. There is also an old fat woman, and a group of reporters with cameras with excited and expectant faces. These people surrounded the small garden in front of their house.

Don glanced at it, did the ruthless adoptive parents finally come to the door? It's okay to talk clearly in person...... The young woman became agitated when she saw Don and Shania he was leading.

"Judy! Judy! She called Shania's name and walked up to take her hand, but Shania dodged.

Don blocked the girl behind him, intending to have a good talk with the other party: "This lady, I want to ......"

His words were interrupted by the woman's scream: "Give my daughter back!" The middle-aged man came up and pulled away the overly emotional woman, and then nodded politely to Donne: "I'm sorry, my wife misses her daughter so much." ”

Don was a little annoyed by the nervous woman, but luckily the man seemed reasonable. "I understand, but I think we need ......"

Before he finished speaking, the other party had already frowned and spoke to Shania behind him: "Judy. Shania. Jordana! Have you had enough? The holidays are over! ”

Don felt that Shania behind him was frightened, and he said to the man dissatisfied, "Please pay attention to what you say, she is still a child......"

The man didn't pay attention to him, but continued to stare at Shanya and said sternly, "Jordana, do you want me to repeat the words?" Do you know how worried your mom is about you? Ever since we knew you were in Nottingham, we came here every day to wait, and then waited for you, and went back with us! ”

Don was confused by what he saw, and he turned his head to look at Shania hiding behind him. The little girl held the Totoro doll in front of her, only showing her eyes timidly looking at the two men in front of her.

"Judy, what's going on?" Don frowned as well.

The girl was silent for a while, and finally lowered her head. She whispered to Donn, "They're my parents......"

"Ruthless adoptive parents?"

The middle-aged man glanced at Don, what is this guy talking about?

Shania shook her head: "Biological ...... I'm sorry, Uncle Tony. I lied to you, there are no ruthless adoptive parents. Mom and Dad wanted me to model during the holidays, but I didn't like it at all, I hated boring practice and that fierce coach all the time! Only...... I lied to them that I was going to come to my aunt's house in England to play, and then I ran here by myself......"

Don closed his eyes and shook his head, he had been deceived by this little girl! When dealing with cute children, will your judgment and vigilance decrease? He opened his eyes and saw that the old fat woman was walking towards him, could this woman be the legendary "Aunt Lane"? Sky...... I even want to live under the same roof with her!

The man pulled Shania away from Donn, then nodded slightly to him, "Thank you very much for taking care of Jordana during this time, we regret this kind of thing as much as you do." Thank you. He thanked Don lightly, and pulled Shania back to the Ford.

The car door closed, and Don saw Shania look back at him, and then he was hugged by the crying and emotional mother.

The old woman walked up to Don and said in a fierce voice, "You'd better have the phone number of a lawyer you know well, I think you'll receive a court summons soon!" Leaving this cruel remark, the old woman also got into the car. The chassis of the Ford sank noticeably because of her entry.

As she said this, the reporters had their cameras flashing and they finally got the most valuable news. But Don didn't bother to pay attention to the old woman's threats and the reporters' harassments, and he stared at the car that drove away, and Shania sat between her parents with her head down, and didn't look back at him.

The large Totoro figure was abandoned on the side of the road, lying quietly on the ground, its white fluff stained with a lot of dust and dirty.

Don leaned over to pick it up, gently patted the dust off it, and then sighed as he looked at the poor guy with his eyes wide open and his mouth slightly open, but he couldn't speak.

He looked back at the excited group of media, and surprisingly did not curse, but turned around and dragged his luggage back to his room.

The holidays are over, aren't they?

Although Donn was no longer in the mood, he went to meet Walker at Burns' Forest Bar in the evening. For him, losing Shania and possibly being sued in court is the biggest trouble, and what trouble could be compared to this?

But Walker's words still scared Donn out of his confused mental state.

"Tony, we all know about Shania. But I advise you to forget about her first, you're in more trouble......" He spread out a few copies of the local Nottingham newspaper in front of Don and let him read the news on it.

- Nottingham Forest receives an injection of American funds!

- Nigel. Dogetty officially retired, and his son Evan Brown. Dogetty takes over as new chairman of Nottingham Forest!

-- New chairman, new coach.

Below this message is a photo of the two of them, and the person on the left is very familiar: Evan. Dogety. Standing on the right and shaking hands with Evan, Donn, a flat-headed man with a smile on his face, was very angry.

"Who is he?" Don asked, pointing to the man's picture.

Walker replied, "Stan. . . Collymore. The new head coach of the Forest team. ”

Don looked at Walker in disbelief, his eyes filled with anger and surprise. Walker was taken by Tony. Don stared away and turned his head, and whispered:

"Evan said he wanted to contact you, but your phone was turned off. The league started on August 9 and is now at the end of June, and he said the team must decide on a manager sooner ......

"Am I just a fucking ornament as a head coach?!" Don yelled, there were so many things that made him feel unhappy this day, and he couldn't suppress the anger in his heart.

Burns put his hand on Donn's shoulder, "Calm down, Tony." ”

"How do you calm me down, Kenny? What was it like when I took over the team? At the end of the season we made the play-offs and now he's gone! You're going to ......"

"Tony!" Burns put his hands on it and shouted, "Have you forgotten? There's an 'agent' ahead of your head coach title! ”

Hearing this, Don was stunned. Yes...... He is the acting head coach, although he has led the team really well, and Nigel has repeatedly said that he fully supports him, but he has not proposed a contract to remove the word "acting". What gave him the illusion that he was a real "manager"?

Walker explained: "Tony, even though Evan's decision was emotionally unacceptable, he didn't actually do anything wrong. The acting manager agreement you signed with the club was supposed to end the season...... At the beginning, Nigel said that he would look at your performance in the past half season and then decide whether to sign a formal contract with you. But who would have thought that at the end of this season, the old man would announce his retirement? ”

Don slumped back in his chair and muttered, "So...... Am I the youth coach I was at once again? Right? ”

No one answered his questions, and he stared at Evan in the newspaper. Dogetty and Stan. Collymore, as if to see through these two people.

(To be continued)