North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 787

Chapter 787

Nia's pregnancy is definitely not a trivial matter for Jimmy, and the same goes for Kevin. Even though it was just discovered, Kevin still asked Nia to take a few days off. It just so happened that Jimmy was relatively free now, so he simply showed up in the office and skipped work to go home.

Going to buy ingredients and cooking are traditional skills for Jimmy. He used to do it occasionally to spice things up. But now that Nia is pregnant, during the most exciting few days in the early stages, Jimmy basically gave up other activities and stayed at home with Nia the whole day, even visiting Roland less often.

Of course Roland also knew that Nia was pregnant. After visiting her to congratulate her, he suspended Nia's training and decided to continue with it later.

Of course, Nia couldn't stay at home all day, so Jimmy accompanied Nia to see the house in Brooklyn twice and took a tour around the area.

The house was indeed very dilapidated, but Jimmy had already told Nia that he would find a design company and a construction company to rebuild it, so naturally she had no objection. What Nia liked most was the park next to it, because the house was right next to the park and she could enter the park directly from the side. Strictly speaking, the park could be regarded as the garden of the house.

There is a church next to it, and the surrounding residential area looks pretty good, at least it is not dirty or messy. As for the purchase of daily necessities and surrounding safety-related issues, these can be investigated slowly later. At least from the results of Nia's on-site observations now, it must be very comfortable to build a small building here and live in it.

Jimmy was relieved. As long as Nia had no objection to this matter, many things could be handled normally. If she disagreed, they couldn't let their families fall out over a door. Jimmy would definitely choose to let it be, just live a good life, and let everything else take its course.

Time will not stop, and soon the design company came up with their design plan. In order to protect the basement, Jimmy asked the designer to use the original foundation. Of course, a reinforcement design for the original foundation was necessary. After all, this is not decades ago. In order to ensure the safety of the two-story building above, the original foundation must be strengthened by pouring reinforced concrete on the outside.

The area of ​​the small building is not small, about 100 square meters, which is about the same size as Jimmy's current apartment, but the house to be built is two-story, so of course the usable area is larger. The first floor is the living room, kitchen, bathroom, storage room and other rooms, as well as a small activity room. The second floor is mainly the master bedroom and a separate baby room. In addition to the necessary rooms, there are also a cloakroom and storage room. The biggest advantage of ample space is that each room will not be so cramped, and it will be more comfortable to live in.

Jimmy and Nia went to the small building many times in a row, and of course they had some communication with the people in the church. The news that Nia was pregnant spread out, so when Jimmy was completely unprepared, Father White, who was their witness, left St. Andrew's Church and came to Manhattan to invite Jimmy and Nia to meet.

Father White was their benefactor. After all, allowing Jimmy and Nia to use St. Andrew's Church for their wedding had brought so many hidden benefits to their family. So when Father White called them, they had no intention of refusing and happily went to Father Rodney's church.

It was just as Jimmy thought. Even though Nia's pregnancy was not yet obvious, the church was still paying close attention to this future child. After Father White met them and had a brief chat with them, he arranged a blessing ceremony for Nia and her future child. In order to avoid being disturbed, he even temporarily cleared the chapel of idle people during the ceremony. Jimmy just watched from the side and felt that these people were going a bit too far.

After the ceremony, Father White specifically told Jimmy to take good care of Nia. Alas, these people in the church are too realistic. They used to pay attention to Jimmi, but now that Nia is pregnant, Jimmi has become a thing of the past. Facing an old man like Father White, Jimmy could only nod helplessly. Now he feels that his status is lower than ever.

Roland had originally hoped to rely on Nia to influence Jimmy, but now that Nia was pregnant, his plan was disrupted. He wanted Jimmy to temporarily abandon his pregnant wife and go to the Dark Tower world with him, but the thought of it seemed impossible. He had no choice but to choose to go back first and come back later. By the way, he could also look for the portal he had used before to connect the two sides.

He understood Jimmy's worries, but if they could ensure that the portals on both sides were unobstructed and he could return at any time, it should not be a particularly unacceptable choice for Jimmy. After all, he could just treat it as a way to relax. Walking around and seeing different scenery over the past few days was also a small gain.

Roland's plan is good, but everything has to wait until the house is completed.

The homeless man in the house has been driven out. Of course, Jimmy did not do anything extreme. He let the others go, but the two children that Father Koch knew still needed care. Jimmy gave them some money to temporarily improve their meals, and asked someone to find a cheap single room nearby for them to live in temporarily. As for the follow-up arrangements, Father Koch will take care of it, and Jimmy does not need to worry about it anymore.

Before rebuilding the house, Jimmy and Roland still had some things to do. They prepared some materials in advance. The walls of the basement were covered with wooden boards, and the location of the door and the controller were hidden behind the wooden boards. In this way, even if the workers accidentally entered the basement when building the house, they would not be exposed. At most, they would wonder why the basement of this house was not rebuilt, without worrying that they would run to the Dark Tower world or other worlds.

Of course, deliberate sabotage is another matter. We can only hope that the construction workers will not be so bored. Jimmy cannot be on site all the time, he still needs to go to work, and Roland left New York when the wound on his leg did not affect his activities.

He said he wanted to go back to Texas to see his old house, and Jimmy didn't stop him. However, for safety reasons and to prevent further problems, he still took some steps to register Roland's two revolvers. This way, Roland could take the flight normally. He only needed to go through the check-in process to check in the two guns to solve the problem of carrying them.

As time went by, Nia's originally fit body began to change. It was still inconvenient for her to show her pregnancy. After all, police uniforms were not maternity clothes. However, she had a tough father who was the chief of the NYPD. Therefore, even after being transferred to a management position, she still did not have much work. She did not change into police uniforms as required when going to work. She often wore casual clothes in the office and even often skipped work to rest at home.

That's right, Nia has been transferred from the detective bureau to a management position. Sitting in the office is definitely much safer than going out to investigate cases. This way, both Jimmy and Kevin will feel more at ease and don't have to worry so much. As for small matters like her taking up someone else's position, it is actually not difficult to solve. Kevin must have made arrangements, whether it is providing some benefits privately or making some transaction adjustments with certain people. After all, this matter was successfully resolved.

Perhaps because the church was also paying attention, the construction company did not delay the project progress at all. The main structure was completed in about a month, and the remaining interior decoration, electrical appliances, and furniture installation and commissioning were also completed quickly. After three months, Jimmy and Nia finally moved into their new home.

Unlike reinforced concrete buildings, wooden houses can be moved into directly after they are built. Jimmy chose NAF-grade decoration and furniture. In order to ensure the health of Nia and the children, Jimmy spent a lot of money, but the advantage is that they don't have to wait for this new home.

New York's underground pipeline network has a very long history, so it is necessary to install additional home appliances such as water purifiers. Fortunately, purified water is used for cooking and drinking, and the water in the pipes is mainly clean, so there is no big problem.

Moving is actually very simple. Nia only needs to pack her things, and the rest is up to Jimmy. Everything is ready at the new house. Except for a few personal belongings and clothes, there is no need to carry anything else.

Jimmy has a lot of stuff, and those things in the study need to be packed up and taken over, including the safe and their gun rack, so these still need to be handled by a special moving company. It's not a big problem, and it can be easily done as long as you spend money.

As for this apartment, of course it is impossible to sell it casually, so I can only keep it for the time being. Maybe it will be useful in the future.

After arriving at the new house and settling Nia, Jimmy went to the storage room in the corner first. There was a specially designed secret door in the corner. When it was opened, the stairs to the basement were revealed. When he turned on the power switch next to the stairs, the large basement was completely revealed in front of him.

The basement did not cover the entire land, but it was at least about 60 square meters and about two meters high. Although it was not particularly high, at least Jimmy and Roland would not hit their heads. This was enough. A basement that was too short would be too cramped, and Jimmy didn't like it either.

Several concrete pillars stand in the middle of the basement to support the house structure above. The ground has been re-leveled and poured with cement, and it looks very clean.

There are many shelves placed around the basement, and some of them are empty for the time being. I can put some things that are not often used here when I have time.

The surrounding walls were waterproofed by the construction company according to the design, and a dehumidifier and exhaust fan were installed in the basement to ensure that the basement would not be too humid and that the air could maintain normal circulation.

A basement is a must for many people in the United States, and these treatments are all basic operations. There is no need to worry about the results. Jimmy's requirement for them is not to make any changes to the walls that he had closed in advance, and to handle other parts according to their normal treatment plan. Of course, it is also necessary to connect the wires to the basement. When necessary, this will become a small studio for Jimmy to deal with things that are inconvenient to handle in the study upstairs.

A backup generator is installed in a corner of the basement, which can supply electricity to the entire house in an emergency. There is also a reinforced oil barrel next to it. As long as there is no serious accident such as a major earthquake, the safety here can basically be ensured.

Jimmy carefully checked the wall he had sealed before. There was no damage on the corners, and the marks he left had not been moved. This was a good sign.

He had no idea how to activate the portal, so in order to avoid operating it incorrectly, he did not remove the wooden planks on the wall for the time being. As long as he made sure there was no problem here, the next step was to wait for Roland to return from his outing.

After leaving New York, Roland returned to his wooden house in Texas. Although he had been away for a few years, he did not sell the house when he left. However, when he returned this time, he found that the wooden house had been seriously decayed. After all, it was built by the lake, and water vapor contamination was inevitable.

After cleaning it carefully and leaving himself some living space, he stopped bothering about it. He thought that this place would continue to be abandoned in the future. If he really wanted to live here for a long time, it would be better to just tear it down and rebuild it.

He had no lack of experience living here. His biggest problem in New York was not that he was uncomfortable living there, but that there were too many people around him and that the rules were too restrictive. Although he did not have to worry about money, Jimmy provided him with cash and the hotel room was paid for by Jimmy, his daily life still made him out of tune with the people around him. So after his injuries no longer affected his movements, Roland chose to leave.

Coming back here, even though there were many inconveniences, Roland still felt that it was more relaxing and safer here. After purchasing some daily necessities, Roland transformed himself into a hunter again and entered the nearby woods. Hunting was not a problem for him at all, whether here or in the Dark Tower world.

Living peacefully here and waiting for Jimmy to inform him that they had moved into the house, Roland packed his luggage again and flew back to New York. However, this time he didn't need to stay in a hotel because Jimmy's previous house was empty and was just right for him to move in.

In the basement, Jimmy turned on the light and brought Roland downstairs. Nia had gone to work early in the morning, and now there were only the two of them, so they could talk more freely.

Jimmy: "Now that this place is clean, can we remove the wooden boards on the wall?"

Roland nodded, and the two of them took a crowbar and an axe from the shelf next to them, and carefully removed the wooden boards and frames that had been installed on the wall, revealing a wall that looked nothing special. Jimmy knocked on the wall and said to Roland, "I wanted to ask you this before, but I don't see a door here."

Roland: "That's because the door hasn't been opened yet. Let's open the other side."

The wall on the other side was different. After it was demolished, a very strange machine appeared in front of them. It looked very old, with a square display screen on it, which seemed out of place with the machine itself.

　I didn't finish coding last night because of something else. I had planned to slack off and code in the morning, but ended up in a two-hour meeting. It was tragic. I finally finished it at noon. Sorry, I'm still late.

(End of this chapter)