However, there was no rush. Even after they got engaged, there would still be a long time until they got married. After he returned to Swallow City, he would have plenty of time to investigate her background.
Thinking about that, he straightened his legs and asked, "Have your parents ever been to prison? Has your sister ever committed a crime?"
She shook her head: "Why do you ask such questions?"
Robert Thomson asked again, "What do your parents do for a living? And your sister?"
Emma Smith said, "My father is a retired soldier, and my mother is a high school teacher. My sister was in sales before she passed away."
Robert Thomson pursed his lips, thinking that their occupations seemed legitimate, which was normal, right?
As long as they hadn't committed any crimes or had any bad records, they might be just ordinary urban poor people. A retired soldier and a high school teacher sounded quite respectable, not some casual, unreliable families.
