叭噠。
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一球絨感的薄荷綠掉落原木的床頭几,下墜的動能順勢延續球體的滾動。奶白的被鋪邊、床沿的地上平添一線柔和的毛冷,溫馨的;在淺木如沙色的地板上,它像個充滿愛的少女般無懼悄然的縮小,一直奔動著……
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直到它撞上一雙老舊的軍靴。
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數瞬過後有一隻大手拾起了毛冷球,柔絨的質感充斥於粗糙的掌心。落落長的毛線垂落自男人的指縫,見狀他兩手並用、一圈圈的將毛線繞回掌心的球體上。湛藍的目光順從毛線而流浪,一圈圈環遊悄然牽引起什麽思緒……
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十一月的曼谷,有沒有毛冷球——毛線織品派上用場的時候?
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突兀的問題止息於毛線收尾入球的瞬間,他閉眼垂頭,雙手頹垂卻遲遲未放下毛冷球,哪怕褲袋裏已傳出陣陣鬧鐘鈴聲。那三十秒溫婉悠揚的歌唱是無從遺忘的——258Please respect copyright.PENANATRHn50Pa7p
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Am I only dreaming?Or is this burning an eternal flame?258Please respect copyright.PENANAWMsAYBKQ8g
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Johnathan!
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猶在耳畔的呼喚嚇得男人猛然張眸,抬頭往房間的拱門出口看了一看,才頹然似的收回視線。他重新定了定神,往左腕一撇才確認早已到了出門的時間、心裏的計數亦從一小時變成了兩小時、三小時。258Please respect copyright.PENANAEaGjC6fYWT
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毛線球仍在他的掌心中,被他握得滾燙、漸漸灼焦——標誌性的色彩,在湛藍的眼眸深處和四十五歲的心房裏燃起濃濃情意的永恆火焰。
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「楊小姐?」『麥巴倫先生您好,我已經到了,請問您現在方便幫我開個門嗎?』258Please respect copyright.PENANAxxcb0doUe3
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「當然可以,請給我兩分鐘。」
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第二次的鈴聲響起,約納森.麥巴倫接聽了電話。他還是將那團無甚實用的毛線球放進了老舊的移防行囊,提起這惟一一件行李走出了拱門、走出了房間。258Please respect copyright.PENANAbc0LcBOlUT
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一如當年被派駐到阿富汗的早晨,出發前他還是忍不住在客廳裏佇足一會:壁爐上的牆壁掛了美國國旗和空白的大相框,壁爐頂還放著木制的鳥巢小盤,卻不見以往一雙可愛的白頭鷹木雕——起碼今年聖誕,堅定恩愛的牠們不會留在這個他獨自駐守四年的田園小屋。他和牠們將結伴飛行,因為他和牠們有更重要的事情要做。
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「果然是個好地方。」258Please respect copyright.PENANAwxzP0QhiV6
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家門打開之際,亞裔女子推著行李踏進小屋,環視一圈、看到沙發上的什麼後滿意地連連點頭,微笑讚許。
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「謝謝。這裡的一切妳可以隨意使用,但亦請妳務必好好照顧這裡,我太……」258Please respect copyright.PENANA4XjPd8mKvd
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沙發上的四葉草刺繡多鮮明,教麥巴倫只能禮貌地微笑:「我未婚妻十分期待並喜愛這裡的一切,特別是她親手參與、製作的東西。」
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「明白,我會盡全力的。話說那四葉草真的很好看,尊夫人手藝很好……想必是個十分溫柔善良的女士吧!」
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聞言他一怔,笑意漸漸破碎:「的確,但她更是個會拿捏分寸的聰明女人。」
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一分一寸、密密麻麻,繡線間有幾分溫柔就有幾分痛——這個枕頭是她遺留的聖誕禮物,聰明又意義非凡得讓人心碎。
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「作為女人我相當明白這點;這世界對女人並不寬容,不聰明點不掌握點分寸會很痛苦的。」258Please respect copyright.PENANASvsvmbco00
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言語難分深淺,楊小姐扭頭微笑,半黯的黑眸泛現幾分真誠的希冀:「所以麥巴倫先生,請務必保護好尊夫人、不要讓她被辜負了。」
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「……Certainly。」
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踏出家門的剎那,他向她交出了鎖匙,那圈扣著一株針織的四葉草和一朵無名小花。
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2016年十一月,退役的男人離開了風雪中的紐約,往微笑之城進發——那旅途的終點,是未知還能否含情微笑的愛戀。
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TBC。
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