->>>車禍的破碎記憶,拼湊出兩人截然不同的童年,貝兒該如何決定下一步?
【凌家動物園 II 大貓小貓相親記】恃寵而傲嬌
By 喵芭渴死姬
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7. 紐約:童年678Please respect copyright.PENANAoxvo3HKsRS
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「窩們要取哪啊?」穿著迷你短西裝的小娃娃,跳下哥哥的懷抱後撲向母親,抬頭看向盛裝打扮的大人們,口齒不清地問著。678Please respect copyright.PENANAU7VOKmLm5L
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「我們要去參加生日會喔!」美麗的少婦蹲下身,笑著輕戳娃娃圓嘟嘟的小臉,盤起的烏黑秀髮,自耳鬢處落下一束髮絲,襯得那張與娃娃有七分相似的臉更加水靈。678Please respect copyright.PENANA0Pir22KaL9
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「森日?耶~~窩又森日惹!!」聽到每個孩子都喜歡的生日,娃娃高興地亂跳亂叫。678Please respect copyright.PENANA1kb3ZDeKko
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「不是貝貝的生日啦,是爹地好朋友的生日,就是那個大肚子黍叔啊。」娃娃的媽媽連忙解釋,還在腹處比了個大圓弧。678Please respect copyright.PENANAuTsPTbF2Mq
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「洋洋,你怎麼跟著孩子亂取綽號?」男人推了下滑到鼻梁的眼鏡,無奈地出聲糾正。678Please respect copyright.PENANAQKcoEJiLC6
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「嘻,沒關係嘛~貝貝,走,我們去吃大肚子黍叔的蛋糕!」女子調皮地朝丈夫吐了個舌頭,就牽起娃娃的手朝門口奔去。678Please respect copyright.PENANAFacpCk7NaB
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「耶~~~~大肚黍叔的蛋糕糕~~~~」678Please respect copyright.PENANAYyjKQ2R6Tf
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看著那一大一小鬼靈精,孩子的父親哭笑不得地搖搖頭,習慣性地抓亂抹了髮蠟的紫色短髮後,看向同樣盛裝的銀髮少年,露出有些憨厚的笑容,「走吧,泰斯,你傑森叔叔迫不及待地想看看咱家的准大學生了。」678Please respect copyright.PENANA2FE7BXOH4e
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少年淡漠地點了個頭,隨養父走向等在大門外的轎車,當視線落到前方蹦跳的娃娃時,如雕像般完美的臉才出現一絲變化。678Please respect copyright.PENANAXvxvi0V2oc
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如同過往的每一天,即便外面正下著雨,這晚依舊充滿了笑聲,溫柔慈愛的父母與活潑可愛的孩子,繪成一幅名為幸福的畫面,直到一聲轟然巨響……678Please respect copyright.PENANALjjcWsTI8a
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略佈血絲的碧眼忽地睜開,貝兒驚懼地望著幽黑的天花板,直到眼睛適應陰暗的夜光,認出自己正睡在臥房裡,而非充滿藥水味的病床後,才大口呼出哽在胸口的氣。678Please respect copyright.PENANAWCXdoQBNg6
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抹去額上的冷汗,他翻了個身,將自己埋在枕頭裡,卻仍止不住惡夢帶來的心悸,額頭舊傷處的陣陣抽痛,令他更加難以重新入睡,最後他索性坐起身,暴露在棉被外的肌膚頓時一陣輕顫,然而暈沈的頭卻覺得悶熱。678Please respect copyright.PENANAhaMkxVKp3I
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這感覺……該不會又發燒了吧?678Please respect copyright.PENANAiyATXSPoTK
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將冰冷的手背貼在額頭,立刻就感覺到比平常還高的溫度。心事鬱結,加上前夜未眠,先天體質虛弱的他,果然就發起了低燒,昏沈間還夢到小時候的那場車禍。678Please respect copyright.PENANAbH0iDp1uCT
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印象中,大家都說那是天雨路滑造成的意外,可他此時卻覺得有什麼遺漏了?詭異的違合感,讓他不自覺地皺眉尋思起來。678Please respect copyright.PENANA851YcFFOlo
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其實幼時記憶多有褪色,除了當時歷劫生還的驚恐與驟失雙親的悲痛外,他早已記不得許多細節,然而這一夢,卻讓當時因驚嚇過度而遺忘的片段又變得鮮活,尤其是在車子撞上路邊圍欄、他被媽咪緊擁進懷裡前……678Please respect copyright.PENANAZiYCOMm7w6
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『先生!煞車!煞車沒反應!!』678Please respect copyright.PENANAORFhstt91Q
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當時司機伯伯驚慌的呼喊聲,在十多年後的現在,仍如臨場般在腦海裡環繞,貝兒訝異地睜大了眼,心中頓起不詳之感,難道真如伯母所說,那場車禍其實大有問題?678Please respect copyright.PENANAfiovqnjGl2
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不,似乎還漏了什麼?記得那晚正要上車時,好像……好像有什麼聲音?接著是……678Please respect copyright.PENANAP14uwUs2Pu
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『抱歉,我臨時有點事,無法跟你們一起去……』678Please respect copyright.PENANAEPO5HcOb6r
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『……沒關係,我自己去就好,到時再跟你們會合吧。』678Please respect copyright.PENANAwwH1ThtYiR
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記得當時的他趴在後方玻璃前,朝站在車外的哥哥揮手,在越來越遠的距離中,他看見哥哥的嘴角揚起一抹淡笑。678Please respect copyright.PENANARZputAGW95
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原來當時哥沒跟他們一起上車嗎?為什麼?臨時有事是什麼事?不,不對!哥沒上車才好啊!不然怎麼能幸運地逃過一劫?678Please respect copyright.PENANAYEPSvXTV12
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他晃了晃腦袋,想將方才的疑慮拋去,然而……678Please respect copyright.PENANAMjTp7URQCZ
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『他才滿十八歲沒多久,你爸媽就出車禍去世,連你也差點喪命,難道你不覺得有問題嗎?』678Please respect copyright.PENANADgWL24jOi2
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一直都對自己那麼溫柔的哥哥,怎會是做出策劃殺害父母這種事的人?可是一切又如此巧合……難道真如伯母所說,這些全是哥哥的安排,就連對自己的疼愛,也都是偽裝的嗎?678Please respect copyright.PENANAWdGSKjj0dB
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越想越覺得寒意入骨,如果這些溫柔呵護都是假的,那自己對哥哥的感情、多年的愛戀,豈不等於也是對方的計畫之一?就像伯母說的那樣,只為了讓自己聽話順從而佈下的局?678Please respect copyright.PENANAtsgXRk1Jy9
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想起三年前那場慘痛的酒後告白,泰特斯冷酷無情的拒絕,甚至殘忍地不告而別,讓他留在台灣獨自啃蝕被拋下的傷痛,最後換來了不僅僅是心碎的絕望,從此不敢再對愛情有所奢求,更因無法面對而不敢回家……678Please respect copyright.PENANAn8liR2idWF
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倘若這一切都是哥哥安排的,他以為的愛都是謊言的話,那他的世界裡還剩下什麼?還有什麼能相信?678Please respect copyright.PENANA4IDTB5BWX0
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抱著雙臂曲起不停輕顫的身子,他茫然地瞪著被水珠暈染的被單,直到他受不住喉腔的乾涸躁熱,不自覺地看向桌上的水瓶,餘光也掃過了掛在座椅上的背包,才想起包裡還放著伯母給他的那份紙袋。678Please respect copyright.PENANA4u9dxGxxA3
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對了!哥的資料!678Please respect copyright.PENANAKa2S0jNGsi
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一想到這,他連忙跳起來衝到書桌前打開燈,找出那包紙袋,將袋裡的東西全抽了出來。他坐在椅子上,懷著緊張的心情,仔細翻閱那一疊寫得密密麻麻的文件。678Please respect copyright.PENANAnrlM2bjgsz
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根據檔案裡零散的紀錄,便可知這份調查結果的不完整,除了因時間過久導致紀錄遺失外,就是部分資料曾被人掩蓋銷毀,由此可見,手頭上這份資料得花費多少苦心才能取得。678Please respect copyright.PENANA1XlU85gU81
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泰特斯原先不叫這個名字,是被尼爾收養後才改了名,而這自然也增加了調查的困難度,但顯然伯母請來的私家偵探有幾把刷子,不僅打聽到泰特斯的本名,還挖掘到不少那段亟欲被隱藏的過去,讓貝兒越看心越沈。678Please respect copyright.PENANAz1dAHtJgBH
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原以為哥哥只是普通窮人家的孤兒,卻不想他所生長的地方不止是窮,還是更險惡的地方——紐約哈林區。678Please respect copyright.PENANAkEptlGBKTw
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即便今日的哈林區已不同往昔,但在三十多年前,那裡仍是全國出了名可怕的犯罪區,曾有人稱之為最墮落的地獄,每年起碼發生一百件謀殺案,當地居民吸毒的比率及青少年犯罪率,更是遠遠超過其他地方的十幾倍,這便是泰特斯的出生之地。678Please respect copyright.PENANAme9iYGFn3a
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倘若只是如此,也許還不至於大驚小怪,但一看到家庭概況,就不禁讓人倒吸一口氣,也無怪乎瑪莎會如此懼怕這個人。678Please respect copyright.PENANA7xlCC9ANBE
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泰特斯的父親是連續殺人犯,至今還在牢獄中服刑,母親是妓女,因從事非法性交易被捕,在坐了幾年牢出來後,就吸毒過量致死了。至於泰特斯則在父母被捕後,被警方送進醫院治療戒毒,之後才被送到兒福中心,開始了反覆寄養又被棄養的日子,當時他才十歲。678Please respect copyright.PENANAfno5RsLnWi
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社工記錄了關於他在兒福中心與寄養家庭的狀況,無一不是負面的評價——冷漠陰沈、拒絕合作、排斥團體,甚至時有打架傷人、偷竊財物等嫌疑,以及不停地蹺家逃學。在最後一次逃家後,社工人員就再也找不到他的蹤影了。678Please respect copyright.PENANASa45cN1X9F
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貝兒呆楞地闔上文件夾,拿起被壓在最後面的一張照片,從視角來看似乎是從遠方偷拍來的。678Please respect copyright.PENANA8mUK3Z2U0q
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照片裡是一個年約十二歲的孩子,抱膝坐在髒兮兮的天橋下休息,銀色的頭髮雖是梳得整齊服貼,卻因許久未剪而參差不齊,明顯營養不良的身子穿著尺寸過短的單薄衣物,臉上的淤清遮掩了有著漂亮五官卻蒼白的臉,直視著前方的湖綠色雙眼冰冷得駭人,彷彿在漠視這與己毫無相關的人間。這縷絲毫看不出活在這世上的靈魂,卻又隱隱透露出一股怨世的絕望。678Please respect copyright.PENANAufoNCsm2wn
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盯著那雙眼的視線逐漸變得朦朧,最後化成淚滴落在陳舊的照片上,貝兒連忙吸著鼻子拂去水珠。即便資料裡的每個字句都將這人描繪有如怪物,但他仍只感到難以言喻的疼痛。678Please respect copyright.PENANAKk7ImeSPuJ
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『那種地方出來的人,能好到哪去?』678Please respect copyright.PENANAtHfakqle9P
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可是沒有人能選擇自己的出生啊!!678Please respect copyright.PENANApg42QPoyHh
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在心中反駁著伯母說的話,他拿著照片倒回床上,明明身子是疲倦虛軟的,腦袋卻是亂烘烘的,混雜的思緒快速地奔馳著,卻找不到能夠統合的路,最後只好睜著紅腫的雙眼,凝視照片中的小泰特斯,意外的是,心情竟因此漸漸平靜了下來。678Please respect copyright.PENANA1ezdoqhk2x
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摒除了跳躍的雜念,他以目光細細摹繪著照片中的男孩,將小時候印象中哥哥的樣貌與這個迷你版的泰特斯一一重疊,過往的記憶亦在腦海裡一一翻頁,那段失去父母後的童年裡,一張憔悴卻堅毅的側臉是他最難以忘懷的一幕……678Please respect copyright.PENANABlngeAkwZs
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記得那一次,他莫名病得突然,也病得厲害。從醫院急救回來後,哥哥卻出人意表地辭退家裡所有幫傭,自己親手照顧臥病在床的他,明明體力已撐到了極限,卻還頑強地邊接電話處理公事邊將煮好的粥吹涼餵他,每當他因病痛大哭大鬧時,哥哥就緊緊抱著他,不斷在耳邊輕哄:「貝兒不怕,有哥在,痛苦很快就過了。」678Please respect copyright.PENANAoIa22HdV2g
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當時他病得意識昏沈、忽夢忽醒間,轉頭便見到身旁的那張側臉,專注而嚴肅地讀著公文,卻在望向他的瞬間化為溫柔的微笑,然而眉間的疲態與眼裡的血絲,卻是那樣深刻地印在他心裡,從此揮之不去,從此哥哥就成了他的唯一。678Please respect copyright.PENANA4TqkYRJhHN
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大病痊癒之後,哥哥仍舊堅持要親自照料他的飲食起居,即便是一塊餅乾,也要親手烤給他吃,雖然他不懂為什麼,但只剩兩人的家裡卻也因此又溫暖了起來。678Please respect copyright.PENANABquK3c4tNn
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然而哥哥再能幹,也終是凡人之軀。過度的勞心勞力導致一次公事上的失誤,引來了長輩們的刁難與公司股東的責備,偏偏屋漏又逢連夜雨,兒福社工不知從哪得來了消息,竟跑來家裡質疑哥哥獨自照顧孩子的能力,揚言應當將他交由其他親戚收養,那一次他們兄弟倆差點就要面臨被拆散的局面。678Please respect copyright.PENANA2hPPHP0dft
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後來,母親的娘家得知他們的困境,凌家阿公立刻拋下經營多年的雞場,連夜趕來接手保姆的工作,舅父母也每逢長假就攜家帶眷地飛來幫忙,他們才總算度過那段煎熬的日子。678Please respect copyright.PENANAG58z0E1z1R
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『泰,你真的休學不讀了?可你不是一直想當醫生嗎?』678Please respect copyright.PENANAhpO49zVVO0
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一次在走廊玩著模型車,他聽到書房傳來色狼登的聲音,立刻就十萬分警戒地偷聽,以便隨時保護哥哥免遭色狼欺負,結果他聽到哥哥這麼說——678Please respect copyright.PENANAM1wHdpMn3f
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『……這是唯一能保護他的方法。』678Please respect copyright.PENANAYh2c4tQTGu
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保護……誰?678Please respect copyright.PENANAjPW0EYJb5r
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貝兒又一次睜開眼,就見窗外天色已微微亮起,原來自己竟不知不覺睡著了。抹了把臉上乾掉的淚痕,起身時卻見一張照片自胸口飄落,他撿起相片,看著小時候的泰特斯,望進那雙死寂的眼,腦海裡隨之浮起一道聲音,心中也就有了想法。678Please respect copyright.PENANA8Qd2Mypg7H
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不論這份資料說了哥哥多少不光明的身世,都不足以證明哥哥真正的本質,至少他心中的泰特斯絕不是幾張紙的描述就能衡量的,所以他決定要親自查清真相,證明哥哥的清白,只為那一句話——678Please respect copyright.PENANA4hKQssf9v8
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『……你只要相信哥就好。』
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揭露了泰哥的基本身世了。678Please respect copyright.PENANAooKDbqGBO1
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