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「Steven,萬聖節有咩節目?」276Please respect copyright.PENANA7gQ8jTxk9T
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「唔,暫時未有。萬聖節⋯⋯重有兩個星期。」我望一下茶水間牆上的月曆。276Please respect copyright.PENANACmPkSBv5Pu
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這個把頭湊到我面前,呵氣如蘭的女生是我的同事Emma。276Please respect copyright.PENANAMzmaXnZYAP
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Emma是土生土長的英國女孩,留一頭柔順的及肩棕髮,五官標緻得像洋娃娃。不過,最讓人留下印象的是她衣服上甜甜的香氣。276Please respect copyright.PENANABlQCuJNReI
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喔,那是Jo Malone 香水,英國梨與小蒼蘭味,某次在她家裡的浴室看到的。鏡子中的除了香水,還有兩條卷纏在一起,感受歡愉與節拍的肉蟲。276Please respect copyright.PENANA79Gka5G9h3
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在浴室做愛是一種情趣,迴音大,從鏡子能看到對方享愛的表情,而且事後梳洗也很方便。276Please respect copyright.PENANAQHK2bYD7WV
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不要誤會,我和Emma不是男女朋友,只是大家都喜歡文化交流,某些方面都投契,僅此而已。276Please respect copyright.PENANAXsUFqSGX4J
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話說回來,我姓史,且叫我史提芬吧,二十七歲的單身白領,去年從香港遠洋來到英國伯明翰。276Please respect copyright.PENANAKMWY37GJSO
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原因你懂的,說太多又蘇玉華了。276Please respect copyright.PENANAD7YSVU3fsQ
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為甚麼是伯明翰?276Please respect copyright.PENANAyKrNsQ6fVh
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因為是工業重鎮?還是因為伯明翰是英國第二大城市?276Please respect copyright.PENANA5P8Fd4Pnl4
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沒有那麼複雜,只是出發時正好有一間的專門做節慶活動的公司聘請,待遇不俗,而且剛畢業的女生非常多。再說,要是真的比較起來,英國有很多比伯明翰宜居的地方。276Please respect copyright.PENANAun4niBC82w
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總之就是這樣。276Please respect copyright.PENANAYTtTwGw3XJ
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要深入了解一個國家,除了從性方面,就是從傳統節日入手,像Emma每次都說我很「深入」,叫到石破天驚,鬼泣神號。276Please respect copyright.PENANAf9EGR6TPCX
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就像剛剛落幕的Solihull啤酒節,又或者我們最近忙得如火如荼的萬聖節。276Please respect copyright.PENANAQEAHkZtH2N
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「31號我哋都要OT,你唔怕攰咩?」我趁著沒有人看見,手不安份地掃過她的翹臀,手指的動作更勝莫扎特的琴技。276Please respect copyright.PENANAkOY0LYxFV7
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呸,別再聽KOL說甚麼在英國工作只有下午茶和啤酒。276Please respect copyright.PENANAvHSpFlpqj7
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還有圓渾有致的屁股。276Please respect copyright.PENANAg208vOUwtI
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我的工作負責跟不同商場和機構接洽,安排活動和場地佈置,雖然不用親自動手,但在活動時出現,拍些照片寫報告用。276Please respect copyright.PENANAckv61VljFr
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Emma俏臉緋紅,瞪了我一眼,咬唇耳語道:「邊個頂唔順好難講呢。」276Please respect copyright.PENANAOq58cGicC0
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「我當然知道正日要忙。我想問你24號,星期日吖!」276Please respect copyright.PENANAMjfYvV9tY1
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「24號?」276Please respect copyright.PENANA8hwYBsPg5n
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「24號係你生日。」她喐起豐厚的嘴唇。276Please respect copyright.PENANAoopGRYu7sp
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吖,對了!我幾乎都忘記自己生日。276Please respect copyright.PENANABKG8eijkGk
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要說的是,Emma作為女朋友絕對是好選擇,只是我沒有這個想法,原因之後再說。276Please respect copyright.PENANASzgO5ALm0s
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「所以⋯⋯去你新屋慶祝?我都未去過參觀呢。」276Please respect copyright.PENANAaAavsviL7R
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確實,每次都是我去Emma市中心,位於Newton Street的住所,就連她家裡都放了我的拖鞋和牙刷。276Please respect copyright.PENANAD953bevcnV
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我思索了兩秒,應道:「嗯。呢幾日傢俬都差唔多送齊。嚟我屋企開Halloween Party,參觀一下我間房囉。」276Please respect copyright.PENANAAeb3IyoYVo
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這肯定是最棒的萬聖節派對,我這樣天真地想著,甚至滿腦子都是一個成年男性該有的幻想,然後在Amazon上訂了一套魔女款式的性感內衣。276Please respect copyright.PENANAPacBbUagaV
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若然,如果沒有發生那件事⋯⋯276Please respect copyright.PENANAIVGVlrAuIs
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10月24號。276Please respect copyright.PENANAnqOVqNFeKx
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也就是我訂的情趣內衣送達的同日上午。276Please respect copyright.PENANAOC8RFOs1BF
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說來奇怪,送貨司機是一個酒槽鼻,戴鴨舌帽的白人大叔。我要說的奇怪不是他胸口的十字架項鏈;不是那部佈滿沙塵,車生堪坷的Citreon私家車,也不是擋風玻璃前的酒吧廣告牌。276Please respect copyright.PENANAyWLfleiAa9
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酒吧名叫Sun?Sin?看不清楚,也不是重點。276Please respect copyright.PENANA71g0iDec2G
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奇怪的是他的說話。276Please respect copyright.PENANAhnlOaXMU7K
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「終於有人。」司機大叔腋下夾住黑色包裏。276Please respect copyright.PENANA69IItHEAAU
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「嗯?」我不解。276Please respect copyright.PENANAqWnwh5fAww
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司機大叔搖了搖頭,遞上Emma的內衣讓我簽收。276Please respect copyright.PENANAnkzeSvOB58
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「最近出門小心呀,Kid。」276Please respect copyright.PENANA26ZwEENN9k
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我友善地問道:「呢條街治安好差?我新居入伙,對呢一區都未算熟悉。」276Please respect copyright.PENANAeeAL8C6g33
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話雖如此,我在網上查過罪案率,這一區在伯明翰來說,治安不算太差才對。英國跟香港不同,即使是同一區,相距一兩條街或者一個公園已經差天共地。276Please respect copyright.PENANA8UwkaVE150
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我還記得自己剛到埗時住了一星期的Air BnB,街道一側是工地,木板圍籬破破爛爛,磚牆上噴滿塗鴉,另一邊是廢棄的工廠大廈,玻璃窗被砸碎,滿街都是Laughing Gas的銀色小瓶。276Please respect copyright.PENANAoK3gEvHYk0
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唔,未計走廊長期充斥大麻的氣味,也不意外。那不是《哈利波特》會告訴你的事。276Please respect copyright.PENANALXu6hPqD7g
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「哈,治安嘛。」司機大叔壓下聲線沉吟:「萬聖節。」276Please respect copyright.PENANAEpUwcK29kn
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「吓?」276Please respect copyright.PENANAoDbCibjOxM
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「小心萬聖節。」他重複。276Please respect copyright.PENANANrGCUrT8W0
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我被他混濁的藍眼眸盯得渾身不自在:「呃,So⋯⋯Happy Halloween?」276Please respect copyright.PENANA4oBh4bx1xz
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「Happy Halloween, Kid。」司機大叔輕按鴨舌帽道別,轉身上車離開。276Please respect copyright.PENANAMGvpK8cHDp
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我站在花園目送他的白色Citreon遠去。這時藍天白雲,燦爛的陽光穿過柳樹的綠蔭照在身上,我卻不禁打了一個寒顫。276Please respect copyright.PENANA9NCYujksgd
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剎那間葉聲靜下來,街道好像伸長了?276Please respect copyright.PENANA2PSgub7aXZ
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我揉揉眼:「打少啲飛機。」276Please respect copyright.PENANA7UrkmEQrgN
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噏噏,褲袋電話震動。276Please respect copyright.PENANAX7ZzPRamUb
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是Emma的訊息,內容是茄子和心心眼的Emoji。276Please respect copyright.PENANA95TY85Dngx
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「啱,今日真係唔可以打飛機。」276Please respect copyright.PENANA9ppRFqZpDU
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然後,我回了她英國國旗,扯起來了。276Please respect copyright.PENANA8iTjEyoIXr
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黃昏時份。276Please respect copyright.PENANAI6Ftwzk9Gn
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當我正在客廳敲鍵盤,屏幕上彈出一句句小說台詞的時候,門鐘響起來了。276Please respect copyright.PENANAokg5rFfNoz
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題外話,我是一個銷售顧問,閒時亦是一個寫故佬,就是網絡上千篇一律的爽文。想來,這也是我移民的其中一個原因。當然啦,支撐我的夢想除了收入可觀的工作、黑咖啡、還有替我出錢買下這棟獨立屋和全新Land Rover的父母。276Please respect copyright.PENANAthe2FsnIgp
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成功靠父幹,我有多少父幹但沒有成功,也算是特例,或者只好怪家父年輕不夠努力。276Please respect copyright.PENANAmJUl1Dqz4m
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我蓋上手提電腦,踢著拖鞋到玄關,開門迎接Emma。276Please respect copyright.PENANAsUg4ZMzK2J
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甫開門,扛著木球棒,打扮成小丑女的Emma便跳起來把我撲倒,騎在我身上呵呵笑。276Please respect copyright.PENANAR0mlzbAdYF
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「Surprise?」Emma 眨動大眼睛,裝可愛問道。276Please respect copyright.PENANAB3rznwGea3
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我的目光嘗試從Emma的低胸上衣移開,發現除了她以外還有四個人,兩男兩女。我知道這不是自殺特攻隊的設定,因為小丑女是DC角色,而死侍和鷹眼是漫威角色。276Please respect copyright.PENANAnWW6GLCIey
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其中三個人我認出來,因為我們是同事。276Please respect copyright.PENANABVjrNahzeb
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打扮成死侍的俄羅斯大漢叫羅夫,負責工程和場地裝砌。他高六呎一,長得慓悍嚇人,右臂紋了普京騎熊的紋身,褲襠藏著讓人望而生畏的凶器。276Please respect copyright.PENANAe2YxI4EsiK
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不要誤會,他是我健身室前輩。276Please respect copyright.PENANAfaG1CzlYKE
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另一個長得平凡的四眼男生叫Peter。Peter來自土耳其,據說家境不俗。Peter讀英國大學畢業時來公司當IT部實習生,畢業後順理成連成為IT部的一員,負責幫客戶網頁設計。276Please respect copyright.PENANANkdk7Cqtpt
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Peter人不錯,就是個性內向一點,這次打扮成鷹眼算是一個重大突破。276Please respect copyright.PENANACJr7KgcYFA
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「Hiya。」276Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7JlSdiz2K
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說話的是一個嬌小斯文,打扮成小魔女的金髮女生Mia。276Please respect copyright.PENANAjukCY5jJN6
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Mia,她就是我一直沒有和Emma一起的原因。276Please respect copyright.PENANAaw0vlAEE4T
她是公司的文員,年紀比我小兩歲,長得清純脫俗,大眼睛,睫毛鬈長迷人。如果Emma是野玫瑰,她就是夏天的小雛菊。276Please respect copyright.PENANAaQ9SbvrOwD
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有趣的是,我和她在市中心咖啡店認識。當時我坐在她旁邊的高椅,只顧敲鍵盤的我不小心喝錯她的咖啡,之後聊天才發現她是我公司的同事。接下來自然是一般情侶發展的情節,但沒有開花結果。276Please respect copyright.PENANAHJWODkX3kH
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原因很簡單。276Please respect copyright.PENANAj9dzqYpbQP
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我跟Emma搭上了,而她某天在辦公室發現了。但願Mia沒有看到最後,Emma滿臉濁白,而我在喘氣的樣子。276Please respect copyright.PENANA2PhCSf34np
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也許出於愧疚,也許仍然喜歡Mia,但對方討厭我是事實。畢竟沒有一個國家的女生能接受自己的準男友在其他女生臉上射精。276Please respect copyright.PENANAUVkfuBOuzy
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Mia今天來我的生日派對,絕對是意料之外。276Please respect copyright.PENANAYM0fplFN5P
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最後一個人是黏在羅夫身邊,眼角和唇角掛著幾行假血漿的俏護士。她是羅夫的女朋友,來自羅馬尼亞的Ella。276Please respect copyright.PENANAFAVifJd241
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Ella樣子跟Mia比下去,但火辣程度絕對不比Emma低,看她護士裙的開胸拉鍊拉到肚臍上就知道了。276Please respect copyright.PENANAe1pNPIxn5x
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「嗨⋯⋯Mia。」我在Emma身下,與Mia尷尬地對望。276Please respect copyright.PENANADcgxzr9c9s
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「Hey,Steven!你唔會打算叫大家喺門口食風吧?」羅夫擺出死侍的招牌動作。276Please respect copyright.PENANAwHKMOK2pnN
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我爬起來一邊乾笑,一邊把他們迎進屋內。276Please respect copyright.PENANAIyP5NXdWs1
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Emma有意無意的在Mia面前喙了我的臉頰一口。276Please respect copyright.PENANA4Xju6EV4Sq
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「Happy Birthday and⋯⋯」276Please respect copyright.PENANAWpYkvh8f4W
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「Happy Halloween!」她說。276Please respect copyright.PENANAmRvAA3h8RD
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大門關上,門樑的風鈴叮叮作響。276Please respect copyright.PENANAlrhwStoLEM
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這時候,因為羅夫買了燒烤爐當入伙禮物,Emma正在廚房準備帶來的燒烤食材,發出陣陣嬉鬧聲。最近在學習漢語的Peter則埋首在我的手提電腦前,讀我還沒完成的甜故。276Please respect copyright.PENANA8dNFPubs64
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「啪,啪,啪。一嘢⋯⋯一嘢轟入去?What?」他讀得生澀滑稽。276Please respect copyright.PENANAYrrrFXB4xX
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與此同時,Mia和Ella在與飯廳相連的溫室佈置。276Please respect copyright.PENANABIS4evTVkx
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「Steven。你間新屋真係唔錯。」276Please respect copyright.PENANAuvt0DBn8rO
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羅夫拿著啤酒在客廳和飯廳間踱步,色瞇瞇的目光不時射入廚房。坦白說,我不怎喜歡他看著Emma 的眼神,像動物對自己地盤有主權意識,又或者玩具被其他孩子不問自取的道理相同。276Please respect copyright.PENANAXQ0R8ot4Xz
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我裝作毫不在意,繼續話題:「過得去,哈哈。而且價錢好公道。」276Please respect copyright.PENANAQe6o1w9vON
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「喔?幾錢成交?」276Please respect copyright.PENANA9kPKVxIjTH
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「25萬鎊。」我豎起手指。276Please respect copyright.PENANAtdmVOLZtCO
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羅夫被啤酒嗆得咳嗽:「真係咁抵?」276Please respect copyright.PENANA8yaS0bgjxP
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「同區價錢三房獨立屋,平均35萬鎊,主要校網好,罪案率低,去市區都係三十分鐘,而且鄰近機場。25萬鎊確實係公道價錢。」276Please respect copyright.PENANA2KZ4IepvVe
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Peter頓了一下,補充一句:「公道得誇張。」276Please respect copyright.PENANANWzWiYFdGs
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我走到客廳:「經紀係香港人。聽講上一手業主生意週轉有問題,所以唯有蝕讓。25萬鎊,而且永久業權,嘿嘿。」我走到客廳。276Please respect copyright.PENANABalaXKMVw3
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這間屋位於Solihull,距離伯明翰市中心不遠,而且區內都有一個不錯的商場和一條綠樹林蔭的商店街,即使不出市中心都能滿足基本生活所需。276Please respect copyright.PENANAHbrdzSUJrK
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唯一美中不足的是,這裡跟商店街步行需時十五分鐘。每晚到入夜時,沿路的街燈總是一眨一眨,遲遲未修理人員維修。276Please respect copyright.PENANAbhoMb8dEWR
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退一萬步說,即使沒有一盞街燈,25萬鎊都絕對划算。276Please respect copyright.PENANAmGPzXcGY5G
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「但一個人住三房,唔會覺得陰森咩?」Peter問。276Please respect copyright.PENANARw8iOQZtCJ
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「買定先,遲早用得到總冇壞。」我不自覺瞄看玻璃溫室的Mia。276Please respect copyright.PENANALDCYAqbDpV
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「又或者,你可以邀請我做女主人囉。」Emma捧著一盤生雞肉串,突然從後湊到我耳畔輕笑。276Please respect copyright.PENANAQEyVjFdcCG
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羅夫灌光啤酒,忽然豪邁地笑道:「今晚我哋唔打算返屋企喔。」276Please respect copyright.PENANAka2sD1OrvM
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我瞧看Emma一眼,後者聳聳肩。276Please respect copyright.PENANAW14s6c0w7G
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我推開木門:「好,哈哈!我出去起爐先,你哋隨便坐。」276Please respect copyright.PENANAl6va5fzp5J
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「要幫手?」276Please respect copyright.PENANAg8uAnwscpD
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當我在花園擺好火爐的炭時,Mia走到我旁邊遞上火槍。276Please respect copyright.PENANAe7lkybWG92
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「唔該。」我晃晃頭,尷尬地接過火槍。276Please respect copyright.PENANAnHkY5j9wky
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兩人一度陷入沉默,站在爐邊看著啪嚓啪嚓,冒出火星和輕煙的炭火。276Please respect copyright.PENANAo2T7JKzYMC
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啪嚓。276Please respect copyright.PENANArhZsQhQ0Ue
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我打破沉默:「多謝你今日肯嚟。」276Please respect copyright.PENANAjDA3NeO6Th
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Mia沒有抬頭,仍然注視著愈燒愈旺爐火,火光使她的杏眸顯得更明亮動人。276Please respect copyright.PENANAri90nN9uzF
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「唔好誤會,Emma同我講今晚係Halloween Party。不過,」她呷一口啤酒,續道:「Happy Birthday,Steven。」276Please respect copyright.PENANAQsfKEilu3S
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「多謝。」我舉起酒罐一飲而下。276Please respect copyright.PENANALvaow1vofH
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接下來的幾分鐘的獨處,我和Mia談著有的沒的,彼此都心不在焉,欲言又止。276Please respect copyright.PENANAmUfomWbGwu
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裝出來的自然,往往是最不自然的表現。我寧願她狠狠搧我幾巴,總比大方得體好。276Please respect copyright.PENANAqlQoe9IDlh
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「唔,我有件事唔知應唔應該講,Emma-」Mia說到一半,俏臉突然煞白,啤酒罐失手掉落草地上。276Please respect copyright.PENANA1BvRZae9x4
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Mia的視線越過我的肩膀,瞳孔劇烈地顫動,彷彿看到駭人的畫面似的。可是,我轉頭一瞥卻只見空蕩蕩,昨天才修剪好的草地。276Please respect copyright.PENANAG5Lg0XZslF
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在我們身處的L形的花園(詳見前文圖示),我曾經見過幾次松鼠和惡巴巴的自來貓。但這次甚麼也沒有。276Please respect copyright.PENANARVwzPU5PQy
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「Mia?」276Please respect copyright.PENANAbVtrf1R9lY
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Mia回過神,裝出鬼臉:「嚇到你呢,嘻嘻。」276Please respect copyright.PENANAHM3ORKckb0
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「喔喔,嚇到囉。」我陪笑道。276Please respect copyright.PENANAmkmGKjmsYp
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這時候,Emma、羅夫、Ella和Peter剛好捧著餐盤走出室外,朝我們的方向走來。我瞧看那片草地兩眼,沒有把事情放到心上,開始燒烤派對。276Please respect copyright.PENANAakLbDnguPB
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燒烤的香氣飄升,盤中的肉都全部清空。酒過三巡,我們一邊玩啤牌,喝光帶來的啤酒、紅酒和溝紅莓汁的伏特加,而Peter跑到廁所吐了兩次後,連酒量最好的羅夫都終於打了個滿意的飽嗝。276Please respect copyright.PENANA8sl1vHZA9s
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羅夫的牌品比酒品差,特別在輸了幾張十鎊鈔票之後。276Please respect copyright.PENANArRUs9WolfD
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洗牌。276Please respect copyright.PENANAPhC4krH2M8
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派牌。276Please respect copyright.PENANAaUZ9JXZKIs
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「Shit,Peter。你點搞?醉到手殘呀?」羅夫咬住煙,晦氣地丟出一張牌。276Please respect copyright.PENANAfOmvUwBjM9
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Joker,小丑牌。276Please respect copyright.PENANA9ao1DdcAwo
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問題來了,我們玩的是德州撲克,不該出現小丑牌。而且,這已經是第二次了。276Please respect copyright.PENANA3XGQKm7D8f
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也許因為酒意,牌上的小丑笑得格外詭異,栩栩如生,像惡作劇成功的模樣。276Please respect copyright.PENANAQq5XkVXpc5
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也許因為Peter醉醺醺,洗牌時不小心把小丑牌放過去,又或者以為大家在鬥地主。276Please respect copyright.PENANAXXlCcnYpOl
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「我?冇理由⋯⋯」Peter大惑不解地搔頭。276Please respect copyright.PENANAhNmoOwmoTV
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「好喇好喇,我哋休息一陣,酒都飲完囉。」276Please respect copyright.PENANAyd4nl5edBl
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Ella說罷便朝大家露出貝齒,紅唇拉出一抹古怪的笑容。276Please respect copyright.PENANAIpJTFbvFx9
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這個笑容告訴我們,這場萬聖節派對似乎剛剛才開始。
「大家知唔知萬聖節嘅起源?」Ella忽然問。276Please respect copyright.PENANARVZOjjh7nM
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「童話故事同商業社會嘅衍生品?」276Please respect copyright.PENANAx8dyti27yD
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坦白說,我真的不知道。276Please respect copyright.PENANAoIZfvS3bYz
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作為一個節日活動的銷售顧問,這當然不是值得驕傲的事。但懂計數的都不一定知道畢達哥拉斯是誰,對吧對吧?276Please respect copyright.PENANA7afdK6eQI0
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在我的認知裡,萬聖節有南瓜、女巫、蝙蝠、奇裝異服、商場裝飾擺設⋯⋯還有就是萬聖節的床上慶祝活動?276Please respect copyright.PENANAJPfUqMNjJA
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嚴格來說,萬聖節是資本主義的工具,道理等同網絡遊戲不時讓玩家課金的活動;主題樂園售賣能戴在身上的飾品。276Please respect copyright.PENANAbXHLKyZFbG
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然而,Ella的答案讓我們安靜下來,室外的空氣驟時急降十度。276Please respect copyright.PENANATvHRHKD7Fy
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「萬聖節真係有鬼。」Ella說。276Please respect copyright.PENANAnGch12JLSg
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「迷信呢。」Emma第一個反駁。276Please respect copyright.PENANAVJ3z9tU637
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「Who knows?」Ella攤手。276Please respect copyright.PENANAxJh2hMx2VY
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Emma的反駁並沒打消Ella說下去的打算。Ella變成主持,把萬聖節的起源媚媚道來。276Please respect copyright.PENANAsu5cXfTg4Z
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萬聖節的起源說法紛云,其中一個真實性最高的跟凱爾特人(Celt)和薩溫節(Samhain)相關。276Please respect copyright.PENANAK7fCPQpeDL
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凱爾特人相信每年十一月一日是新一年的開始,所以在前夜十月三十一日晚上是農作物收割的節慶。在這個晚上,人間與陰間的界線變得模糊,邪靈會出人間遊走,尋找替身。276Please respect copyright.PENANAeTwGYKA13U
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人民點起火炬焚燒動物獻祭給死神,然後在十一月一日早上把灰燼分派到各家各戶以驅除惡靈。除此以外,人們在當晚會穿上奇裝異服,發出怪聲以免被邪靈認出來。276Please respect copyright.PENANALbW6BpCqPC
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至於南瓜則是Jack-O-Latern 的傳說有關。276Please respect copyright.PENANA3n9k598jaI
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Peter附和道:「Trick or treat本來都唔係小朋友嘅活動。我以前睇過資料,以前嘅蘇格蘭人認為呢一晚鬼魂會喺屋外聚會。所以等『聚會』結束,佢哋會打扮成鬼怪,將鬼魂引出村外面,同時擺放食物喺門外以餵飽餓鬼。」276Please respect copyright.PENANA27StU3bfMK
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羅夫笑道:「咁多鬼咩?佢成日都講鬼,我一次都冇見過,哈哈!」276Please respect copyright.PENANAlnRAuDr4Vr
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我非常同意,老子甚麼鬼都不信。276Please respect copyright.PENANAA94itI6332
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鬼神之說並不陌生,像中國傳統的盂蘭節或者日本的百鬼夜行。小時候我還跟過外婆燒街衣和打小人。還真是276Please respect copyright.PENANAnQkGQyhLSQ
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Ella彷彿早知道羅夫不信邪,又或者說服羅夫才是她本來的目的。至少我們這一刻天真的以為如此。276Please respect copyright.PENANAeeeQiNCprP
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她上身微微俯前,從我的位置則好看到她的裙內的春光,兩團豐滿軟肉在晃動,而且沒有戴胸罩。276Please respect copyright.PENANAEYzMyq8i5E
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Ella瞬間察覺到我的眼神,我趕忙移開目光。276Please respect copyright.PENANATR6EtklLNE
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她微微一笑,嘴唇不著痕跡地造出「殊」的口型,卻沒有戳破,彷彿這是我們的秘密似的。276Please respect copyright.PENANA3qaGzzuSOM
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我雖然好色,但那種事情怎也做不出來。276Please respect copyright.PENANAbhnKkg0Kdu
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「我早知大家唔信,嘿嘿嘿。所以我早有準備。跟我嚟,我有辦法證明畀大家睇,鬼魂真係存在。」276Please respect copyright.PENANAKmMz4mEt8s
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如是者,Ella帶領我們走回屋裡,自顧自地翻找背囊中的東西,然後一股腦地放在餐桌上佈置起來。276Please respect copyright.PENANAcX7K19qns2
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「Halloween當然要玩啲配合主題嘅遊戲先有意思啦。」276Please respect copyright.PENANAro79c6rxxC
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Ella坐下來,幽幽地笑道: 「 Ouija Board。我哋揾鬼出嚟咪一清二楚囉。」276Please respect copyright.PENANATEPXUW1OEa
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映入我們眼簾的是一塊殘舊的木板,木板上有個巴掌大,中間有圓洞的三角木牌,幾根白洋燭和一束鼠尾草。276Please respect copyright.PENANAeHhZbABI4e
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通靈板(Ouija Board),就像我們的碟仙⋯⋯276Please respect copyright.PENANAfs5iUQe6kc
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「Happy Halloween!」Ella笑道。276Please respect copyright.PENANAtTEB4EpLlt
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門樑的風鈴在響,彷彿在催促我們快點坐下來,展開一場絕對不應該開始,而且絕對會後悔的遊戲。276Please respect copyright.PENANAtjAWP9ABLL
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