幽黃的燈光搖曳在陰暗的辦公室內。457Please respect copyright.PENANAm5jdQV6QKm
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詹姆士發現自己坐在一張辦公桌前,一名體格壯碩的白人軍官眼神不善地瞪視他,男人蓄著俐落短髮,修剪整齊的鬍鬚彰顯其嚴謹的性格,肩上繡有數顆代表高階將士的星星標誌。雇用的偵探們與得力的手下立於身旁左右,女兒唐娜和那位女記者瑟縮在桌邊,畏懼著軍官不怒而威的氣勢。457Please respect copyright.PENANAcJ1Cb3gQjY
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「可以,可以讓你們離開,但你們必須告訴我,我們需要知道的事情。」男子低沉的嗓音點醒思緒還有些昏沉的斯特林家主,「首先,我必須再問一次,你們是誰?」457Please respect copyright.PENANA9XdOyBhsjt
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又是同樣的問題!詹姆士煩躁地甩甩頭,大吼出聲,「我不是已經講很多次了!我是在美國紐約非常著名的人士!我是詹姆士﹒斯特林!斯特林這三個字你有聽過嗎?」457Please respect copyright.PENANAyHomCGBNMD
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「好啊,所以呢?」457Please respect copyright.PENANA72y2UhfYew
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對方不以為意的態度徹底惹火紐約的實業家,激起他叱吒業界的傲慢與脾性,「你現在立刻幫我確聯絡美國軍方的高層!把電話給我!你就可以一清二楚了,我們絕對不是什麼可疑人士!我和美國軍方有很深的關係!」457Please respect copyright.PENANAMm4nJ003N0
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碰!457Please respect copyright.PENANAamM4To5O8B
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軍官抬手拍向桌面,力道震得桌身些微晃動,「最好是這個樣子!你把你的話記清楚!是誰?是誰僱用你們來這裡的?」457Please respect copyright.PENANAMX6GVaDVw2
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「不是!我們來這裡不是要做什麼壞事!」詹姆士激動起身,雙手捶向二次遭受重擊的可憐桌子,「我們現在是被當成犯人來對待了嗎?我們犯了什麼罪嗎?我們有什麼錯嗎?」457Please respect copyright.PENANAgGCOxph1ta
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「你們已經被列為調查了。」男人瞇起雙眼,將一擊震撼彈砸向在場六人。457Please respect copyright.PENANAWNyNYXAxBx
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「為什麼?可是——」詹姆士一陣心慌,在暗藏的祕密可能被揭穿之下,實業家的氣焰被澆熄半分,他頹喪地坐回椅子,好聲好氣地放低姿態,「先生,我們就不要再這樣劍拔弩張,大家都是文明人,可以好好坐下來聊一聊。老實說,我們剛到海地的時候,走在街上不知怎麼了,突然失去一小段記憶,就來到這裡,這中間過程到底發生什麼事情,其實我也不是很清楚。」457Please respect copyright.PENANARPGRf0HEsp
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「是嗎?那我再問你一次。」美國軍官斜睨著他,手指輕敲桌面,視線轉向蓋伊﹒藍道,「你是誰?」457Please respect copyright.PENANAD5q4BXPTOm
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「我是蓋伊﹒藍道,跟著這位先生一起來找他的兒子。」457Please respect copyright.PENANAdNoZVjQAJV
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男人露出譏諷的笑容,目光銳利地瞪著青年,「好,很好。那藍道先生,為什麼三天前你們會出現在山上?你們想幹嘛?」457Please respect copyright.PENANAXkYovQRCCN
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「我不記得自己曾經去過那裡,你能告訴我那邊發生什麼事情了嗎?」457Please respect copyright.PENANA7O2e4OB1XM
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「所以我想你也是要再度告訴我,你不知道傑克﹒斯特林在哪裡是嗎?」457Please respect copyright.PENANAuYlNVpycGN
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「什麼?是你抓住我哥嗎?」唐娜睜開艾咪的懷抱,推擠自家父親,將上身支撐在桌面,急切地高聲問道。457Please respect copyright.PENANAruuBhYOsYx
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「妳又是誰?」457Please respect copyright.PENANA5OfM84VJhC
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「我是他妹妹!唐娜﹒斯特林!傑克﹒斯特林是我哥哥!我們是來這裡找他的!」女子腦中閃過一絲猜想,懷疑的憤恨眼神朝偵探們射去,「難道是你們?一切都是你們的詭計嗎?」457Please respect copyright.PENANA4UAbeWfeNv
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莫須有的指控點燃年輕偵探的怒火,若是只有自己也就罷了,但他無法忍受敬愛的前輩被質疑,青年破口大罵,「唐娜小姐妳在說什麼?我們可是和妳一樣什麼事情都不知道!」457Please respect copyright.PENANAalyWfAVBH3
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德克按壓住後輩急躁的身軀,讓他克制情緒。警戒的視線投向房間一隅的軍人,打字機喀噠作響,記錄對話的一字一句,隨意開口對所有人都極其不利,他不清楚為什麼會陷入嫌疑犯的風波,但鐵定和斯特林家傳言中的「生意」有關,而他不打算讓自己和蓋伊被扯入其中。457Please respect copyright.PENANAVBW0ETfawl
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「先生,你直接和領事館的人聯絡就知道我們身分的真偽了,斯特林先生的大名,你們查一下不就知道了嗎?」457Please respect copyright.PENANAHkYXbOpsMl
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「我很懷疑,斯特林先生究竟和你們的關係是什麼?」457Please respect copyright.PENANAxXA5E1h10m
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很好,他開始覺得眼前的軍官也有問題了。德克指向詹姆士,沉聲反問,「你不相信前面這位就是斯特林先生嗎?還是在懷疑誰呢?」457Please respect copyright.PENANAGo5zmWYgIH
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「我的確不相信你們,你們說的話聽起來顛三倒四的,但我可以給你們一個機會證明自己。」男人斜眼瞥向身穿白袍的醫師,雙手交錯於胸前,抬高下顎,以施捨般的口吻繼續說道,「凱利醫生告訴我,你們已經開始有能夠分辨現實的記憶了,他相信你們會康復。我們需要你們合作,幫我們找出傑克﹒斯特林,雖然我對你們是否能夠正常生活還有一些疑慮,但也就只有這個方法了吧。」457Please respect copyright.PENANAxQcPC9HhIg
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「傑克?傑克他怎麼了?他是我兒子啊!」457Please respect copyright.PENANA2DG5z4zDgA
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詹姆士激動地介入對話,卻只得到對方的揮手斥責,而後又在偵探們逼迫提供更多線索時,軍官終於不耐煩地喝令眾人閉上嘴,再次重複他的唯一要求——找到傑克﹒斯特林,「我相信你們知道些什麼,但你們隱瞞不讓我們知道,你們現在被限制出境了,所以遲早要告訴我們真相。」457Please respect copyright.PENANAqmhTisUGjX
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「美國是個有人權的國家!你不能這樣毫無證據就限制我們的行為!」蓋伊駁斥。457Please respect copyright.PENANAo9xrZYvRU6
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「我們大老遠跑來就是為了要找傑克啊!」457Please respect copyright.PENANABiFM7H8Hdb
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「夠了!」軍官拍桌站起,打斷斯特林家主的辯解,「不要再說了!聽你們講話我也錯亂起來了!」他將印有姓名與聯絡資訊的紙片扔在桌上,下達最後通牒後示意手下士兵將眾人帶走。457Please respect copyright.PENANA9b22iJG7V1
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「梅德溫少校,我們的隨身物品呢?」尚恩攔阻軍人們的動作,喊出名片上的官階與名字。457Please respect copyright.PENANAeBGX8DKyaz
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「我們沒有找到更多的東西,但你們可以領取護照,還有僅剩的物品。」457Please respect copyright.PENANAWvMocZ2ajh
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然而,當裝有扣押物品的箱子送到眾人面前時,裏頭僅有德克﹒凱斯勒的護照、一小包雷根糖以及尚恩﹒歐尼爾的軍牌。保鑣拿起軍牌,不可置信地盯著空蕩蕩的盒子,詫異地質問對方,「就只有這樣?」457Please respect copyright.PENANAFtOllqELD6
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「當然還有一些危險物品,請你們理解這些東西我們必須要代為保管。」457Please respect copyright.PENANA3OvYKghakL
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「少了那些東西,我們尋找傑克的過程會很危險啊!」詹姆士忍不住大聲嚷嚷,情急之下編撰出欺瞞的謊言,說服軍官相信傑克為美國政府做事,負責與海地的反抗軍談判。457Please respect copyright.PENANAE6150RFU89
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梅德溫點點頭,「我會派人在你們下榻的酒店多加巡邏,有危險就通知我們。」457Please respect copyright.PENANAPDn5ATO8tY
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「笑話!」唐娜譏笑一聲,「如果來得及通報你們的危險,還叫做危險嗎?」457Please respect copyright.PENANAJdnJawGi0I
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「適可而止吧!」他惡狠狠地瞪向出言不遜的千金小姐,接著壓低身軀俯視坐在辦公桌前的詹姆士,「告訴你們,傑克﹒斯特林有叛國的罪嫌,而你們被懷疑是共犯,記清楚你們的立場!」457Please respect copyright.PENANACTwdVb4wNo
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「不!一定是你誤會我哥!」457Please respect copyright.PENANAxdBOqSsK8Q
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男人擺擺手,讓手下將吵鬧的人們送出辦公室,「總之,請你們好好找到他的下落,這樣我才能相信你們的誠意,其它都別再說了!」457Please respect copyright.PENANA9wYhxUnBdj
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「我會永遠記得的,梅德溫少校!等我們證明清白,也就是你這個少校到頭的日子了!」被軍人們推出房門時,唐娜落下最後的威脅,而門扉無情地在面前闔上,將咒罵隔絕在外頭。457Please respect copyright.PENANAALPyfhzGDc
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啪!457Please respect copyright.PENANAKhMoJ2o5hp
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