戰鬥欲(上)
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洛宅的聖誕氣氛其實是Vic的助理帶起來的。這個地方越來越擁擠了,Mandy老孃Marshall大概在自己家喝悶酒喝膩了,這邊又有人又有菜,更有酒——還不要錢,為什麼要離開?女兒的家,親的!親家公母能住,我當然也能住!他們第一桶金,一萬美元,還是我向Vic媽宣傳換來的!
當然也冇人在意她是走還是留。
家裡規矩,每個人都必須要有貢獻,包括Marshall——燒菜,不會?做家務,不會?講故事,不會?(Mandy的臉很黑)唱歌跳舞畫畫鋼琴……都不會?
在驚駭的目光中,Vic的助理提醒她,聖誕節要到了,您負責聖誕裝潢和過節流程吧。
這個可以有!Marshall很高興,我天生就是個party
planner!
在孩子們的陪伴下,Mandy母女橫掃Fairbanks大街小巷商場雜貨店,大包小包,彩燈鮮花綵帶氣球,她還讓人(老申、老洛)砍了顆樹放在客廳裡。在聖誕前夜,那顆樹下堆滿了盒子禮物。
一頓中不中西不西的聖誕大餐之後,孩子們拆開了禮物,歡聲笑語一片。笨外婆終於明白了怎樣討好孩子——根本不要用貴賤來衡量禮物好壞,孩子們隻要好玩的、新鮮的、簡單的快樂。
由於說好了隻給孩子禮物,大人們兩免,所以Peter和Vic並冇有用錢來砸場子,給孩子們送了些書本、汽車人、火車、飛機人和各個係列的公主就算是過節了。
Vic和Peter寧可在阿拉斯加過聖誕也不肯回家,這使大家都有些不自在。好在因為有語言壁壘和階級隔離的存在,互不理解是正常的,但兩個年輕人並未感覺受到了歧視,排斥或者憐憫。有小孩子的地方永遠不會冷。
阿拉斯加的雪有時候真能厚到讓人懊惱,路封了,停電,或者風吹翻了房頂……突發情況不一而足。這就是為什麼這房頂上還有一個平台的原因——便於維修、望遠、觀星……或者方便空降兵落地。
亞麻人並無守歲一說,反正又不是過年,也冇人說明天上教堂去,如此稀裡糊塗算是過了個聖誕版冬至。
夜深人靜了,洛可嘉靜聽孩子們上床睡覺,還一人抱一個禮物不肯放手。洛老爹和洛媽在房間裡嘰裡咕嚕一會也睡了。May和Nichole、Oscar三個小孩睡一個屋,解放了申豹和塗敏。他們也不怕冷,冇羞冇臊地放飛自我好久,這使得耳目靈敏的洛可嘉臉有些熱。Mandy和她媽睡一屋,兩個人基本上不怎麼說話,Mandy先洗漱,嶽母看了會兒網絡電視。輪到嶽母洗澡了,Mandy則溜到洛可嘉屋裡說會兒悄悄話。
今天洛可嘉和Mandy都喝了點酒,兩個人躺在床上議論了一會兒Oscar的唐詩,May的英語和Nichole漸漸靈巧的身手。Mandy摟了摟洛可嘉就要回到樓上,腰肢忽然被抱住不讓走了。
Mandy
lowered
her
head
and
saw
a
very
red
face
She
noticed
something
weird
something
hard
was
angrily
sticking
against
her
underwear
Lock
Jars
wicked
fingers
were
fiddling
around
her
thighs
and
Mandy
suddenly
came
up
with
an
incredible
enlightenment
What
was
that
supposed
to
mean
There
should
be
no
time
to
waste
Nothing
lasts
She
seated
herself
upon
the
fiercely
trembling
hot
chili
pepper,
and
asked
questions
beginning
with
when
and
how
Lock
Jar
shook
his
head,for
he
didnt
like
to
talk
when
he
was
busy、happy
or
agitated
Vic
had
already
proved
something
could
be
cured,
with
photos
of
his
Thing
posted
all
around
in
his
text
messages
Mandy
literally
had
wished
Locks
functions
could
be
back
one
day
Obviously,
after
such
a
long
“vacation”,
the
celebration
was
not
to
be
ended
in
a
short
while
She
got
compensation
so
unexpectedly
and
soon
she
was
exhausted
riding
the
waves
Even
at
such
circumstances,
Lock
still
pretended
to
be
handicapped,
but
he
wanted
to
please
himself
as
well
He
found
some
special
acupuncture
points
and
pressed
on
them
and
soon
Mandy
was
out
of
her
mind
Lock
called
her
near
her
ears
and
received
no
response
Now
he
was
free
to
play
what
he
was
good
at
He
stopped
with
satisfaction
at
dawn
of
Christmas
What
an
unusual
night!
這個晚上唯一過得不幸福的是Penelope,她又來了,埋伏在洛宅門外一公裡處,這裡完美避開了守衛的因紐特人帳篷,又能透過山石用望遠鏡或者單反鏡頭看到洛宅的大門口。
自從她泄露了這個地址後,跟報社打了個招呼,弄了點費用,就開著車不遠千裡又跑了回來,在洛宅門外候著。她已經等了三天,一無所獲。
她第一天就發現家裡多了一個女人,Peter偶爾也會露個麵,隻是不知道那個Vic是不是還住這兒,一直冇有出門。
今天是聖誕夜,哪怕是冰天雪地的極地,也到處洋溢著過節的氣氛。馬路上時不時地會有車輛播放著強大節奏的音樂,偶爾能看到聖誕老人駕著狗拉雪橇馳過。
恐怕分子啊,你們再不出手,我就要凍餓而死了。Penelope哀歎。
就在此時,淩晨四點,五輛房車從Penelope身邊疾馳而過向洛宅奔去。
終於來了。
Penelope用手機拍下了車牌號,發到報社郵箱,然後跳下車,抱著相機向洛宅跑去,老孃這回真要發了。
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