夜裡十點,窗外下起了細細的雨。
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陳冬月抱著枕頭坐在床邊,手機躺在書桌上亮了一下,是賴夏陽的訊息。
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【夏陽】:你還好嗎。
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她看了一眼,沒回。
但沒過幾分鐘,窗戶那邊傳來輕輕的「扣扣」聲。
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她一愣,走過去拉開窗簾——
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賴夏陽穿著連帽外套,站在她家樓下,雨滴打濕了他的肩膀。他一手撐著傘,一手舉高,晃了晃手機。
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她愣了幾秒,紅著眼睛開了窗。
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「妳可以下來嗎?我不走,妳不出來我就在這站到早上。」
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她最終還是悄悄下樓,穿著外套走到家門口。
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一打開門,夏陽馬上撐著傘往她這邊靠,把她整個人遮住。
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「你瘋了嗎……會感冒的……」她聲音啞得不像話。
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「妳沒回我訊息,我不放心。」
他看著她的臉,眼神比平常還柔一點,卻也多了一分心疼。
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「我們走一下吧?我沒打算跟妳說教,只想……陪妳走走。」
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巷子裡的路燈有些昏黃,兩個人走得很慢,鞋子踩在水窪裡噗哧作響。
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陳冬月低著頭,一句話都沒說。
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走了一小段,夏陽突然輕聲開口:
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「妳是不是……很痛苦。」
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她的腳步一頓,眼淚卻沒忍住地掉了下來。
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「我明明……已經很努力了……」她哽咽著,「可是不管怎麼做都不夠……我覺得我就像垃圾一樣……」
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她說得很輕,卻像把刀一樣戳進他心裡。
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夏陽沒有說話,只是伸手把她抱進懷裡。
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「誰說妳不夠了?」
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她伏在他胸口,哭得像個孩子。
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「我每天都在撐,真的很想好好考一次……可我媽就只會罵我,她根本不知道我這陣子都沒睡好……我真的快撐不住了……」
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夏陽抱緊她,把下巴輕輕抵在她額頭上。
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「那就不要一個人撐了啊。」他語氣溫柔,卻有力。
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「小月亮,我會一直在。我不是陪妳讀書而已,我是陪妳活下去,好不好?」
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她眼睛紅紅地抬起頭,看著他。
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「你怎麼可以……對我這麼好?」
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他輕輕笑了:「我也不知道,可能我比較笨吧,從小只會喜歡妳一個人。」
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雨下得更大了,傘外的世界模糊一片。
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他們就站在那片小巷雨幕下,什麼都沒說,卻什麼都說了。
那天大吵之後,兩人整整冷戰了四天。
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陳冬月每天一早出門、晚上安靜回家,吃飯時也不再說話,只是默默夾菜、默默把書打開。
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她想過,媽媽也許根本不在意這些沉默,但她沒力氣再去問。
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直到那天傍晚,媽媽突然開了房門。
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她以為又是責備,條件反射地坐直、把筆放下。
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「你……這幾天都在看什麼?」
媽媽的聲音不大,有些小心。
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「學校作業。」她沒抬頭。
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「你這幾天都沒出去,朋友也沒來找你……」
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「我不想出去,也沒時間出去。」
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空氣有點冷,語氣更冷。
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媽媽沉默了幾秒,才緩緩開口:
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「那天……你說的話,我有想一想。」
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陳冬月這才抬起頭,看向她。
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媽媽沒看她,只是走進來,在她床邊坐下,眼神落在牆角的一疊筆記本上。
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「我前幾天收衣服的時候,看到你桌上的那些便條……你每天幾點起床、今天要念什麼、單字打勾……寫得密密麻麻。」
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她手指輕輕碰了碰膝蓋,語氣很輕。
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「我以前啊,總覺得你不是那種天生會讀書的孩子……所以才一直要你更努力、更用力。」
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「可我沒想到……你真的已經在拼命了。」
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冬月眼眶一紅,手卻還壓在書頁上,不敢動。
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媽媽輕輕歎了口氣:「我不是故意要罵你……我只是怕你以後跟我一樣。」
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「你以前不是讀很好的嗎?」她下意識地問。
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媽媽苦笑了一下。
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「我以前就是以為『努力不夠』,所以什麼都往死裡拼,結果把自己搞壞了,後來出了社會才知道……原來很多事不是只靠努力就會有結果。」
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「但那個時候沒人教我放過自己……所以我也不會教你怎麼放過你自己。」
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她抬起頭看女兒,眼裡有些濕。
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「對不起,冬月。我知道你真的有很努力……你一直都在撐,只是我沒看見。」
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冬月忍了許久的情緒,終於潰堤。
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「我不是不想聽你的話……我只是……真的好怕你又說我不夠好……」
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「還有我昨天看到你房間裡那張照片……是你爸以前的那張對吧?」
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冬月沒說話,但眼神輕輕抖了一下。
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媽媽走了進來,坐在床邊,手指輕輕摸著床緣那個老舊的木框。
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「你知道嗎,你爸走的那年……我一直怪自己。」
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冬月抬起頭,眼神慢慢聚焦。
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「怪你自己?」
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媽媽點點頭,眼神落在窗外的夜色。
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「他是為了你趕回家的。那天你發燒,我又剛好不在家,是他騎車回來帶你去醫院……但就在轉彎口被撞……」
她的聲音哽了一下。
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「我那時候只覺得自己太沒用了,什麼都顧不好,才會連你爸也……」
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她吸了口氣,眼眶有點紅。
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「所以從那時候開始,我就一直逼自己一定要把你照顧好,讓你變得很強、很乖、很會念書……這樣至少我不會再失去你。」
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陳冬月一瞬間說不出話,喉嚨像被堵住。
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原來媽媽的控制不是因為不信任她,而是因為她怕了。
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怕再一次「不夠好」,就會再一次失去她在乎的人。
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媽媽輕輕轉過頭看她,語氣很柔軟:
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「可我後來才發現,我把自己變成了你最怕的人。」
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「對不起,小月亮。我忘了你也有傷,我只顧著自己怕。」
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冬月終於哭了出來,聲音像小孩一樣顫抖:
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「我一直以為,是我不夠好……所以你才那麼不開心……我從小就覺得,爸爸走了,是不是因為我讓你太累……」
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媽媽一怔,整個人失語。
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她伸手緊緊抱住女兒,像要把所有的歉意都擠進這個擁抱裡。
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「不是的,寶貝……一點都不是你的錯。我太晚才發現,是我一直沒好好抱你一次。」
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那一夜,窗外的風很輕,雨已經停了。
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母女兩個擁抱著坐在床邊,一個失去丈夫的女人、一個失去父親的女孩,終於第一次說開了這些年沒說出口的話。
媽媽伸手輕輕摸了摸她的頭。
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「妳不是不夠好,是我不知道怎麼當妳的媽媽。」
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兩人就這樣安靜坐著,一個落淚,一個輕輕擁抱。