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「Steven,萬聖節有咩節目?」287Please respect copyright.PENANAu8SeVMX5lR
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANA2KK24tS39e
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAhYngq3yDaZ
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAqhccojlNBh
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAoo02XlwGoD
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANA6HflVgyAfj
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAfGkrQUa9AO
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAkdeXPCbBUg
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原因你懂的,說太多又蘇玉華了。287Please respect copyright.PENANA8P5fSZ7l6G
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為甚麼是伯明翰?287Please respect copyright.PENANA8Nxy4ceKd7
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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?287Please respect copyright.PENANAy8rb0fnMso
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAhysbkbpFa4
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總之就是這樣。287Please respect copyright.PENANAz3D4BRgxQd
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAjdStP3A3PQ
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANANOn5dYFlve
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANANy7KlxLvlN
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAJYGVgih2DC
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還有圓渾有致的屁股。287Please respect copyright.PENANAzh4xenYH24
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAahy9aLTX0Y
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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。」287Please respect copyright.PENANA2uuESV6hHZ
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「我當然知道正日要忙。我想問你24號,星期日吖!」287Please respect copyright.PENANAgvcv6Hd4kW
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「24號?」287Please respect copyright.PENANAItX3Q3AZ7V
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「24號係你生日。」她喐起豐厚的嘴唇。287Please respect copyright.PENANAvkMzyJ6uxv
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吖,對了!我幾乎都忘記自己生日。287Please respect copyright.PENANAtrRKGctECK
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANA6jZCUS2W4F
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「所以⋯⋯去你新屋慶祝?我都未去過參觀呢。」287Please respect copyright.PENANAQBTKB0yDNT
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANALqVrIDGj1p
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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。」287Please respect copyright.PENANAa6XXOmoXIO
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANABhJtHPaRYY
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若然,如果沒有發生那件事⋯⋯287Please respect copyright.PENANAljwE4heoFS
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10月24號。287Please respect copyright.PENANAo7l19DGCkc
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也就是我訂的情趣內衣送達的同日上午。287Please respect copyright.PENANA02rRUxmIQA
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAfD6K9SQzAl
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酒吧名叫Sun?Sin?看不清楚,也不是重點。287Please respect copyright.PENANAFDnWlHyEX0
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奇怪的是他的說話。287Please respect copyright.PENANAEhptjlPgcu
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「終於有人。」司機大叔腋下夾住黑色包裏。287Please respect copyright.PENANA4mKWgrmXlh
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「嗯?」我不解。287Please respect copyright.PENANAcTvESiOioe
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司機大叔搖了搖頭,遞上Emma的內衣讓我簽收。287Please respect copyright.PENANAz580y7o7QM
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「最近出門小心呀,Kid。」287Please respect copyright.PENANAa2rKdGXJfk
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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。」287Please respect copyright.PENANAry4mh44osq
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAFtbNP4oOBj
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAUT2pc5qrcy
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAiiyGk4XlNK
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「哈,治安嘛。」司機大叔壓下聲線沉吟:「萬聖節。」287Please respect copyright.PENANASI51hGLC42
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「吓?」287Please respect copyright.PENANADTQ2B8h4pO
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「小心萬聖節。」他重複。287Please respect copyright.PENANAqGBQToam6x
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我被他混濁的藍眼眸盯得渾身不自在:「呃,So⋯⋯Happy Halloween?」287Please respect copyright.PENANAgVdJ6WJwjb
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「Happy Halloween, Kid。」司機大叔輕按鴨舌帽道別,轉身上車離開。287Please respect copyright.PENANAkgcDsI0H3F
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAzMsuz7XTua
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剎那間葉聲靜下來,街道好像伸長了?287Please respect copyright.PENANAynGgCMVZnC
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我揉揉眼:「打少啲飛機。」287Please respect copyright.PENANA3TacYLrJes
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噏噏,褲袋電話震動。287Please respect copyright.PENANA7BdQmgdp9F
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是Emma的訊息,內容是茄子和心心眼的Emoji。287Please respect copyright.PENANAZVPAjrXRWW
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「啱,今日真係唔可以打飛機。」287Please respect copyright.PENANAgWCilUrluu
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然後,我回了她英國國旗,扯起來了。287Please respect copyright.PENANA32yyI8mZP8
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黃昏時份。287Please respect copyright.PENANAiGsSTwDmC6
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANApRukDkl1WB
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAd5QUPUuvu2
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAuJg14kRgCT
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我蓋上手提電腦,踢著拖鞋到玄關,開門迎接Emma。287Please respect copyright.PENANAHTlFgFa5mN
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAH9J5VBILL5
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「Surprise?」Emma 眨動大眼睛,裝可愛問道。287Please respect copyright.PENANAjc1Q5euDAb
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANA9NC4jZN1pI
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其中三個人我認出來,因為我們是同事。287Please respect copyright.PENANAsQjA2Zj28D
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAsSDvZESRpk
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不要誤會,他是我健身室前輩。287Please respect copyright.PENANAft1xQvwehA
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAp51r6vh7p1
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAuxDAvZTXOh
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「Hiya。」287Please respect copyright.PENANA6TXXUtnRYy
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAm4Bp3gNhqH
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Mia,她就是我一直沒有和Emma一起的原因。287Please respect copyright.PENANA5HdeP9pkJv
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。287Please respect copyright.PENANA1el4kqWfZY
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAmD3QG80qvI
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原因很簡單。287Please respect copyright.PENANA6dNiUaDfQe
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAeonVXAcZbx
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANATPYyxelHzD
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Mia今天來我的生日派對,絕對是意料之外。287Please respect copyright.PENANAg9hZiZwc4H
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAN19oLlO38L
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAJDbcETapFB
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「嗨⋯⋯Mia。」我在Emma身下,與Mia尷尬地對望。287Please respect copyright.PENANABDXXuvJkSO
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAFearLawMBV
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我爬起來一邊乾笑,一邊把他們迎進屋內。287Please respect copyright.PENANAoZrhi79xaN
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Emma有意無意的在Mia面前喙了我的臉頰一口。287Please respect copyright.PENANAprODKMCQx4
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「Happy Birthday and⋯⋯」287Please respect copyright.PENANA7JBXnkXjvT
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「Happy Halloween!」她說。287Please respect copyright.PENANAHLjmuZhile
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大門關上,門樑的風鈴叮叮作響。287Please respect copyright.PENANAXSFnx0Vqrr
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAI40uYDJyTg
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「啪,啪,啪。一嘢⋯⋯一嘢轟入去?What?」他讀得生澀滑稽。287Please respect copyright.PENANAXTHRvmdMEn
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與此同時,Mia和Ella在與飯廳相連的溫室佈置。287Please respect copyright.PENANAADtBMWxeI7
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「Steven。你間新屋真係唔錯。」287Please respect copyright.PENANAPlcDEHv2jU
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANA92A1U84idB
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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。」287Please respect copyright.PENANAl0BQ0fVPB2
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「喔?幾錢成交?」287Please respect copyright.PENANAKXiZiSAJ1e
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「25萬鎊。」我豎起手指。287Please respect copyright.PENANAsFMgCNTA9z
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羅夫被啤酒嗆得咳嗽:「真係咁抵?」287Please respect copyright.PENANAkbMAYjhfpH
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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。」287Please respect copyright.PENANAz2tXrbUZSC
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Peter頓了一下,補充一句:「公道得誇張。」287Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4i9zq1l3P
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAXLgQNlHSaX
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANANQfsAP1kx7
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAQx92iPppPv
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANATk9h8kqcut
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「但一個人住三房,唔會覺得陰森咩?」Peter問。287Please respect copyright.PENANAf42exFoCFI
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAbfWorkRZkJ
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAopQ2ulBxjS
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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。」287Please respect copyright.PENANA2E66Hp4Uh9
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我瞧看Emma一眼,後者聳聳肩。287Please respect copyright.PENANAwspCxUD8Kk
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我推開木門:「好,哈哈!我出去起爐先,你哋隨便坐。」287Please respect copyright.PENANA5S1yLzxIvK
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「要幫手?」287Please respect copyright.PENANAOlXU49LpCf
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAi53TpXej9p
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「唔該。」我晃晃頭,尷尬地接過火槍。287Please respect copyright.PENANAMIQ4MO0HJD
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAHlgki2WSA6
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啪嚓。287Please respect copyright.PENANAx6hxQ435K9
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我打破沉默:「多謝你今日肯嚟。」287Please respect copyright.PENANAbsAkdROFhf
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANASjAb9I3H6h
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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。」287Please respect copyright.PENANA0jq5OEWMZ2
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「多謝。」我舉起酒罐一飲而下。287Please respect copyright.PENANAG4RIqI1tPi
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANADONvQAmMTk
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAKocRrw2cxp
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAgdWxHg0NgV
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAFuBk9MfE0G
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAgHYJlnz1Jh
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「Mia?」287Please respect copyright.PENANAsGTXi6npnT
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Mia回過神,裝出鬼臉:「嚇到你呢,嘻嘻。」287Please respect copyright.PENANASt9NHVDqAb
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「喔喔,嚇到囉。」我陪笑道。287Please respect copyright.PENANAZn7Pp808Sx
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAb3guRVtjs4
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAcIu9vz3bey
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANA4mJQcWL5OG
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洗牌。287Please respect copyright.PENANAhUosVGrH9i
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派牌。287Please respect copyright.PENANAaRBGo8w50U
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANARWEOyrBExO
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Joker,小丑牌。287Please respect copyright.PENANAPt0Z2gQ32g
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAOLiyU5WxoV
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANArMFSt9GZ7i
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAIYM0y2MsbX
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「我?冇理由⋯⋯」Peter大惑不解地搔頭。287Please respect copyright.PENANAj6jDoeqis3
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「好喇好喇,我哋休息一陣,酒都飲完囉。」287Please respect copyright.PENANAGGloT3En1B
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAISqX5OmftR
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAoSG3GvQ9sC
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「童話故事同商業社會嘅衍生品?」287Please respect copyright.PENANASxpPaSHUh9
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坦白說,我真的不知道。287Please respect copyright.PENANA78lMPmxVGU
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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?287Please respect copyright.PENANAE1SJZsSndW
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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?287Please respect copyright.PENANAtcjJwZ6pzC
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAatHw6nGNjq
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAxsQ7lha387
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「萬聖節真係有鬼。」Ella說。287Please respect copyright.PENANAKWOw3yWQPB
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「迷信呢。」Emma第一個反駁。287Please respect copyright.PENANATnnbov4ckg
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「Who knows?」Ella攤手。287Please respect copyright.PENANAprxC1yNQEo
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAcYsqkuZMdI
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAxNl9Yhcbgu
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAotvgHZfGnZ
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAqoiVK4hIHp
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至於南瓜則是Jack-O-Latern 的傳說有關。287Please respect copyright.PENANADd6WLlwbNF
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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。」287Please respect copyright.PENANAqstMcb7Oao
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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!」287Please respect copyright.PENANAEnJtn6UbLa
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我非常同意,老子甚麼鬼都不信。287Please respect copyright.PENANAh4tA31yZgC
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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287Please respect copyright.PENANAKvqTbZ4Niq
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAZHlTQiC5c3
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANA26lObRtrmL
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Ella瞬間察覺到我的眼神,我趕忙移開目光。287Please respect copyright.PENANAak1T4fAbHv
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANABpcgsDetY5
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我雖然好色,但那種事情怎也做不出來。287Please respect copyright.PENANAtpXGC9B3zb
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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。」287Please respect copyright.PENANA4vBhiC3B0f
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAjI3vgMDv6S
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「Halloween當然要玩啲配合主題嘅遊戲先有意思啦。」287Please respect copyright.PENANAvRG7uXwK2c
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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。」287Please respect copyright.PENANAPqjVhK5r5N
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAKL4V42iSxa
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通靈板(Ouija Board),就像我們的碟仙⋯⋯287Please respect copyright.PENANAV0FGanmuxT
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「Happy Halloween!」Ella笑道。287Please respect copyright.PENANABu68efYLE8
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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。287Please respect copyright.PENANAVLKKsOwlWL
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