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【凌家最終——泰特斯】《救贖》四、冥冥之中
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By 喵芭渴死姬
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夜幕下的老舊社區幾無人煙,僅有幾盞路燈點綴空寂的陰黑。蕭瑟夜風吹亂下水道的氣息,令每一處角落盡瀰漫著餿臭味。廢棄的紙杯在地上滾了幾圈就被壓進駛來的輪胎下,發出被引擎聲蓋住的弱小悲鳴。昏暗不明的光線照不清車內狀況,只知當車子熄火後,一人拉著帽沿悄然下車,暈黃街燈將他高大的身影拉在地上,斜長得像是飄忽不定的鬼影。822Please respect copyright.PENANAECVDiEjLlP
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男人雙手插著口袋,狀似若無其事地在街上溜達,帽沿下的視線卻謹慎地環視四周,確認無人注意自己後,便轉進一條暗巷隱沒身影,熟練地在巷道小徑穿梭著,直到某扇側門才倏地停住。他憑藉微弱的月光從乾枯的盆栽下方找出鑰匙,打開門鎖踏入廢棄已久的空屋。822Please respect copyright.PENANApqQ7dCnhGE
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屋內的電力已停止供給,唯有窗外的星點微光隔著厚重窗簾照了進來。他靜靜豎立在原地,待眼睛適應黑暗後,才稍微看清一如當年的凌亂破損擺設,倒是空氣中的塵霉味更甚了,看來這裡自他們離去後就再沒人來過,至少在今天之前。822Please respect copyright.PENANA4zL9fEJmuH
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沒打算多做停留,他大略瀏覽了遍就腳步一轉,朝記憶中的角落走去。磨損的休閒鞋在不甚堅固的木板地上發出咿呀聲,彷彿稍一用力就會陷入這層薄板下的黑洞,而他自然不願那種倒楣事發生,畢竟這底下的世界可不比上頭乾淨。822Please respect copyright.PENANAu8a1AIUD2y
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這屋子其實不大,但興許是心理因素,令腳步不自覺放慢,直到他來到一扇門前,才迫不及待卻又緊張地伸手一推,便見到一袋行李被置於小房間的中央,月光從加了鐵欄的窗戶照進來,將那行李照得特別顯眼。822Please respect copyright.PENANAm1EO7wsnAr
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他快步上前蹲在行李旁,臉上盡是貪婪笑意,只要有了這筆錢,他就能跟凱拉……822Please respect copyright.PENANAW4sKpIRAOu
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欣喜若狂的上揚嘴角,在打開拉鍊後頓時一僵,他連忙探入袋內抓出大把紙張,竟不見預想的油綠鈔票,而是滿滿的黃色廣告單。他錯愕地愣了兩秒,忽覺情勢不對,正要回身逃跑之際,就被從陰影竄出的人一掌撲倒。822Please respect copyright.PENANAVxDsj2mUSq
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「你!」他驚呼地要抬腿反擊,卻被來者一個膝蓋壓住,另一腿又因舊傷而無力抬起。除了被壓在身下的行李外,手邊空無一物,令他只得奮力赤手揮拳,然而,對方卻感覺不到痛似地聞風不動,還反手還了他幾拳,鼻梁帶著腥味的刺痛嗆得他大腦一陣抽痛。822Please respect copyright.PENANAVnVspcBHAs
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該死!他暗罵地抬眼望去,竟對上那雙永生難忘的眼,冷冽凍骨的殘酷目光帶著極深的怨恨與殺意,似要穿進他腦袋、刺過他心臟、絞碎他每一滴血般地冰寒,在這一瞬間,他不禁瞳孔一縮,迸出心底最原始的強烈情緒。822Please respect copyright.PENANAFeRSICWG2Z
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銀白光輝照在行兇者身上,映出一張俊美卻失了淡然的瘋狂面容,宛如一頭瘋狂嗜血的獅子,湖綠色的雙眸不見平日的清冷或溫柔,只有令夢見者心碎的殺氣與絕然。泰特斯一手掐緊掌下的脖子,一手高舉匕首,咬牙朝他恨了多年的男人狠狠落下。822Please respect copyright.PENANAQTPHa6Ud9V
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疾速的攻勢穿破空氣,銳利銀光自匕首的刀身畫過,刺痛了含淚的碧眼。822Please respect copyright.PENANAjJ1lUVRfhF
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「不要!」貝兒心急如焚地坐起身想衝去阻止,誰知身體沈重得像被綁上石鉛,喉嚨也灼痛如刀刮,讓他頓時又頹倒回床上嗚噎:「痛……」822Please respect copyright.PENANAU5rpY6daet
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「謝天謝地,你終於醒了。」守在床邊的汪一全被那聲驚呼嚇了一跳,隨即又鬆了口氣,連忙從保溫瓶倒了溫水餵他喝下,「慢慢喝,別急,你喉嚨受傷了,說話吃東西都得輕著點。」822Please respect copyright.PENANAceNjauxBMb
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「嗯。」待喝得差不多了,貝兒推開杯子,急切地張望四周,偌大的房裡卻不見方才夢見的人,沙啞的嗓子便脫口直問:「我哥呢?」822Please respect copyright.PENANAoRPLnFjF7Z
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汪一全頓了頓,先將杯子放回桌上,才遲疑地回答:「他出去了。」822Please respect copyright.PENANAQUZKdD3Ya3
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「去哪了?」貝兒望了眼床櫃上的鬧鐘,疑惑地皺起眉頭,「這麼晚了,他出去幹嘛?」822Please respect copyright.PENANAvWnI4yfKj1
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沈默的回應讓貝兒的心裡更急了,他不斷伸長脖子要找手機,也不顧自己嗓子受傷,就劈哩啪啦地唸著:「他現在心情不好,不能放他一個人在外面亂逛啦,一定要有人盯著他才行。我的手機呢?大叔快幫我找一下。」822Please respect copyright.PENANAO0EvPfTO7H
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聞言,汪一全更覺鼻酸了,這孩子明明身上纏著繃帶,嘴角的裂傷也未癒合,頸處的印痕還那樣鮮明,卻仍一心掛念那個傷害自己的人,這讓他怎麼忍心?822Please respect copyright.PENANAsOyaRNVPlX
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始終得不到答覆的貝兒,索性翻開棉被要起身,就忽被按回床上,「大叔?」822Please respect copyright.PENANAVFmJj9DsPW
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疑問才出口,他便望見汪一全眼裡的凝重,心裡頓時噔了一下,張口想再說些什麼卻又不敢,只好睜大雙眼靜靜等對方出聲。822Please respect copyright.PENANAzI9Hd3yAum
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「貝兒,你先安靜下來。」汪一全先用手背探了下貝兒的額溫,確認他雖仍有低燒但已退了不少,才坐直身子緩聲說:「你哥他離開了。」822Please respect copyright.PENANAEStoRd94Lu
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「那天你……暈倒,醫生過來確定你沒大礙後,泰哥就離家了,手機也聯絡不上。艾登已經派人去找了,一有消息會立刻通知我們。」汪一全斟酌著用詞解釋道。822Please respect copyright.PENANAgXr5cJpska
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貝兒眨了眨眼,才吁了口氣笑道:「哈,還以為是哪種離開,臭大叔別亂嚇人啦。」822Please respect copyright.PENANAFdDK6sqlUs
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「你……」822Please respect copyright.PENANAeySnvedpAy
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「呵呵,我哥想散心冷靜一下吧,他出去多久了?應該很快就回來了。」822Please respect copyright.PENANA5sY3jGK55h
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「嗯……三天。」汪一全猶豫了會,決定照實回答,卻也保留了部分實情——822Please respect copyright.PENANAXT6kSQKwJP
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泰特斯失蹤當晚,艾登打了無數通未接電話,才終於收到一封寫著『好好輔佐貝兒』的簡訊,之後手機就再也打不通,接著他又收到秘書緊急通知表示總裁有意辭職,問他該如何處理。這一連串疑似交代遺言的舉動,讓他心中一驚,先是讓秘書壓下消息後,就立刻派人追查泰特斯的下落,但結果並不樂觀。他們依循手機的定位系統追蹤,卻只在市區的停車場找到一輛被遺棄的車和手機,銀行帳戶則顯示泰特斯在公司樓下的提款機領了筆現金後,就再無任何交易活動,明顯是不想被人找到又在計畫著什麼。822Please respect copyright.PENANAy7Hfpbzg6X
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無庸置疑地,這些異常舉動肯定跟那封信有關,大家擔心泰特斯會鑄下什麼大錯,急得想盡快將人找回來,但他們翻遍書房卻只找到空的信封。對生父和威脅內容毫無線索之下,艾登只好又加緊找人做身世調查,就怕木已成舟為時已晚。822Please respect copyright.PENANA5WCIAhjZ0w
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然而,這些實情對需好好靜養的病人來說,實在太過打擊。於是,汪一全決定略過細節,直接說:「艾登正在追查泰哥生父的下落,先把威脅的事解決了,才好處理泰哥的情緒。」822Please respect copyright.PENANAsPZ5zWg1En
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「三……天?」貝兒愣地望著他有些閃爍的眼神,半晌才移開視線低語:「那個威脅……」822Please respect copyright.PENANA4MrbZ91XWS
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見他沒再多問,汪一全趕緊順著話題直切要點,「你知道那封信說了什麼?有能追查的線索嗎?」822Please respect copyright.PENANAWw7JMyFV7E
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貝兒想了想,才遲疑地回答:「那不是信,是個加密的影片網址。他說三天後的天亮之前要在老房子看到現鈔,否則就把我哥的……的過去全散播出去。」822Please respect copyright.PENANAQYQ2waEhh8
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「三天後的天亮之前,就是明天凌晨吧?那只剩幾個小時了。既然是影片網址,就可以從IP去追查。」瞥見他眼裡的豫色,汪一全頓時意識到什麼,便正色勸道:「也許內容不中聽,你不想讓我們知道,但事情都到這地步了,線索越多,我們就越快解決,你這孩子也別再藏著了。」822Please respect copyright.PENANAEpFdBIhK7z
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「唔……」貝兒抿著嘴,明白汪一全說得有理,但心裡仍很是掙扎,雖然他希望趕緊把事情了結,卻也不願讓人知道哥哥不堪的過去,偏偏他又得仰賴大家的幫助。822Please respect copyright.PENANAQvNWA5IivC
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思及此,他無奈地扯苦笑了下,嘴角頓時傳來陣陣撕疼。先前剛被惡夢驚醒,他一時間尋人心切,沒心力注意到那麼多,此刻一靜下來,就覺全身痛得要命,彷彿每一處都被車碾過,喉嚨更像是被火灼傷般,連呼吸都疼。822Please respect copyright.PENANA55AYuWWG8d
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想起這一身傷是如何而來,心中苦澀更是蔓延,他輕嘆地轉了幾番心思後,又問:「只要找到那個人在哪就好了吧?」822Please respect copyright.PENANAKrzOhcGT77
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「嗯,時間急迫,得趕緊通知艾登去查。」汪一全擔憂地看了眼手錶,心想若趕得及的話,他們說不准還能阻止泰特斯幹傻事。822Please respect copyright.PENANAJHj4YyxcJL
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「我知道那個人的名字。」貝兒篤定地輕聲說:「也知道老房子在哪。」822Please respect copyright.PENANAC5kuKi7cT8
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「你知道?怎麼知道的?」汪一全傻眼了。822Please respect copyright.PENANAOT3gvCqCn8
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貝兒自嘲地微扯生疼的嘴角,突然挺感謝瑪莎伯母當年對哥哥的私自調查,省了他們重整零散資料的時間,「只能說冥冥中自有安排吧。」822Please respect copyright.PENANA3h7NCK3LEU
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「嗄?」822Please respect copyright.PENANALeRojKO8sY
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貝兒搖頭輕笑不語地撐起身子,示意汪一全扶他走回自己專用的書房,找出私藏已久的文件袋。他將其中一頁資料拍了照傳給艾登後,才又在攙扶下回到床上,目送汪一全拿起作響的手機快步離去,本該存在某人身影的臥房頓時空盪孤寂。822Please respect copyright.PENANAESDX6bSXcO
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他輕嘆地抱著棉被,兩眼直直盯著天花板,渾身軟得無一絲力氣。儘管他已昏睡了三天,尚未退去的低燒卻讓他昏沈疲倦,但紛亂的思緒也使他難以闔眼睡去,因為,泰特斯瘋狂失控的低語與扭曲面容,一直在他的腦海盤旋不去。822Please respect copyright.PENANAoTICx4e6Ys
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『不准……你只能屬於我……不准走……』822Please respect copyright.PENANAUCjbcQOHPx
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想著失去意識前的最後一幕,他的手指不禁撫上脖子,在那大得嚇人的紫黑印痕輕輕流連。當時被緊箍窒息的瀕死恐懼明明那般鮮明,但泰特斯眼眸裡的悲痛絕望,才令他真正心痛得無法呼吸。從沒想過,他們之間竟會走到這地步。原以為在這麼多年的努力與守候下,自己真能改變那封閉內心的男人什麼,豈知,到頭來,仍是他妄想太過。822Please respect copyright.PENANAU4iiEVM7WG
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載不住哀傷的碧眼一個輕顫,他在淚水滑落髮鬢之際,往最熟悉的方向翻過身,觸及大床另一側的空曠,視線又一次朦朧了。822Please respect copyright.PENANAgat9b1RUuC
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幸福,原來是這麼脆弱的嗎?
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貝貝要振作別放棄!!!!>"<822Please respect copyright.PENANAeGDFiK4GUx
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這篇比較短,所以會提早更新後續唷。822Please respect copyright.PENANAXllr8M6JjQ
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