第15章你可听见我心动(1)
Haveyouheardmyheartbeat
迟来的婚礼
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Itwasafreezingday,afewyearsago,whenIstumbledohestreet。Therewasiohreedollars,andacrumpledletterthatlookedasifithadbeencarriedarouheonlythiorhereturnaddress。Iopeerandsawthatithadbeenwrittenin1944—almost6o。Ireaditcarefully,hopingtofiotheidentityofthewallet'sowwasa"DearJohhewriter,iescript,toldtheret,whosenamewasMichael,thathermotherforbadehertoseehimagaiheless,shewouldalwayslovehim。ItwassignedHannah。
Itwasabeautifulletter。ButtherewashenameMichael,toidentifytheowner。PerhapsifIformatioordthephoheaddressshownonthee;Operator,thisisanu。ItofindtheownerofawalletIfound。Isthereanywayyoucouldtellmethephonenumberforawasohewallet?"Theavemehersupervisor,whosaidtherehoheaddress,butthatsheethenumber。
However,shewoulddexplaiiohepartywaalk,shewoulde。Iwaitedaminuteandshecamebatheli;Ihaveaillspeakwithyou。"IaskedthewomanifsheknewaHannah。"Oh,ofcourse!WeboughtthishousefromHannah'sfamilythirtyyearsago。""Wouldyoukheycouldbeloow?"Iasked。"Hannahhadtoplacehermotherinanursingho。Maybethehomecouldhelpyoutrathedaughter。"Thewomahehenursinghome。
IdfoundoutthatHannah'smotherhaddied。TheokewithgavemeanaddresswhereshethoughtHannahcouldbereached。IphoheeredexplaiHannahherselfwasnowlivinginanursinghome。Shegavemethenumber。Idwastold,"Yes,Hannahiswithus。"IaskedifIcouldstopbytoseeher。Itwasalmost10p。m。。ThedirectorsaidHannahmightbeasleep。"Butifyouwanttotakeace,maybeshe'sinthedayroomwatgtelevision。"Thediredaguardgreetedmeatthedoorhome。
&othethirdfloorandsawtheoldusthatHannahwasigTV。Weehedayroom。Hannahwasasweet,silver-hairedold-timerwithawarmsmileandfrieoldheraboutfiaheletter。
Thesedshesawit,shetookadeepbreath。"Youngman,"shesaid,"thisletterwasthelasttactIhadwithMichael。"Shelookedawayforamoment,thensaidpe;Ilovedhimverymuch。ButIwasonlysixteenandmymotherfeltIwastooyoung。Hewassohandsome。Youknow,likeSeaheactor。"
&ortheusalo;Yes,MichaelGoldsteinwashisname。Ifyoufindhim,tellhimIstillthinkofhimoften。Ineverdidmarry,"shesaid,smilingthroughtearsthatwelledupi;Iguessichael?"IthankedHannah,saidgood-byeandtooktheelevatortothefirstfloor。
AsIstoodattheduardasked,"Wastheoldladyabletohelpyou?"Itoldhimshehadgive;AtleastIhavealastIprobablywon'tpursueitfurtherforawhile。"IexplaiIhadspentalmostthewhtofi'sowner。
&alked,Ipulledoutthebrowhercasewithitsredlanyardladshowedittotheguard。Helookedatitdsaid,"Hey,I'dknowthataoldstein's。He'salwayslosingit。Ifounditileastthreetimes。""Whooldstein?"Iasked。"He'soimersohfloor。That'sMikeGoldstein'swallet,foesoutforawalkquiteoften。"Ithaheguardandranbacktothedirector'soffiwhattheguardhadsaid。Heaetotheeighthfloor。IprayedthatMr。Goldsteinwouldbeup。
"Ithinkhe'sstillinthedayroom,"thenursesaid。"Helikestoreadatnight。。。adarlingoldmaotheonlyroomthathadlightson,andtherewasamanreadingabook。Thedirectoraskedhimifhehadlosthiswallet。MichaelGoldsteinlookedup,felthisbackpodthensaid,"Goodismissing。""Thiskilemanfou。Coulditbeyours?"Thesedhesawit,hesmiledwithrelief。"Yes,"hesaid,"that'sit。Musthavedroppeditthisafternoon。Iwanttogiveyouareward。""Oh,nothankyou,"Isaid。"ButIhavetotellyousomethiheletterinthehopeoffindingoutallet。"Thesmileonhisfacedisappeared。"Youreadthatletter?""NotonlydidIreadit,IthinkIknowwhereHannahis。"
Hegrewpale。"Hannah?Youknowwheresheis?Howisshe?Isshestillasprettyasshewas?"Ihesitated。"Pleasetellme!"Michaelurged。"She'sfine,andjustasprettyaswhenyouk;"ewheresheis?Iwanttocallhertomorrow。"
Hegrabbedmyhandandsaid,"Youkhilettercame,mylifeended。Inevermarried。IguessI'vealwayslovedher。""Michael,"Isaid。"e。"Thethreeofustooktheelevatortothethirdfloor。ardthedayroomwhereHannahwassitting,stillwatgTV。