暮光之城?暮色 第185期:第十二章 平衡(1)

12. BALANCING

第十二章 平衡

"Billy!" Charlie called as soon as he got out of the car.

“比利!”查理一下車就喊道。

I turned toward the house, beckoning to Jacob as I ducked under the porch. I heard Charlie greeting them loudly behind me.

我轉身向屋子走去，躲到門廊底下的時候，我才向雅克布招手示意。我聽到查理在我身后招呼著他們。

"I'm going to pretend I didn't see you behind the wheel, Jake," he said disapprovingly.

“我會假裝沒有看到你坐在方向盤后的，杰克。”他不以為然地說道。

"We get permits early on the rez," Jacob said while I unlocked the door and flicked on the porch light.

“在保留區(qū)我們會更早地拿到駕照。”雅克布說道。這時我打開門，在門廊里輕拂著頭發(fā)。

"Sure you do," Charlie laughed.

“你當然會。”查理大笑著說。

"I have to get around somehow." I recognized Billy's resonant voice easily, despite the years. The sound of it made me feel suddenly younger, a child.

“無論如何我都得到處轉轉。”不管過了多少年，我依然能輕而易舉地認出比利洪亮的聲音。這聲音讓我忽然覺得自己小了幾歲，還是個孩子。

I went inside, leaving the door open behind me and turning on lights before I hung up my jacket. Then I stood in the door, watching anxiously as Charlie and Jacob helped Billy out of the car and into his wheelchair.

我走進屋，把門敞開著，在掛起我的夾克以前先把燈打開。然后我站在門里，焦急地看著查理和雅克布幫助比利從車里出來，坐到輪椅上。

I backed out of the way as the three of them hurried in, shaking off the rain.

當他們三個沖進來，甩著身上的雨水時，我讓開了路。

"This is a surprise," Charlie was saying.

“這實在是個驚喜。”查理說著。

"It's been too long," Billy answered. "I hope it's not a bad time." His dark eyes flashed up to me again, their expression unreadable.

“已經(jīng)過了很久了。”比利回答道。“我希望那段時間不算太糟糕。”他黑色的眼睛又一次掠過我，眼里的神情讓人難以讀懂。

"No, it's great. I hope you can stay for the game."

“不，那好極了。我希望你能留下來看比賽。”

Jacob grinned. "I think that's the plan — our TV broke last week."

雅克布咧嘴一笑。“我想計劃是這樣的——我們的電視機上個禮拜壞掉了。”

Billy made a face at his son. "And, of course, Jacob was anxious to see Bella again," he added. Jacob scowled and ducked his head while I fought back a surge of remorse. Maybe I'd been too convincing on the beach.

比利對自己的兒子作了個鬼臉。“還有，當然，雅克布也渴望著再次見到貝拉。”他補充道。雅克布皺起眉，迅速低下了頭。我按捺住了一陣洶涌而至的自責。也許在沙灘上我表現(xiàn)得太令人信服了。