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I meandered through the streets, which were filling up with end-of-the-workday traffic, and hoped I was headed toward downtown. I wasn't paying as much attention as I should to where I was going; I was wrestling with despair. I was trying so hard not to think about him, and what Angela had said… and more than anything trying to beat down my hopes for Saturday, fearing a disappointment more painful than the rest, when I looked up to see someone's silver Volvo parked along the street and it all came crashing down on me. Stupid, unreliable vampire, I thought to myself.
我漫步著穿過街道，一心希望自己正在走向鬧市區，街上正擠滿了下班的車流。我沒太留意自己該向哪個方向走去。我正在全力應付著心頭的失落。我如此努力地不讓自己去想他。而安吉拉所說的……還有更多事情試圖擊倒我對周六的希望。當我抬頭看見別人的銀色沃爾沃停在路邊時，我感到了一陣更為痛苦的失望，這幾乎把我給擊垮了。愚蠢，不可靠的吸血鬼，我自忖著。
I stomped along in a southerly direction, toward some glass-fronted shops that looked promising. But when I got to them, they were just a repair shop and a vacant space. I still had too much time to go looking for Jess and Angela yet, and I definitely needed to get my mood in hand before I met back up with them. I ran my fingers through my hair a couple of times and took some deep breaths before I continued around the corner.
我重重地踏著步子，向更南的方向走去，走向幾家正面是玻璃墻的，看起來比較可靠的商店。但當我走過去的時候，才發現那只是一家維修店和一間閑置的店面。我還是有很多時間，沒有必要現在就回過頭去找杰西和安吉拉。而且在跟她們碰頭以前，我確實需要把自己的情緒調整好。我用手指捋了幾下頭發，做了好幾次深呼吸，然后繼續轉過街角。
I started to realize, as I crossed another road, that I was going the wrong direction. The little foot traffic I had seen was going north, and it looked like the buildings here were mostly warehouses. I decided to turn east at the next corner, and then loop around after a few blocks and try my luck on a different street on my way back to the boardwalk.
當我穿過另一條街道時，我開始意識到，我走錯方向了。我看到的僅有的幾輛車都是往北去的，而這里的建筑看起來更像是倉庫。我決定在下一個路口向東走，然后在走了幾個街區原地打轉，試圖碰碰運氣，找到另一條走回觀光大道的路。
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