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10. INTERROGATIONS
第十章 審問
It was very hard, in the morning, to argue with the part of me that was sure last night was a dream. Logic wasn't on my side, or common sense. I clung to the parts I couldn't have imagined — like his smell. I was sure I could never have dreamed that up on my own.
早上，我的某一部分非常肯定昨晚的一切都只是一場夢，而與之辯駁實在是件非常艱難的事。邏輯并不站在我這邊，或者說，常識。我抱定了自己絕對想象不出來的那個部分——比方說他的香味。我相當確定，我永遠都不可能自己夢到這種事的。
It was foggy and dark outside my window, absolutely perfect. He had no reason not to be in school today. I dressed in my heavy clothes, remembering I didn't have a jacket. Further proof that my memory was real.
窗外霧蒙蒙，陰沉沉的，實在是好極了。他今天可沒有理由不來學校了。我想起來自己的夾克不在，便穿上了層層疊疊的厚衣服。這進一步證實了我的記憶是真實的。
When I got downstairs, Charlie was gone again — I was running later than I'd realized. I swallowed a granola bar in three bites, chased it down with milk straight from the carton, and then hurried out the door. Hopefully the rain would hold off until I could find Jessica.
當我下樓的時候，查理也已經(jīng)走了——我的動作比我意識到的還慢。我三口就咽下了一個格蘭諾拉燕麥棒，直接用一盒牛奶把它送下去，然后匆忙地奔出門外。這場雨很有希望能拖延到我找到杰西卡以后才下。
It was unusually foggy; the air was almost smoky with it. The mist was ice cold where it clung to the exposed skin on my face and neck. I couldn't wait to get the heat going in my truck. It was such a thick fog that I was a few feet down the driveway before I realized there was a car in it: a silver car. My heart thudded, stuttered, and then picked up again in double time.
這霧大得不可思議：空氣里幾乎浸透了濃霧，一片模糊。霧氣侵襲著我暴露在空氣中的臉部和脖子的肌膚，冰冷刺骨。我迫不及待地想要鉆進車里取暖。這霧太濃了，當我離車道只有幾英尺遠的時候，我才注意到那里有一輛銀色的車。我的心砰砰直響，如小鹿亂撞，然后很快又找回了自己的節(jié)奏。
I didn't see where he came from, but suddenly he was there, pulling the door open for me.
我沒看見他是從哪里冒出來的，但忽然間他就在那里了，為我拉開車門。
"Do you want to ride with me today?" he asked, amused by my expression as he caught me by surprise yet again. There was uncertainty in his voice. He was really giving me a choice — I was free to refuse, and part of him hoped for that. It was a vain hope.
“今天你愿意搭我的車嗎？”他問道，被我的表情逗樂了。他又一次出其不意地抓到了我。他的聲音里充滿了不確定。他確實給了我一個選擇的機會——我完全可以拒絕，而且他的一部分希望我這樣做。這是一種徒勞的希望。
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