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I stopped dead on the porch. There, behind my truck, was a monster Jeep. Its tires were higher than my waist. There were metal guards over the headlights and tail-lights, and four large spotlights attached to the crash bar. The hardtop was shiny red.
我停在門廊里，愣住了。那里，就在我的卡車后面，停著一輛龐然大物般的越野車。它的輪胎比我的腰還高。車的前燈和尾燈周圍都圍著金屬護欄，防撞欄上安裝著四個巨大的探照燈。這輛車子是耀眼的火紅色。
Charlie let out a low whistle.
查理低低地吹了一聲口哨。
"Wear your seat belts," he choked out.
“系上你的安全帶。”他憋出幾個字來。
Edward followed me around to my side and opened the door. I gauged the distance to the seat and prepared to jump for it. He sighed, and then lifted me in with one hand. I hoped Charlie didn't notice.
愛德華跟著我走到乘客座旁，把門打開了。我估量著自己跟座位的距離，準備跳上去。他嘆了口氣，然后單手把我舉了起來。我希望查理沒有注意到這點。
As he went around to the driver's side, at a normal, human pace, I tried to put on my seat belt. But there were too many buckles.
然后，他用一種正常的人類的速度走回駕駛座。我試圖系上自己的安全帶。但這安全帶的系扣太多了。
"What's all this?" I asked when he opened the door.
“這些都是什么東西？”當他打開車門的時候，我問道。
"It's an off-roading harness."
“這是越野車專用安全帶。”
"Uh-oh."
“噢-哦。”
I tried to find the right places for all the buckles to fit, but it wasn't going too quickly. He sighed again and reached over to help me. I was glad that the rain was too heavy to see Charlie clearly on the porch. That meant he couldn't see how Edward's hands lingered at my neck, brushed along my collarbones. I gave up trying to help him and focused on not hyperventilating.
我試圖找出每對系扣的正確搭配，但進度實在是太慢了。他又嘆了口氣，伸過手來幫我。我很高興這雨嚇得太大，沒法看清楚站在門廊里的查理。這也意味著他看不見愛德華的雙手是怎樣在我的脖子上流連著，輕觸著我的鎖骨。我放棄幫他的忙，全神貫注地穩住自己的呼吸。
Edward turned the key and the engine roared to life. We pulled away from the house.
愛德華擰動車匙，引擎轟鳴著發動起來。我們把車從屋前開走了。
"This is a… um… big Jeep you have."
“你有一輛……呃……很大的越野車。”
"It's Emmett's. I didn't think you'd want to run the whole way."
“這是艾美特的。我認為你不想一路上都用跑的。”
"Where do you keep this thing?"
“你們把車停在哪里？”
"We remodeled one of the outbuildings into a garage."
“我們把其中一間外屋改建成了車庫。”
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