最終鈴兒還是決定了辭職。
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於安寧病房壓抑良久對於死與離別的厭倦,終於因為白醫生之死而甦醒。沒法接受生命在自己眼前逝去的人,自然沒法再在安寧病房工作下去。
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她累了。
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「鈴兒……」
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下一幕的鈴兒正拖著一個行李箱走在路上,頭上黃昏的天空密雲不雨,悶燒著的烏雲在海平線的上空凝滯。
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「佢去緊邊?」我問身邊的白醫生說。
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「機場,本身佢係想去機場。」
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本身?
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一架巴士從道路的盡頭駛來,鈴兒明明只要快跑幾步就能追上,但她就是不追。鈴兒的腳步光從後面看就能夠感到其沉重,她的雙眼根本沒有對焦在任何物件上,就這樣行屍走肉地看著往機場的巴士駛離。
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「佢會唔會趕唔切飛機?」
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白醫生搖頭說:「根本無飛機俾佢趕。」
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「無飛機?」
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「鈴兒根本無買機票,亦唔知要去邊度,只係想買最快起飛嘅機票,求其去國外散下心。」白醫生繞到鈴身旁邊近距離打量她滿是淚痕的臉,但過去的鈴兒只是幻影,根本看不到心心念念已逝之人近在咫尺。
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「無買機票……」
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鈴兒臉上表情說明,她根本不在乎一切,即使巴士在她面前跑掉,她也一臉平靜地靠在鐵欄杆上,看著空空如也的巴士站發呆。
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哀莫大於心死。
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我們就這樣默默地陪著鈴兒在巴士站,看著她在深冬的寒風中形單影隻地在昏黃的燈光下,沒有任何目的地,沒有任何人陪伴,沒有任何事再在乎地等待著,等待著。
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「叮鈴……」
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車站內,響起似有還無的風鈴聲,正是熟悉的阡迴旅館之鈴。
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「叮鈴……」
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但鈴兒就是沒有在乎,這年代沒有手機可以滑,她就這樣靜靜地等。
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她知道自己在等甚麼嗎?
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終於巴士從道路遠方駛至,車上卻空無一人,加上剛剛的風鈴聲,我肯定鈴兒已經進入了阡迴旅館的異境之中,只是她還未發現。她以八達通登車後隨便坐到上層的其中一個位置,巴士也隨即開出。
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我與白醫生坐在其後方幾排,巴士才一駛出,身後的巴士站馬上被樹林吞沒,四周的都市都高速退後,連後方的道路也被雜草從下方穿破撐開。
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終於,巴士在路中間停了下來。
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「……嗯?」鈴兒也過了好一會兒才發現異狀,從上層站起來的她東張西望,馬上發現附近變成了荒郊野外,半截柏油路在山野之間靜躺著。
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而遠方——我們和鈴兒都看到了,阡迴旅館正在林木後靜靜地等待著她上門。
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順便一提,天空的太陽在剛才已經瞬間飄到穹頂的另一方向,正在東方閃耀著晨輝。
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「喂?喂?喂?」
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拿出電話試圖撥通的她自然是沒法接通,到下層尋找巴士司機也發現那兒只有空無一人的駕駛席,而且行李也不見了。
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車身本身的時間正在高速前進,玻璃從邊緣開始發黃,斑駁的鐵鏽侵蝕著車的外殼,我輕碰車身感應,當中的熵流高速如洗車的水槍!
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「搞咩……嘁!」
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鈴兒看到眼前的異象,馬上轉身推開車門逃出。她才一步出,整架巴士就在鈴兒身後化成廢鐵,輪胎也融化成一坨塑膠,如百年的時光在一瞬間過去。
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「呢度……呢度係……」
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視野內根本沒有任何能辨別方向與所在地,除了在樹林遠方的阡迴旅館。
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「……」鈴兒欲哭無淚,眼前的變故使她更覺雪上加霜,但又孤立無援,只見她掩著臉跪在地上抽泣。
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四下無人之下,沒法了解現況,也不知前路在何方的鈴兒終於崩潰。
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風聲與泣聲在荒野之中共鳴,格外淒涼。
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她……她……
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「鈴兒……」我也不禁看得哽咽,忍不住叫喊她的名字,但當然過去的她不會聽到。
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「總之,鈴兒就咁嚟到阡迴旅館。」白醫生將手輕揮到空中,過去的幻境再次變成了縮時影片,鈴兒身影搖搖晃晃地站起來,四周的樹海向後退,阡迴旅館從遠方迎至,古色古香的木塔與柔和的暖色燈光如苦海明燈,如向迷途的鈴兒伸出了庇護之手。
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沒事了,好好休息吧——如同這樣告訴著鈴兒,告訴著每個來到這兒的人。
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鈴兒步入阡迴旅館,回到當時的阡迴旅館。
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我與白醫生步入阡迴旅館,回到當下的阡迴旅館。
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又回到他所在的那一層。
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「呢一切就係咁樣開始。」白醫生坐下,樣子有點疲憊,雖說在這兒他不會死,但對於拖著垂死之軀的他來說果然負擔不小。
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「到底點解……不過我諗問你都無用,你如果知既早就同咗我講。」
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「嗯。」白醫生疲累地說。
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光靠在這兒與白醫生商量不會有結果的。
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始終要找鈴兒,解鈴還須繫鈴人,還要這鈴本身。
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「我之後點樣先返嚟搵到你?」
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「……呢一層……呢一層嘅規則有啲複雜。」
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「唔係掛,我萬一要你幫手點算?」
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「點解你會要我幫手?我識嘅嘢你都識啊?」
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的確阡迴之門和緩時區我也會用,但……沒人在身後總覺心裡沒底。
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「對自己要有信心,阿柏。」
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「信心我梗有,但以防萬一……」
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「如果要以防萬一,就係無信心。你唔係講過你唔想愧對捐心俾你嘅個個人?呢件事應該難唔倒你先係。」白醫生輕撫我的胸前,那條扭扭曲曲的疤痕下,某個人的心臟正在持續地賦予我第二次的人生。
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的確,如果連這件事也解決不了,有朝一日在黃泉與他相見,我怎能面對那個人?
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至少要告訴那個人,我可是用你的心臟中止了阡迴旅館的時間輪迴,更將一個叫鈴兒的少女從阡迴旅館的困禁——自己對自己的囚禁中解放。
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希望……那人也會覺得,自己的犧牲沒有浪費。
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「放心。」
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「嗯?」
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「萬一真係去到無晒辦法,逼不得已嘅時候我會幫你,但係……你先係解鈴人,鈴兒就拜託你喇。」
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白醫生輕搭我的雙手道。
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「……我盡力。」
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「咁返落去喇,鈴兒佢地等緊你。」
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我翻身躍到空中,還以劍指輕點太陽穴向他致意。
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等等!
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「咁我地仲會唔會再見?!」
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「——頭先係過去,你已經知道答案。」
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甚麼——呀!!
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再次穿過阡迴旅館的無限天井,已熟悉這套路與操作方式的我還有餘力在空中打幾個筋斗花式。
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接待處前的一扇門突然泛起光芒,然後變成了未來頒獎現場的門,阡迴之門要打開了。
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「叮鈴……」
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門後,鈴兒的風鈴聲響起,鈴兒與愛莉步進阡迴旅館。
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「阿柏?!」
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「咦?!」
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渺渺也從上方躍下落在我肩膊上,我最後使出超級英雄著地,落於大堂之中。
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「……等埋我啊鈴兒!!」門縫間傳出過去的我裝成與上輪阡迴旅館一樣的演出,但阡迴之門隨即被愛莉關上,因為我就在二人面前。
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愛莉嚇到馬上轉身打開門,門後卻變回了食堂,而非剛剛那個平行宇宙。
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「點解……阿柏你會係上面飄落嚟?」
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「啊,我原來係職員。」我說,「鈴兒……」
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「係?咦?!」
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不理眾目睽睽,不理大庭廣眾,我抱住了鈴兒。
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「對唔住……只係想……突然攬一攬你。」336Please respect copyright.PENANA7NUN4SyogD
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我想起安寧病房的她。
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我想起白醫生床邊的她。
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我想起巴士站的她。
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我想起初到阡迴旅館飲泣的她。
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「做……做咩呀,大家都望住架阿柏。」
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「對唔住,一時……只係感覺好似好耐無見到你。」
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「阿柏你到底經歷左啲咩?你有無事?對唔住,我頭先竟然唔小心將你留左係阡迴之門對面……」
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「……說來話長。」我放開懷中的鈴兒,「白醫生佢……」
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上一輪我已經向她提過了白醫生,但鈴兒卻沒有任何反應。
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但也是理所當然的,因為白醫生本名根本不姓白,他也說過這是因為他穿著白袍,自稱姑且算半個醫生而且。但如果我詳說白醫生的身世的話——
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鈴兒會永遠被困這兒。
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上一輪的阡迴旅館,我說出了我是職員一事後,鈴兒說要整理一下情緒,然後我才告知她白醫生的事。
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而這次——
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「邊個係白醫生?」鈴兒皺眉問。
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她不需要時間整理情緒呢,那是因為這已經是第二輪,鈴兒早就知道我會成為職員了。336Please respect copyright.PENANAd1j9MIe38o
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「一個怪人,我頭先係阡迴之門個邊撞到佢……」
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我向鈴兒說出上一輪的經歷。
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「嗯,但我想先同愛莉返房,阿柏你……」
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「我都想先休息一下。」我扶額道。
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「嗯,咁樣我地大堂等。」
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回到房間。
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「啊啊……」336Please respect copyright.PENANATY533vE5xu
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我長嘆一聲躺到床上閉目養神,畢竟要思考的事太多了,光是和鈴兒相處也如走鋼線一樣,要避免說錯上一輪的事。
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很不痛快。
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「喵~」
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渺渺又再次不知從哪兒竄出,再跳到我的被窩上。
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「到底你又係咩來頭?」我輕摸渺渺淺米色的長毛,牠理所當然的沒有回話,只是搖搖尾巴伏下,喉頭發出「咕嚕咕嚕」如水沸騰的聲音。
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這樣子下去,和上一輪不會有任何分別。
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阿力最終又會被小月殺死,然後鈴兒回溯時間,如之前無數次一樣,直到阡迴旅館外的夕陽完全沉沒。
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但既然愛莉在上一輪成為了我的盟友,這一輪也會嗎?
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試一試就知道了。