叭噠。
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一球絨感的薄荷綠掉落原木的床頭几，下墜的動能順勢延續球體的滾動。奶白的被鋪邊、床沿的地上平添一線柔和的毛冷，溫馨的；在淺木如沙色的地板上，它像個充滿愛的少女般無懼悄然的縮小，一直奔動著……
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直到它撞上一雙老舊的軍靴。
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數瞬過後有一隻大手拾起了毛冷球，柔絨的質感充斥於粗糙的掌心。落落長的毛線垂落自男人的指縫，見狀他兩手並用、一圈圈的將毛線繞回掌心的球體上。湛藍的目光順從毛線而流浪，一圈圈環遊悄然牽引起什麽思緒……
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十一月的曼谷，有沒有毛冷球——毛線織品派上用場的時候？
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突兀的問題止息於毛線收尾入球的瞬間，他閉眼垂頭，雙手頹垂卻遲遲未放下毛冷球，哪怕褲袋裏已傳出陣陣鬧鐘鈴聲。那三十秒溫婉悠揚的歌唱是無從遺忘的——159Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1BMTanciT
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Am I only dreaming？Or is this burning an eternal flame？159Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxuNVgKyue
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Johnathan！
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猶在耳畔的呼喚嚇得男人猛然張眸，抬頭往房間的拱門出口看了一看，才頹然似的收回視線。他重新定了定神，往左腕一撇才確認早已到了出門的時間、心裏的計數亦從一小時變成了兩小時、三小時。159Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxYC2vESu4
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毛線球仍在他的掌心中，被他握得滾燙、漸漸灼焦——標誌性的色彩，在湛藍的眼眸深處和四十五歲的心房裏燃起濃濃情意的永恆火焰。
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「楊小姐？」『麥巴倫先生您好，我已經到了，請問您現在方便幫我開個門嗎？』159Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPClfzx2SzM
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「當然可以，請給我兩分鐘。」
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第二次的鈴聲響起，約納森．麥巴倫接聽了電話。他還是將那團無甚實用的毛線球放進了老舊的移防行囊，提起這惟一一件行李走出了拱門、走出了房間。159Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpA8IW2dYfh
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一如當年被派駐到阿富汗的早晨，出發前他還是忍不住在客廳裏佇足一會：壁爐上的牆壁掛了美國國旗和空白的大相框，壁爐頂還放著木制的鳥巢小盤，卻不見以往一雙可愛的白頭鷹木雕——起碼今年聖誕，堅定恩愛的牠們不會留在這個他獨自駐守四年的田園小屋。他和牠們將結伴飛行，因為他和牠們有更重要的事情要做。
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「果然是個好地方。」159Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizZTDSo77n
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家門打開之際，亞裔女子推著行李踏進小屋，環視一圈、看到沙發上的什麼後滿意地連連點頭，微笑讚許。
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「謝謝。這裡的一切妳可以隨意使用，但亦請妳務必好好照顧這裡，我太……」159Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9URu8Y6ntF
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沙發上的四葉草刺繡多鮮明，教麥巴倫只能禮貌地微笑：「我未婚妻十分期待並喜愛這裡的一切，特別是她親手參與、製作的東西。」
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「明白，我會盡全力的。話說那四葉草真的很好看，尊夫人手藝很好……想必是個十分溫柔善良的女士吧！」
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聞言他一怔，笑意漸漸破碎：「的確，但她更是個會拿捏分寸的聰明女人。」
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一分一寸、密密麻麻，繡線間有幾分溫柔就有幾分痛——這個枕頭是她遺留的聖誕禮物，聰明又意義非凡得讓人心碎。
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「作為女人我相當明白這點；這世界對女人並不寬容，不聰明點不掌握點分寸會很痛苦的。」159Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNaYKDtI8m
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言語難分深淺，楊小姐扭頭微笑，半黯的黑眸泛現幾分真誠的希冀：「所以麥巴倫先生，請務必保護好尊夫人、不要讓她被辜負了。」
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「……Certainly。」
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踏出家門的剎那，他向她交出了鎖匙，那圈扣著一株針織的四葉草和一朵無名小花。
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2016年十一月，退役的男人離開了風雪中的紐約，往微笑之城進發——那旅途的終點，是未知還能否含情微笑的愛戀。
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TBC。
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