克蕾兒,我是不是真的很自私?
克蕾儿被他突然亲吻,脸颊微微泛红,却没有说话。
文子豪吻完克蕾儿后,便转身走向门边,手搭在门把上,头也不回地说道:“i’ll be heading to iron wolf camp for a while and won’t be ing back. tomorrow, a woman from the warehouse will e to clean the room. remember — don’t speak. if people here find out you two are americans, it’ll cause a lot of trouble.”(我这阵子会去铁狼营那边,不会回来。明天会有仓库的女人过来房间打扫,记住别说话。如果让这里的人知道你们是美国人,会很麻烦。)
说完,他便直接打开门走了出去,没有再多说一句话。
房门「砰」的一声关上,房间里只剩下克蕾儿和吉儿两人。
房间里安静了很久。
吉儿盯着紧闭的房门看了半晌,忽然轻轻地叹了口气,转身走到沙发边坐下。她低着头,双手抱着自己的膝盖,声音有些疲惫地开口:“claire… am i really that selfish?”(克蕾儿……我是不是真的很自私?)
克蕾儿愣了一下,走到她身边坐下,轻声问道:“why would you say that?”(为什么这么说?)
吉儿苦笑了一声,眼神有些空洞地望着地板,低声说道:“he was right… i kept thinking about how i didn’t want to be touched by those men. but i never once thought about those women who have to go through the same thing every single day. i told myself i was enduring it with dignity… but in the end, i was just protecting my own pride.”(他说得没错……我一直只想着自己不想被那些男人碰,却从来没有想过,那些女人每天都得承受同样的事情。我告诉自己是在有尊严地忍受……但其实,我只是想保护自己的自尊而已。)
她说到这里,声音越来越低,带着明显的自嘲:“i’ve always believed i was different from them… that i was stronger. but the truth is… i was just luckier. because i met you, and because he decided to bring me back. if he hadn’t… i would’ve be exactly like them.”(我一直以为自己跟她们不一样,认为自己更坚强。但其实……我只是比较幸运而已。因为我遇见了你,也因为他决定把我带回来。如果他没有这么做……我早就跟她们一样了。)
吉儿把脸埋进膝盖之间,声音闷闷地传来:“i feel sick… i’ve been so full of myself this whole time.”(我觉得好噁心……我一直都太自以为是了。)
克蕾儿轻轻伸手,抱住了她的肩膀,没有说话,只是静静地陪着她。