第十八章

奇怪嘅動靜萊利瞓緊覺嗰陣，聽到房入面跌咗啲嘢。佢嚇咗一跳，醒咗。「媽咪……係你咩？」佢開咗燈，見唔到房入面有人。佢轉身，見到自己嘅窗戶大大哋開咗。佢嚇到，跑咗去佢父母嘅房。克利福德同羅西塔瞓緊覺，嗰陣佢哋感覺到有人喺佢哋中間爬。佢哋醒咗，原來係萊利。「萊利……」佢哋兩個叫。「我可以同你哋一齊瞓咩？」佢問。「點解呀，寶貝？冇事呀？」羅西塔問。「冇呀，媽咪，只係發咗啲惡夢。」佢答。「好呀，甜心。」佢哋異口同聲咁講，然後瞓返覺。下晝六點鐘，鬧鐘響咗，羅西塔同克利福德起身，留低萊利仲瞓緊覺。羅西塔去咗廚房，好似平時咁整早餐，而克利福德就準備返工。「甜心……」羅西塔喺廚房度叫。「係……親愛嘅。」佢答。「你有冇試過打電話畀媽咪，問候吓佢呀？」佢問。「冇呀親愛嘅，我最近真係好忙。辦公室有好多文件要做。」佢喺房度答。「好呀親愛嘅，但係試吓去探吓佢啦，好嗎？我尋日去咗探佢，佢好掛住你同萊利呀。」「好呀，甜心。嗯……講到萊利，點解佢仲未起身？」佢答，然後落樓梯。「我唔知呀，等我睇吓佢先。你應該食早餐啦。我去叫醒佢。」佢答。「好……」佢應咗聲，然後去咗餐枱食早餐。羅西塔上咗佢哋嘅房，叫醒萊利。「甜心，起身啦。你要準備返學。」佢拍咗拍佢。「唔……媽咪，我今日唔去返學。」佢聳聳肩。「點解呀，甜心……」佢媽咪問，喺床上撩佢癢。「冇呀……媽咪。」佢答，笑吓，然後坐起身。「我只係唔想去媽咪。」佢答。羅西塔同佢個女坐咗一陣，試吓說服佢。「羅西，冇事呀？」克利福德喺飯廳問。「係呀，甜心。」佢答。「好呀親愛嘅，咁我走先啦。愛你呀萊利。」佢大叫，然後離開咗間屋。「都愛你呀，爸爸。」佢答。克利福德去咗佢架車，然後走咗。羅西塔再說服佢個女，然後佢終於都肯啦。「好呀，媽咪，我去。」佢起身，去咗洗手間準備返學，而羅西塔就落樓梯，完成佢嘅家務。佢忙住做家務嗰陣，聽到佢嘅電話響。佢去睇吓，原來又係嗰個唔知嘅號碼打嚟。佢好快咁接咗。「喂……喂……喂……」佢答，但係冇人應，條線就死咗。佢呆咗喺度，諗住呢個電話係邊個打嚟嘅，冇聽到佢個女叫。「媽咪……媽咪……媽咪……」萊利叫，但係冇人應。佢去咗佢媽咪度，拍咗拍佢嘅背脊。羅西塔嚇咗一跳，然後轉身望住佢個女。「媽咪……，冇事呀？」佢問。「係……，甜心。」佢答。「媽咪，你肯定呀？」，佢問。「係呀親愛嘅，我哋去食早餐，咁我就可以送你去學校。巴士已經走咗。」佢答，然後佢哋去食早餐。萊利坐喺佢嘅食物後面，唔食嘢，只係玩吓佢。「你肯定你冇事呀親愛嘅？」羅西塔問。「係呀媽咪。」佢答。「但係你冇食你嘅嘢。你已經遲到返學啦。」羅西塔話。「媽咪……，可唔可以幫我打包呀？」佢問。「係呀親愛嘅。」羅西塔去咗廚房，攞咗啲嘢，將羅西塔嘅早餐打包入去，佢哋就衝出間屋去咗架車，然後揸走咗。馬拉松國際學校洛雷塔坐喺佢嘅椅度，周圍搵萊利，但係見唔到佢。佢起身，去咗南希同凱特嘅椅度。「你哋有冇見到萊利呀？」佢問。「冇……」佢哋異口同聲咁講。「我今日喺巴士度見唔到佢。」南希答。「我諗佢今日唔會嚟學校啦。已經遲咗。」凱特話。就喺嗰陣，佢哋見到萊利入咗課室，睇落去好嬲咁。「早晨，安妮阿姨。」佢同佢嘅老師講。「早晨，萊利，點解今日睇落去咁嬲嘅？你冇事呀？」安妮阿姨問。「係呀，阿姨。」佢答。「好呀親愛嘅，去你嘅位度坐啦。」佢答。「好」佢答，然後去見佢嘅朋友。「萊利……」佢哋都異口同聲咁講，然後上前去見佢。「你冇事呀？」洛雷塔問。「係呀，洛雷塔，但係我有啲嘢要同你哋講。我哋坐低先。」佢哋都去咗，坐喺萊利嘅椅旁邊。「好啦，就係咁，尋日，有人嚟咗我嘅房，嗰陣我瞓緊覺，我醒咗，但係見唔到有人。」「你有冇同你父母講呀？」凱特問。「冇呀，凱特……，我唔想佢哋為我擔心。」「好啦，萊利，但係我諗你應該同佢哋講。」南希話。「好啦，我會同佢哋講。」好快，安妮阿姨嚟到，叫佢哋坐低，準備佢哋嘅課堂活動。佢哋做咗佢哋嘅活動一個鐘，然後鐘響咗，表示午飯時間。萊利同佢嘅朋友離開咗，去咗飯堂食午飯。飯堂佢哋坐喺飯堂嘅其中一張枱度，食佢哋嘅午餐，嘻嘻哈哈。萊利覺得唔舒服，轉身，見到有人望住佢哋。佢嚇咗一跳，然後起身。「女仔……，有人望住我哋。」佢哋周圍望，但係見唔到有人。「你肯定呀萊利，呢度冇陌生人。」南希答。萊利靜靜地站咗一陣，然後跑咗去課室。「等我哋……」洛雷塔喺佢後面叫，佢哋就跟住佢。課室萊利去咗安妮阿姨度，同佢講佢點解見到佢哋。安妮阿姨靜靜地坐咗一陣。「萊利，你肯定呀？」佢問。「係呀，安妮阿姨。」佢答。安妮阿姨攞住萊利嘅手，佢哋離開咗，去咗校長嘅辦公室，同佢講晒所有嘢。佢靜靜地坐咗一陣，然後叫咗安保人員嚟。安保人員帶咗佢哋去控制室。佢哋睇咗安全系統，但係冇發現任何奇怪嘅嘢。萊利睇住，好困惑。「但係安妮阿姨，我見到有人。」萊利話。安妮阿姨靜靜咁望住萊利，然後帶佢離開控制室。