據偉兹所知311Please respect copyright.PENANAYnwNEqxDe4
雷爾夫先生是位退役軍人,311Please respect copyright.PENANAhU0Bzm5U6J
同時也是年紀相近朋友———311Please respect copyright.PENANArqSdk5u8qb
帕特里克·普斯特的父親。311Please respect copyright.PENANA3Y3UpsDvlH
311Please respect copyright.PENANArErjxW8IRD
偉兹與雷爾夫先生首次見面就是始於鄰近鎮上的阿登步道。311Please respect copyright.PENANA87dhGe5Wjt
311Please respect copyright.PENANARl6QI3tgs9
阿登步道就是條人手鋪設的花崗石路,311Please respect copyright.PENANAJPmQnU1MLd
週邊是綠意盎然的森林。311Please respect copyright.PENANAOOkmjtXwjP
311Please respect copyright.PENANA2tVcwWIzAF
白天時基本上就只有松鼠,311Please respect copyright.PENANAZvmxQ2Zrhq
白兔等毫無威脅性的野生動物。311Please respect copyright.PENANAQgqovX0JMd
是個因環境優美及空氣清新而受鎮民歡迎的消遣休憩之地。311Please respect copyright.PENANATuKKCepbIA
311Please respect copyright.PENANAHroAh7SKsD
但近期傳有野豬在步道附近出沒的傳言,311Please respect copyright.PENANApjaYguo3fQ
鮑伯農場亦受到野豬滋擾。311Please respect copyright.PENANA5P7gGeLTQe
311Please respect copyright.PENANAxxgo9tdxXl
帕特里克和偉兹在森林中嬉戲時也受到襲擊,311Please respect copyright.PENANAl1cuuXY48C
幸好雷爾夫先生及時來到驅逐了野豬。311Please respect copyright.PENANAgUKMRuLdWy
兩人才沒受到傷害。
311Please respect copyright.PENANAWpbFPGrE9b
這次之後,
偉兹便立志要成為像雷爾夫這樣的男子漢。311Please respect copyright.PENANABtXgkqGrp1
311Please respect copyright.PENANAgsUuXOxxTf
而今天早上,311Please respect copyright.PENANALruTLPwYB7
偉兹踏單車路經普斯特家家前巧遇剛回到家的雷爾夫先生。311Please respect copyright.PENANAxMv5pvExUr
311Please respect copyright.PENANAhC08xn22CN
偉兹從車頭的布袋內抽出一紮報紙,
抛向雷爾夫。311Please respect copyright.PENANAppNmtYHmHO
311Please respect copyright.PENANAa17SqN9KNI
“早安,雷爾夫先生!帕特里克的腳沒有大礙吧?” 311Please respect copyright.PENANADqGg3NDoVD
311Please respect copyright.PENANAyxtr5lvNLm
“原來是偉兹呀,請別嚇我。311Please respect copyright.PENANAjkh59ROW0Z
帕特里克應該再休息一天就可以和你去玩了,311Please respect copyright.PENANA5g3ykiVzEF
但請不要再去阿登步道了哦。″ 311Please respect copyright.PENANAxW0wk5nTZh
311Please respect copyright.PENANAfIxrtH3NzB
雷爾夫的反應似乎不如平時般從容,311Please respect copyright.PENANAXStXUGN6ud
反而像為躲避著什麼而鬼鬼祟祟似的。311Please respect copyright.PENANAKoC6f5pNwp
若不是偉兹認識雷爾夫,他定必會被當成小偷。311Please respect copyright.PENANAmCMwV2fnzQ
311Please respect copyright.PENANASF4Pa9MoIh
“我知道了!”311Please respect copyright.PENANAC8dhcwq2iP
311Please respect copyright.PENANAM7uEU6Wb16
雷爾夫接下報紙後,背後的家門緩緩張開,311Please respect copyright.PENANARKZZY1ubWC
門內散發著一陣比他在戰時從敵軍身上感受過都強的敵意,被他狩獵過的動物和惡魔都兇猛的攻擊性。311Please respect copyright.PENANAqXQDTjAkr8
311Please respect copyright.PENANASC4vVaLC1Y
雷爾夫沒有馬上轉身,311Please respect copyright.PENANACk1VH4MRFs
在戰鬥開始前至少要讓無辜的偉兹離開。311Please respect copyright.PENANAJHDDnu5Dam
311Please respect copyright.PENANAkpRfnPNqPk
“早安!普斯特夫人!”311Please respect copyright.PENANAVp1aMtb7q9
311Please respect copyright.PENANAvTiDCgzw5e
“早安呀偉兹,311Please respect copyright.PENANA1RSfE62OcQ
記得要成為一個有責任感和時間觀念的男子漢哦!你說對不對? 親 愛 的。”311Please respect copyright.PENANAXVhDOtWPqT
普斯特夫人回應時雖然臉帶微笑,311Please respect copyright.PENANAbCYCoABQa9
但也讓偉茲感受到微弱的壓迫感。311Please respect copyright.PENANAZXctzSKUMy
而且這話可能根本不是說給自己聽的。311Please respect copyright.PENANAvKY1nRuu9d
311Please respect copyright.PENANA5pC26o8WLz
“說得也對呢,我差不多要上學了,311Please respect copyright.PENANAHK5x5X03tB
得趕去最後一戶,再見兩位.....”
311Please respect copyright.PENANAaU86Tls7tH
偉兹語氣沒有了剛才的熱情。311Please respect copyright.PENANAma8npvrBeK
普斯特夫婦也笑著揮手回應,311Please respect copyright.PENANAOmqtZSfgPi
雷爾夫臉上的笑容像是帶著一點哀愁。311Please respect copyright.PENANAXTamS8dGqP
311Please respect copyright.PENANA6q4d4Itm6A
“親愛的,你不會是剛剛才回到家吧?”311Please respect copyright.PENANAgzS7dZAeQN
311Please respect copyright.PENANAqdxwDVdiOP
″當....當....當然不是呀,艾露娜......″311Please respect copyright.PENANAnUwCXmgWt9
311Please respect copyright.PENANAH5LxWvneTQ
偉兹沒有再聽下去,311Please respect copyright.PENANAu1CRtHR1xs
只是在疑惑著雷爾夫先生是不是和安東尼一樣有口吃。311Please respect copyright.PENANA5fGKfny4ID
很多年後已成人父的他才能稍稍理解雷爾夫的感受。311Please respect copyright.PENANA6slFeveHjn
311Please respect copyright.PENANAMcndqPg1Ga
最後一站,威克森家就在普斯特家對邊。311Please respect copyright.PENANABOzCG47OnM
偉兹一直對擔任過警察的衛威恩非常感興趣,311Please respect copyright.PENANAo7t4Fh43mn
衛威恩年幼時曾和家人一度遷出大城市,311Please respect copyright.PENANAyIDSYnQf0N
311Please respect copyright.PENANAlyelICjos5
於半年前某件有關鮑伯農場的案件後。 311Please respect copyright.PENANATMo3m89vXO
心灰意冷的衛威恩交出警章和配槍,311Please respect copyright.PENANAumQkLGSnP2
獨自回到諾谷湖鎮居住。311Please respect copyright.PENANAl6BR7f6aEp
但奇怪的是偉兹從沒見過衛威恩本人。311Please respect copyright.PENANA1nSHIgmPo0
311Please respect copyright.PENANAcy4XQpmiAl
比起流傳著奇怪傳言的雷爾夫,311Please respect copyright.PENANAmUae9OvPPB
衛威恩在鎮上的風評確實不俗,311Please respect copyright.PENANA1Mjv60pnhw
市集的商店老闆都欣賞他爽快和正直。
311Please respect copyright.PENANAwaJVQum2TW
留在和睦的鎮上是種浪費,311Please respect copyright.PENANA0xZ9473loi
他應該回到大城市繼續撲滅罪惡,311Please respect copyright.PENANAWQtn2LZXbK
成為守護市民的警察才對。311Please respect copyright.PENANAboQxc0BdRF
311Please respect copyright.PENANApEhsrQg6pG
偉兹來到威克森家前,311Please respect copyright.PENANADx47AzlRUH
而門前有一位偉兹非常熟識的訪客在和衛威恩交談。311Please respect copyright.PENANAmsy1KqI0by
311Please respect copyright.PENANAIupBHvK2wn
這是最後一站,311Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8EeGDDDwk
偉兹把單車停泊在道路旁,311Please respect copyright.PENANAhpdutjPgJi
他不用拋的派送方式,下車親手遞給衛威恩。311Please respect copyright.PENANAhhgrYH7fgh
藉此一窺洛城警署三級警探的風采。311Please respect copyright.PENANAFUtGYnqM0n
311Please respect copyright.PENANAIexvCKi8Pd
“先重組整合一下,
你是在說昨晚駕駛貨車時遇到一列樹木像骨牌般倒向車道,你以過人的技術全部迴避開。
311Please respect copyright.PENANA0T9FEFGCNn
貨車進退兩難時,我就出現了?”311Please respect copyright.PENANAwzQH15dYxu
311Please respect copyright.PENANA15AWFdACXR
″對.....對....你.....還說什...什麼雨水關係,還徒..徒...手搬開倒在地上的...樹幹″ 311Please respect copyright.PENANAydvog0t5gO
311Please respect copyright.PENANA1InRBI82F5
“安東尼,我和無數擅於說謊的罪犯交手過。
他們的証詞永遠讓人非常可信,
但我永遠能找出隱藏在細節內的漏洞。”311Please respect copyright.PENANAiwKqfAKzWj
311Please respect copyright.PENANADPGTdIZg6k
“但我...沒....有犯罪....” 311Please respect copyright.PENANADjqZNl5TNE
311Please respect copyright.PENANAJwv6ngwI2m
“我當然知道了朋友,311Please respect copyright.PENANAgSi6KPArkG
但我雖然很強壯也不可能徒手搬起重至上噸的樹木吧?”311Please respect copyright.PENANADV07w2DCG3
311Please respect copyright.PENANARvKjjwBLKe
“好像有...道...理” 安東尼看向衛威恩的雙臂說道。311Please respect copyright.PENANAV16wrmFW7t
311Please respect copyright.PENANArRmISYy7Hz
“可能你只是太累了,311Please respect copyright.PENANAqTUZS9h7PQ
我昨晚在家睡了一整晚,311Please respect copyright.PENANAkrVsjrEBT3
直至你的拍門聲弄醒我。311Please respect copyright.PENANA4Ds6QHgPHW
所以又怎可能出現在你眼前呢?”311Please respect copyright.PENANAF9RAMHk7wm
311Please respect copyright.PENANA2ecgZ6xvQF
“抱.....歉”311Please respect copyright.PENANAMhMtzQ44M5
311Please respect copyright.PENANAxk2k0k62lz
“沒問題的,
我累的時候也會想起雷金納德和那個膽小的警監上司。
311Please respect copyright.PENANAMJPyBJBWyn
可能你真的遇上樹木倒塌意外,311Please respect copyright.PENANABFmO5UhA7c
但是你疲勞和內心的恐懼又把一棵想成兩棵三棵,甚至更可怕的景象。” 311Please respect copyright.PENANAiAP3lPrt7A
311Please respect copyright.PENANAgBT6pqlnAJ
安東尼想起昨晚倒向貨車後又突然消失的樹木,經過衛威恩的引導他開始懷疑起自己。311Please respect copyright.PENANAJxrCqFNvex
311Please respect copyright.PENANAZJHpUUnevb
“人呀在最困難的時候總會回想起最重要的人,
昨晚那個我就只存在於你的腦海裡,311Please respect copyright.PENANA8oynFBuuBS
給你重要的提示好讓你鼓起勇氣脫離險境。”311Please respect copyright.PENANAbLl17OHeFF
衛威恩以食指輕點安東尼的心臟位置說。311Please respect copyright.PENANAuqerDhMQsS
311Please respect copyright.PENANAMHaOKcJ8k1
安東尼本來就是個不擅措辭的人,311Please respect copyright.PENANAMNsbEAw1vW
在口齒伶俐的衛威恩臉前突然一度語塞。311Please respect copyright.PENANAWRN57tT4lN
衛威恩乘著此空檔又接著說。311Please respect copyright.PENANACJkf0Za37a
311Please respect copyright.PENANAIdoi6JHx4N
“無論如何,你昨晚也經歷過糟透了的事。311Please respect copyright.PENANAgvpkGBTHz9
現在要做到就是和我一起去吃早餐,
311Please respect copyright.PENANAmRM1k5DFBR
完成今天的工作後休息幾天,311Please respect copyright.PENANAh62VBb5YFJ
像我一樣調整下步伐再面對人生。
311Please respect copyright.PENANAH7hPoxM9ZN
抱歉,小孩 讓你等了一段時間。311Please respect copyright.PENANAcIVuBfKFmd
希望我們的交談沒有耽誤你寶貴的時間。 311Please respect copyright.PENANA2AGwbwitqU
衛威恩.威克森”311Please respect copyright.PENANA5fnLUx7Ymn
311Please respect copyright.PENANAqUXChROJ6F
衛威恩從偉兹手上接過報紙的同時,311Please respect copyright.PENANABHjV2exUJJ
伸出左手表示友好。311Please respect copyright.PENANAcmHytlKjc8
311Please respect copyright.PENANAuCp9NRID50
“我是偉兹.霍華德,當然沒有耽誤呀!”311Please respect copyright.PENANAridr4qg17l
偉兹緊握衛威恩的左手後準備離去。311Please respect copyright.PENANAkex5FqVSIC
311Please respect copyright.PENANAHNLuzGBl2r
“你不...不....和我們一起吃早餐嗎”311Please respect copyright.PENANAVA2nGAc1X3
安東尼聽完衛威森的話後,多少也有點釋懷。311Please respect copyright.PENANAMlhr6i81L1
希望和兩位朋友一起吃早餐以放鬆心情。311Please respect copyright.PENANALgwpcUz5gp
311Please respect copyright.PENANA91FnmNEjHo
“下次吧,我還得把單車泊回家。311Please respect copyright.PENANAL2kLyx1GQa
再見了衛威恩先生和安東尼,311Please respect copyright.PENANASZd1NLIQL9
祝你們有美好的一天”311Please respect copyright.PENANACd6bRt20vX
311Please respect copyright.PENANAeTAGXgq0cG
“再見”兩人異口同聲向衛兹道別。311Please respect copyright.PENANAZAYlkKJgra
311Please respect copyright.PENANAgux0Z9Fc2q
隕落之炎 12 鄰居(完)311Please respect copyright.PENANARIz5oZoYi2
311Please respect copyright.PENANAyHy9Vj6nYS
道具:年輕警探的警銜標誌311Please respect copyright.PENANAYFGSbbWBxY
311Please respect copyright.PENANAxPWhwPhGRz
本來繡在衣袖上部的三道折槓,311Please respect copyright.PENANAtZXlblWkTn
折槓上有輕微焦黑。311Please respect copyright.PENANAoR2gsRUh8S
311Please respect copyright.PENANAqY6i8tWxQo
“我過去一直相信著警察就是保護弱小的人們,
讓有罪之人受到應有的懲罰。........311Please respect copyright.PENANAJlLt5sQaE0
我接受條件停止追查....,不要再傷害我的......”