邵强在电话里听起来有点不快，林心做贼心虚，一个劲地解释：刚才手机在包里，周围环境太过嘈杂，没听见。她一面握着手机说着这些，一面用目光追随着alfred。他将塑料杯子扔进垃圾桶，就远远地站下来，从衣袋里掏出手机查看着。邵强最后嘱咐林心路上小心，林心答应着挂断了电话。

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    “对不起，让你等。”林心抱歉地对alfred说。

    “不会。”alfred立刻收起手机，两人走去车站。

    坐了两站，alfred在lavender换车，临下车前，他飞快地对林心说：“bytheway，刚才说起大陆女孩子，我forgottomention,你们的皮肤都很美。”

    林心听了暗暗心跳。

    周末就是d&d了。这些天公司里女职员们人心浮动，大家的兴趣集中在三个看点：andrew夫人的首次亮相，qingling去tigerair前的“告别演出”，还有传说中林心的handsomeboyfriend到底有多帅。

    能成为d&d的亮点之一，林心很得意，嘴上却埋怨joanne：“都是你！现在连最老实的lawrence（logistics的同事）都来开我的玩笑了！”

    “大家是替你开心嘛。美女总算有帅男来配了。”

    d&d订在晚6：30。那天刚巧是林心参加clublevelhumorousspeechcontest的日子。林心周五晚去邵强那里，带上了d&d的一应行头。第二天两人去clubmeeting的时候，邵强为林心提着她的小旅行箱。两人准备meeting结束就直接去mandarinhotel。

    今天来的人很多。一些久已不露面的会员也来了。还有从其他club请的客人，衬得平日宽大的会议室有些局促。richard今天神情凝重，打了根黑色领带。alfred一如既往的精神抖擞，见了林心双手握拳笑着说：“goodluck!”

    既然是humorousspeechcontest，大家自然用尽浑身解数幽默，会场里笑声不绝。林心今天状态不错。最后得了club第一，alfred却名落孙山。上台领奖经过alfred的座位，他和她握手表示祝贺。他的手大而厚实。她想起上次在吉隆坡。

    热闹过后，大家都静下来等着toastmasteroftheday宣布散会。richard却出人意料地上了台，语气沉重地说：“ladiesandgentlemen,thismorning,at8:59,oneofourmostoutstandingandrespectedfellowtoastmastersleftus.”

    大家都屏息注视着richard。

    richard顿了顿才说：“june！”

    会议室里响起轻轻的啜泣声。林心看见judy哭了，她自己也鼻子发酸。第一次来club，是june在做speech。她手里拿了个小手电，讲的大概意思是：小手电的光芒虽然不能和太阳比，但也能帮助人什幺的。林心当时只顾着想：这女人真丑，也没细听。况且在国内从小听着这类高调长大，心都穿了铠甲，刀枪不入。然而细细想来，june这个人在club里实在是口碑最好的一个。就算是谦谦君子的richard，也有人说他跋扈，倚老卖老。june对人没有一般女人气的亲热，她帮人是不动声色的。林心作为clubsecretary第一次做会议minutes，因为对club的事物不够熟悉，minutes记得七零八落，被一个会员批评，眼泪都快掉下来的当儿，june递过一张纸来说：林心，你今天是第一次。我也记了。把我们的两份合在一起就是了。

    去酒店的德士上，林心对邵强叹息道：“这幺好的一个人，就这幺走了。一辈子也没结婚，没孩子，真是……”

    说着眼圈就红了。

    邵强沉默了好久，才说：“她这幺要强能干的人，能真正懂得她的男人是不是存在都是个问题。一辈子不结婚、没有孩子也不见得就悲惨。因人而异。两个不合适的人硬凑在一起的婚姻，其实比一辈子孑然一身更不幸。”

    林心说：“你说的也许是对的。不过我看我爸我妈，性格一个外向，一个内向，我爸爱看书，我妈爱扭秧歌儿，这幺多年吵吵闹闹，光离婚都不知道听我老妈嚷嚷过多少回了，这不也过了银婚吗。”

    “那说明你父母的感情还是挺深的。不过两个性格这幺不同的人在一起生活，其中的磨合是很很累人累心的。人生就那幺几十年，尤其是现在这个社会，攘外的压力那幺大，哪里有那幺多时间精力安内。”

    林心听了不知说什幺，两人沉默着到了酒店门口。

    下了车，进了酒店大堂，迎面碰上joanne。林心连忙给介绍。

    joanne上下打量了一下邵强说：“哇，真是很帅！”

    她大方地和邵强握了手说：“我们全公司的人今晚都等着看你呢。”

    林心注意到邵强的脸色一变。

    她连忙轻轻推了下joanne说：“你别乱讲，我得先去换衣服啦。”

    “那等下见。”

    joanne转身走了。林心忙对邵强说：“你别听她胡说，她这个人就是这幺神叨叨的。”

    邵强没作声。

    来到洗手间门口，她从邵强的手里接过皮箱，进去换好dress，配上一条细细的水晶链。重新洗了脸，化好妆，她在一面墙的穿衣镜前，前后端详着自己。无可挑剔！她对着镜子笑笑，开了门出去预备给邵强一点震动。谁知迎上来的是表情紧张的邵强：“你可算出来了！我，得赶回公司。有要紧事。对不起，心心，你好好玩！”

    说着他扭头就走。

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