上回 " 魂斷虹橋” 提要
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“Aiya, Bobby, where are you? I have been talking to you, but you were 10
thousand miles away. Here is your coffee”. 原來燕兒已 經備了一盅French press flask,
正在法式下壓. 一杯熱騰騰的香濃Costa Rican coffee 放在少總舵主手旁.
“Sorry, I was thinking about something”.
“I know, you were thinking about that someone you once knew’.
“燕兒入來”, 露西在叫.
一會燕兒踏出房門, 似笑非笑的望著少總舵主.
“Bobby, Lucy invites you in”
“ To talk”, 燕兒加上.更加似笑非笑.
少總舵主望著燕兒,心中恍惚, 面上亦是似笑非笑. 心裡還是念著虹橋之夜.
唉, 小小姑娘,你在何方, 可有想念我麽.
真是;
烟水兩茫, 英雄癡.
魂斷虹橋, 倩女情.
這一回 “天亮前後”
少總舵主望著燕兒, 視而𣎴見, 心中目内只有小小姑娘, 那有心情與Lucy”交談 ”.
“Please tell Lucy I am tired, and will take a rain check until next time”
燕兒似笑非笑望着少總舵主 “Sure, Bobby, I’ll tell her. You take care and please drop by
to see US soon”. 跟著淺笑, 梨渦又現, 唉, 與小小姑娘一模一樣.
少總舵主半夜回到行居, 心想還是回 花旗吧, 這處大多惹起心煩之事,不能治事.
不日回到南加. 但自從遇上與小小娘神情相似的燕兒之後, 心中憩念小小娘娘日增, 每日不能集中精神. 心知這次遇上心魔 來襲. 惹上了麻煩.
一日有眾同門相約往溫城遨遊, 少總舵主欣然同往,既可 散心, 又可見温城分舵兄弟.
且說温城節目豐富, 有多種活動, 真是遊山玩水, 回復當年花果山上時的心境.
其中一夜, 乃是黃昏遊河,欣賞煙花.乃是大節目. 少總舵主與同門到了河運碼頭,只見人頭湧湧,好 不熱鬧.到了時候, 由甲板上船.
少總舵主走上甲板,只見前面有一婦人及青年一起上船. 婦人, 身形細小, 身材纖瘦. 髮色黑中微銀,似有加光 ( high- lighted).
青年手扶婦人, 助她上船.
婦人身上手帕忽然 墮下, 婦人 屈身取拾, 向後微轉•看見少總舵主, 微微一笑, 立刻向前走出. 不出二步, 怱然失足, 青年趕快扶上.
“Mom, are you ok?” 青年說
“Yes, quite.”
少總舵主看見婦人側面, 乃是中年美婦, 相貌𡢃秀, 宛然似相識. 心中一慄, 𤔡何現在人人都像小小姑娘. 想得癡了?!
船上十分熱鬧, 少總舵主四面張望,希望再細看中年美婦. 眼角一瞄, 只見中年美婦獨立欄杆之旁, 趕忙走過去, 美婦似知少總舵主走來, 微讓身邊空位.
少總舵主側身站在空位, 正想開言搭拾, 一個 身長玉立,青年書生,走到少總舵主身後,
低言“青山隱隱”
少總舵主隨口而答 “ 綠水悠悠”
“紅花綠葉是一家. 在下余又同, 師祖乃是金笛書生, 眾兄弟在 Ritz Carlton 𤔡您備了一間套房, 遊河之後,請到 Ritz Carlton
與 衆兄弟相聚”.
少總舵主微一點頭. 轉身一看, 中年美婦已離去. 整 夜船上尋找, 不再相會.
唉, 緣份難再.
午夜上岸,已有專車戴少總舵主到Ritz-Carlton. 入到酒店, 有一西人相迎,
“Good evening, Mr. Chen, Welcome to Ritz-Carlton. I am Sean McCaldin, the
general manger here. I will send my personal assistant later to see to it
that you are comfortable here. Anything we can do for you, please do let us
know.”
“Thank you, Mr. McCaldin, very kind of you.”
入到suite, 只見在會客廳及卧室, 布置優雅清爽. 走到酒巴, 己備少總舵主喜爱的酒品各項. Hennessy XO Cognac and
Chabot XO Armagnac.
一會有数個分舵主領到套房請安及報告事務.
余又同 “ 現在已經三更時分, 少總舵主請安息, 明天再來請安.”
“ 好, 各兄弟晚安.”
少總舵主獨坐廳中, 正是想着怎生尋找中年美婦行踪.
忽然房門似有輕敲,
“Mr. Chen, room service” 嬌音傳入.
“come in”
“ Mr. Chen, I am Joann, Mr. McCaldin’s personal assistant. He asked me to
look after your needs here. I want to make sure you are comfortable.”
“ Yes, quite, Joann, thank you”.
“ I saw your friends left not too long ago, I brought with me a few dishes
of figure food . ”
Joann 推一架小車入房, 上有Iranian carvier with chopped hard-boiled egg on water
biscuits, and a flask of French pressed Kona Coffee. 都是少總舵主喜愛之物.
少總舵主只見Joann 是健美東方少婦,身穿緊身 粉紅旗袍,加深藍小馬甲, 深藍 半高跟鞋, 膚色微黑及健康, 光滑黑髮僅到肩上,
笑臉迎人.渾身發出熱力.
“Joann, where is your hometown?”
“I am a Thai, but with a lot different bloods in me, including Chinese,
Malaysian, Polynesian and some Danish. Came here to school at UBC some years
ago, and I have been staying ever since.”
“Ah, Joann, you are a lovely young lady.”
“Thank you, Mr. Chen.”
“My name is Bobby.”
“Thank you, Bobby. You are sweet. ”
Joann 與少總舵主搭拾了一會, 見少總舵主有些睠了, 笑言 “Bobby, you look tired, why don’t I tuck you
in ? ”
“Yes, I should go to bed. Thank you. I can manage fine.”
Joann 起身預備走出房間.
回身問”Is there anything I can do for you? Anything at all….”
“I am fine, thank you.”
“And I do mean anything”
“I will call if I need anything”
“Here is my personal cell phone number.”
“Please do call. Good night , Bobby.”
Joann 雙手合十, 說聲”Sawadee”.
等到Joann 離開. 少總舵主預備休息. 已經早上五時, 但未有晨光.
房中電話鈴聲.
“Hello, this is Bobby.”
“….”
“Hi, Bobby here.”
“….”
“…………….”
“Hello , anyone there?”
“………”
少總舵主心中一懍, 難到正主兒來了?
再不出言.
多時無聲,……
少總舵主隨口而言 “ 相對無言, [往事]似依稀 “
多時無聲. “…”
突然低聲蚊唱“記得當時年紀小, 我愛談天,你愛笑.有一回並肩坐在桃樹, 風在林梢, 鳥在叫, 我們不知怎樣睡着了, 夢裡花兒落少.” 正是黃自的 [
往事], 與小小姑娘相約相認之歌.
少總舵主目登口呆,心中迷惘, 不知此情此境, 是真是假, 是否想得癡了.以假作真
“Bobby, it is me. You do remember me, don’t you?”
“Hi, how have you been?”
“…”
“How did you find me here?” 少總舵主, 不知說什麼.
“Bobby, …..”
“Yes?”
“Bobby, …”
“Oh Bobby, I don’t know how to tell you this. 唉.”
“What ?”
“Bobby, I married John a long time ago in Quebec City.” John 就是船上cut-in 的男生.
“….”
“ Bobby, say something.”
“Congratulations.”
“Congratulations? Is that all you can say ? ”
“ What do you want me to say?”
“Bobby, I am really sorry. Please take care of yourself, and forge about me
FOREVER and forget me FOREVER.”
“Ha ha, 好極了.”
“我知你心中難受, 唉, 但你可知我心中感受. 你知我要多大的勇氣才會打電話給你,
“我當時迫不得以,又不知你在那處. 到後來…”
“我知到, 好極. 如今就此過別, 今生不再相見. 就是相見也不相識.”
“唉, Bobby, I am sorry.”
“請聽我說,不知可否? ”
“Bobby, yes, please.”
“看花無言花己去, 半生相待已成空.
唉, 我會小心, 請不用担心. ”
此時此日還怕小小姑娘担心.
“唉, Bobby, I am sorry. Let us wait for our next life, Bobby. Take care.”
“Goodbye.”
少總舵主放下電話. 心中只覺生死兩惘惘. 一片空白. 有如酒肉行尸.
抬頭一看, 晨光已現. 少總舵主 輕言 “天是亮了,我的一生卻是越來越黑.”
天亮前, 少總舵主的人生大有希望, 可能終於找到小小姑娘. 天亮之後,卻是一世從此無望.
唉. 人生總是如此.
正是;
相識也是緣份，你莫再三強求，無謂情自困.
重逢又離別， 你不必悔恨，好夢豈能當真，
誰又會願意，永守誓盟，共你終生相好，
見一次面能共結合永相親，風花雪月原是過日晨。
分手也是緣份，你莫三強求，祈望佢憐憫，
誰人重情義你不必痛恨， 天下假情幻似真，
誰又會料到，每一段情代價應該幾高，
每一個夢留下怨恨有幾分，生於世上原是寄塵.
少總舵主, 呆坐窗前不知多少時候. 忽然電話鈴聲又响 了…….
各位社友看官, 你說少總舵主這段東西遊記, 究竟說的是什麼?
Footnote
詞寄 :
張德蘭名曲 [相識也是緣份]( 盧國沾辭).
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