朋友永遠在一起 a friend n the le (第5/12頁)

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“Areyouarelativeorsomething?”

“No，justafriend。”

“Imreallysorry，”hesaidquietly，“butMr。Methdieddaybeforeyesterday。”

Died?Adolf?Foramoment，Icouldntanswer。Istoodthereinshockanddisbelief。Then，ullingmyselftogether，Ithankedtheostmanandsteedintothelate-morningsun。Iwalkedtowardthecar，misty-eyed。

Then，roundingthecorner，Isawachurch，andalinefromtheOldTestamentleaedintomymind:Afriendlovesyouatalltimes。Andeseciallyindeath，Irealized。Thisbroughtamomentofrecognition。Oftenittakessomesuddenandsadturnofeventstoawakenustothebeautyofasecialresenceinourlives。Now，forthefirsttime，IsensedhowverycloseAdolfandIhadbecome。Ithasbeeneasy，andIknewthiswouldmakeiteveneasierthenexttime，withmynextclosefriend。Slowly，Ifeltawarmthsurgingthroughme。IheardAdolfsgrowlyvoiceshouting，“Wrongnumber!”ThenIheardhimaskingwhyIwantedtocallagain。

“Becauseyoumattered，Adolf，”Isaidaloudtonoone。“BecauseIwasyourfriend。”

Ilacedtheunoenedbirthdaycardonthebackseatofmycarandgotbehindthewheel。Beforestartingtheengine，Ilookedovermyshoulder。“Adolf，”Iwhisered，“Ididntgetthewrongnumberatall。Igotyou。”

沒有朋友的人生就如同沒有見證的死亡。

——西班牙諺語

號碼還沒撥完，我就發現自己打錯了。電話鈴響了一聲，兩聲——然後有人接起來了。