“You should go back to Charlotte and apologize. She was very confused and thought you were angry with her these days.”麦蓝提议,指了指餐桌花瓶里的花,“Shear my wool while I still have.”
客厅里乱糟糟一片,没有开灯,借着傍晚微弱的光,夏洛蒂此时居然蹲在沙发上,身体蜷缩成一团,长长的红发披散下来,她垂着脑袋,透过发丝可见她手里的屏幕亮光。她一只手托着手机,另一手放入嘴里不停咀嚼,咯吱咯吱,指甲被牙齿嚼得响亮,鲜血顺着手指和下巴一滴滴落在沙发上。杰西卡吓到丢掉手里的玫瑰,“Charlotte…”就当她快要碰到夏洛蒂胳膊时,夏洛蒂忽然抬头,同时脖子以一种诡异的方式抽动起来: “Red hair…bright as the sunset, the little girl plays… when the dew is wet…In the morning light, her laughter echoes…a joyful duet. With hair red like smoldering embers…the little girl roams…under the moon's pale gaze. In the eerie night…her whispers linger…a haunting melody in the foggy haze…” (小女孩红发夕阳般明亮,在晨露湿润时刻嬉闹。晨曦光线里她笑声回荡,变成一曲欢快二重唱。头发犹如余烬闪烁,在苍白月光下徜徉。神秘夜晚低语久久回响,如迷雾中旋律不安又妖娆)
她以一种怪异的腔调唱这首童谣,盯着此刻面色煞白的杰西卡,眼睛又大又空洞:“I know you, I saw you in the cruise ship restaurant that day, it was your birthday that day, I was your waitress that day.”
斯嘉丽默默将手放进口袋准备拔刀。
“Are you OK Charlotte?Don't be so werid,you freak me to death.”杰西卡吓到浑身发抖。
杰西卡忽然扭头看向墙上的钟表:“What time is it? I'm going to pick up Sophia from kindergarten.”
说着她突然从沙发上跳下来,看见斯嘉丽和麦蓝,露出警惕神情:“Who?Who are you? Why did you invade my home?Get out of my houses!All of you!”
随后她开始在客厅里焦急地寻觅,目光四处游动:“Sophia!Where are you Sophia?Mommy is here Sophia!”就这样漫无目的地空喊一会儿,她忽然尖叫起来:“No no no no no!This can not be true!I don't believe it!”她捂住脑袋,紧紧闭眼,额头上青筋清晰可见,似乎在一瞬间记起所有的事情。
夏洛蒂变得完全不可控制,身上全是血渍。她站在茶几上俯视她们三个,呼吸急促,似乎处于极度焦虑,眼神开始失去焦距,目光在整个客厅上下左右不停游动,试图在空气里寻找什么。这种焦虑逐渐演变为狂躁,呼吸越发急促无序,眼白变成猩红,“Sophia is sick, Sophia is missing, Sophia is dead,she is dead,dead,dead…”甚至嘴里开始发出野兽般哼哧哼哧的声音。麦蓝心里一凉,感觉这状态似乎很眼熟,几秒后才想起她第一次去医院看望索菲娅时,索菲娅症状发作也是这幅模样,不愧是母女……既然索菲娅时30层病房里的特殊患者,那从基因角度分析,眼前的夏洛蒂恐怕也……
“She’s alive...you mean she’s alive?Really?She’s alive?”夏洛蒂开始重复喃喃这句话,眼白从猩红褪回正常,身上的青筋也消下去。杰西卡抱住她的肩膀哽咽道,“Yeah,she’s alive.She’s in the Central Hospital now. She was moved to the laboratory after the fire. I swear to you she's still alive. Please, wake up please! No matter what you do to me I just hope you could…”