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02-03-亡灵岛 [8]

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,too.It was the best thing to do.And so… I “killed” him.’
  ‘But you're still alive.’
  ‘My family know I'm alive, but no other people know.’He looked at me.‘But now you know.’
  ‘How did you do it?’I asked.
  ‘I told my family about my p1an and I told Greta,my wife.At first they didn't like it.But after a long time,they said OK.Then I faked the car crash.’
  ‘Faked it?’
  ‘Yes,’he said.‘I put some of my things in the car.A guitar,and some clothes.Then I pushed my car over a cliff and burned it.The police found the burned car and thought I was dead.Everybody thought I was killed in the car crash.’
  ‘But you faked the crash,’I said.
  ‘Yes.’
  ‘What did you do then?’
  ‘My family hid me away for months.I tried to change into a different person— with shorter hair,a moustache, quiet suits.All my money went to Greta and she changed her name to Ross.I told her to buy this island.Now I invest her money,the money that was mine.And now I'm “James Ross.”
  ‘What about“Jake Rosso”?’I asked.
  ‘Jake Rosso took drugs,’he said.‘Jake Rosso got drunk and crashed cars. He killed a young girl,so he had to “die”.I can never forget the girl.I think about her every day.’
  ‘And that's why you always look so sad,’I thought.
  I looked around the room.‘Why do you keep a room like this? Why do you keep the guitars,the posters and photographs?’
  James Ross did not speak for a minute.Then he said,‘I need to remember my old life, and what Jake Rosso was like.I'm never going to sing again and I'm never going to take drugs But I need this room,to remember.’
  I looked at the posters and the photographs.And I looked at his sad face.‘I'm not going to say anything.I won't tell my mother,I won't tell anybody.’
  James Ross looked at me.‘I think you understand,’he said.
  ‘I do,’I said.‘I've done bad things.I want to forget them,too.I needed to get away,to hide,too.That's why we came to England,to begin a new life Yes,I understatld.’
  He took my hand,and we walked out of the room and closed the door.
  I never went into the room again,and I didn't tell anybody.
  My mother and I left the island at the end of the summer.Soon after,I went to college.
  My life is bettter now.I work on a farm in England and my mother works in an office. My mother doesn't worry about me,because I'm happier now.
  I haven't been back to the island.
  But I know there's a ‘dead man’living there.


■ 5 亡灵
  我进了房间……并感到很惊讶。
  屋里满是奇怪的东西:花衬衫和花衣服,三把吉它。墙上还有一些海报和照片。
  我看着海报。
  杰克·罗索的脸俯视着我。
  我望着已故的杰克·罗索的图片,想起了在香港时我房间墙壁上的那些照片。我永远也不会忘记那张脸——我最喜爱的歌手的那张脸。
  接着,正当我盯着他那张脸看时,奇怪的事情发生了。我开始在海报上看出另一张脸。这张脸显得年龄大了一些,留着胡子,但又是一模一样的。
  我看到了罗斯先生的脸。
  “不!”我说,“这不是真的!”
  但这是真的,我知道这是真的。
  “罗斯先生就是……杰克·罗索!”
  “不是!”我身后有个人说。
  我转过脸,看见了罗斯先生。他正站在门口。他看上去……害怕的样子。
  “我不相信你的话!”我说。
  “你应当相信我的话!”
  我望着海报。“如果那个人不是你,那是谁?”
  “是杰克·罗索。他是……我兄弟。”
  “那不是真的!”我大声喊道,“我不相信你的话。听着,杰克·罗索是我最喜爱的歌手——我存有他几百张照片。我现在还保存着他所有的唱片。我喜爱过他,你懂吗?成千上万的人喜爱过他。”
  “他死了,”罗斯先生平静地说。
  “没有!”我喊叫着,“你就是杰克·罗索!你现在看上去不一样了,是这样。留着短发,蓄着胡子,戴着眼镜。但是你就是……杰克……罗索。你曾是我最喜爱的那位流行歌手,所以我知道。”
  罗斯先生没说什么,他看着我的脸。
  “他不知道该怎么办了。”我想,“他知道我不相信他的话,他害怕了。”
  然后他说:“昨天晚上是你在走廊里,对吗?”
  “是我,”我回答说。
  他看上去生气了。“我给你妈妈工作给错了,”他说,“我原认为不会有事,因为你们从香港来。而且我那时需要人帮我工作。我当时需要一个好秘书。”
  “你另外的秘书知道你是谁吗?”我问道,“岛上其他的人知道吗?”
  罗斯先生没有回答,但走到了窗户旁。他正思考着。
  “他要干什么?”我想。
  然后他转过身来。“好吧,你说对了。我……我是杰克·罗索。”
  “我早就知道这点!”
  他显得有些不安和不快。“你能保密吗?一个非常重要的秘密?”
  我想了一下,然后说:“能,我能保密。”
  然后他把秘密告诉了我:
  “岛上其他的人是我家里人。”
  “你家里人?”我说。
  “是的。我的真名叫詹姆斯·邓肯,而邓肯先生和夫人是我的父母。托尼是我的弟弟,他的妻子莉萨是我的秘书。现在住院的就是她。”
  “而斯特拉·帕克斯和丹·帕克斯呢?”我问道。
  “是我姨妈和姨夫,”他说。
  “但是你在这儿的这个岛上干什么呀?我不明白。”
  “我会告诉你的,”他说。他在一把椅子上坐下来,拿起一把吉它,可他没弹。“你说对了。我过去是个有名的歌星,那时我很有钱,还有个漂亮的妻子。可后来出事了。”
  “怎么了?”
  “我吸毒,”他说,“我酗酒。我喝醉了并撞了车。我干了些既愚蠢而又可怕的事情。我知道这不对,可我不能罢手。有一段时间,我简直是……发疯了。”
  “我可以理解。”我告诉他,“我也吸过毒。”
  他看上去很惊讶。“你吸过毒?”
  “吸过。”我说,“我父亲去世后,我很不快乐,我也出事了。可接着讲你的事吧。”
  他接着讲了。“一天晚上,我开着车。我喝醉了,还——还撞了人。是个年轻姑娘,她……死了。我撞死了她。”
  “啊,不!”
  “真的。”他说,“她15岁。我也想去死。钱对我来说已不再有意义了。一切都不再有意义了。”
  “出事之后你怎么办了?”我问道。
  “我接着开车。我没停下来,也没告诉警察。我撞死了人,我真害怕。”他现在看上去还很害怕。他放下吉它继续讲他的故事。“所以我订了一个计划。杰克·罗索也得死。这是最好的办法。所以……我‘杀’了他。”
  “可你还活着。”
  “我家人知道我还活着,但别人不知道。”他看了看我。“但现在你知道
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