第四回 估估吓 RIDDLES
背景:MBH 律師事務所辦公室,山頂某自助餐廳
〔電話響起〕
其實同BRIAN一開始嘅時候,真係有好多曖昧位,大家就好似猜謎語咁,你又估估吓,我又估估吓,完全摸不著頭緒...我依家諗番,仍然好難去判斷到底係邊個去帶出咁樣嘅氣氛,或者係我地大家都對對方有d‘情不自禁’啦...
FLORA:HELLO,FLORA SPEAKING
BRIAN:早晨呀,美女
FLORA:韓先生,麻煩你莊重D喎,你唔覺得响辦公室入面,你以上司嘅身份對我咁樣稱呼係好唔妥當嘅咩...
BRIAN:OK..OK...樂小姐,請問你今晚有空嗎?
FLORA:韓大人,响我回答你嘅提問之前,我係咪有權去知道你問依個問題嘅目的呢?
BRIAN:C’MON,FLORA,作為你嘅上司,我唔係連約你出去一個晚上都要用EXCUSE或者攞PERMIT啫,係咪?
FLORA:當然,若果係同公事有關嘅,我作為一個受聘嘅員工係無任何理由拒絕嘅...
BRIAN:咁,若果係私人嘅就唔通我無權去約會你咩?
FLORA:WELL...有咁嘅必要咩?
BRIAN:我唔明白,點解你每次對我都要咁有介心呢?你到底驚D咩嘢呢?
FLORA:痴線,好喇,玩夠喇..你到底想點呢?
BRIAN:好,快人快語,我今晚要同你出去..私人嘅約會!
FLORA:我係咪有拒絕嘅權利呢?
BRIAN:無!
FLORA:OK,幾點,响邊度?
BRIAN:7點鐘响你屋企樓下.
FLORA:好.(掛線聲)
因為緊張,我用‘極速’去完成咗我整日要COMPLETE嘅TASK,然後,準時5點半踏出公司嘅大門...走嘅時候我不禁望咗裝响RECEPTION嘅VIDEO CAM一眼,我唔肯定到底BRIAN仲响唔响度,只係有D心虛唔知佢會唔會AWARE到我嘅緊張啫...
我準時7點鐘行到我住嘅APARTMENT樓下,已經見到佢個架寶藍色嘅NSX泊咗响度..
我刻意咁放慢自己嘅腳步,保持住自己個一份高雅..唔係,應該係高傲至啱...走近佢身邊...
一個最基本嘅紳士動作,佢打開佢嘅車門,然後作狀彎一彎腰同講咗一句...
BRIAN:有請我最尊貴嘅樂公主上座..
FLORA:點咁當呀..
BRIAN:T’IS MY PLEASURE
FLORA:咁恭敬不如從命囉
〔車門關上,即有悠揚古典音樂〕
BRIAN:有云是──香車美人,果然名車應該係要有美人相伴先可以算得上相得益彰嘅..
〔FLORA:講真佢當時嘅表情真係幾得戚,雖然某個程度上我都好同意佢嘅講法...响忙完一日嘅工作之後,坐响佢依架名車上,又真係令人好有鬆弛嘅感覺..〕
BRIAN:唔知我地嘅樂公主今晚想食D咩呢?
〔FLORA:其實我都真係幾鍾意佢用樂公主嚟叫我〕
BRIAN:依..我好似唔係約錯人架,我唔應該接咗個啞咗嘅人魚公主上車嘅噃?!
〔FLORA:依個人有時真係好鬼黑你憎嘅...我其實係用沉默作我對佢無聲嘅抗議,鬼叫佢強迫我同佢食飯呀〕
BRIAN:哈,似乎我真係對依位啞公主無計可施噃..WELL..咁無辦法啦,我今晚就唯有做一台‘獨腳戲’啦..好彩我平時都訓練有素啫...
〔FLORA:點解呢?〕
BRIAN:作為一個訴訟律師,我習慣每一次上庭前一晚都會‘自編自導自演’一幕訴訟,以瞭解各人嘅心態嘅...
〔FLORA:唔怪之得佢好似可以睇穿人地諗MUG咁啦!咁亦真係佢成功嘅地方嘅,有幾多律師肯咁花時間去準備呢?〕
BRIAN:你係咪好奇怪今日我點解要約你食飯呢?
〔FLORA:係呀..〕
BRIAN:其實無他嘅,中國人有云‘民以食為先’,作為一個合作伙伴,我當然用最直接嘅方式去‘賄賂’你啦!祭咗你嘅五臟府,就可以為所欲為啦...
〔FLORA:哼,豈有此理〕
BRIAN:唔好嬲住..我當然知道樂小姐幾咁清廉如鏡啦,所以用一餐便飯又點會打動得到呢..不過,我相信以樂小姐咁有智慧嘅人,都唔難猜到我對你係另懷目的嘅..
〔FLORA:吓,唔係吓嘩?!?!〕
BRIAN:相信樂小姐都知道自己有幾咁國色天香,簡直係沉魚落雁啦..而且,美貌與智慧都兼而有之..對於咁完美嘅女性,又點能夠唔令人心動呢,係咪?
FLORA:喂,好喇喎,你唔好越講越過份喎!〔講真,諗返起嚟,我當時真係好驚佢要同我表白〕
BRIAN:哈哈,唔過份...又點得你樂小姐..開你嘅金口呢,係咪?哈哈哈...
FLORA:你..
BRIAN:好喇..到喇,等你食完依餐之後先決定要唔要嬲我好無?
FLORA:哼
唔經唔覺,我地就已經去咗山頂,我不得不承認同BRIAN一齊嘅時間真係好容易過,因為佢真係好識製造氣氛,多數時間都有SURPRISE,好少有DEAD AIR嘅...
走入依間餐廳,入面比平時熱鬧好多...原來係佢地一年只有一次嘅SEAFOOD NIGHT...
我唔知BRIAN係咪真係知道我係名副其實嘅SEAFOOD LOVER,依個亦係我獨自留低响度發展嘅原因..我對海鮮嘅鍾愛簡直係到瘋狂嘅地步...
但係,我真係無留意到間餐廳有咁嘅SEAFOOD NIGHT...我亦衷心咁APPRECIATE佢嘅細心...
面對住一堆又一堆我最心愛嘅食物,我對BRIAN嘅所有介心都消失得無影無蹤,我不期然同佢好自然咁談天說地起嚟...
個一晚嘅我真係笑得好開心,覺得好滿足,好幸福...我盡情咁吃喝,盡情跳舞,盡情大笑,足足‘喪玩’到1點幾先俾BRIAN半推半就咁送上車送返屋企...
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背景:晚上,ALICE屋企
〔手機響起〕
ALICE:HELLO,ALICE SPEAKING
HONG:OH..HELLO,THIS IS HONG,I HAVE GOT YOUR MESSAGE,YOU LIKE TO KNOW YOUR TUTORIAL TIME,RIGHT?
ALICE:OH YES..I AM LOOKING THAT FOR QUITE A WHILE ALREADY!!
HONG:YES,I SEE..ALRIGHT,I’VE CHECK IT OUT FOR U,THAT IS TUESDAY 1-2 AT ROOM 255
ALICE:ALRIGHT,TUESDAY 1-2, ROOM 255,RIGHT?
HONG:YUP..THAT’S RIGHT..ANYTHING ELSE I COULD HELP YOU WITH?
ALICE:OH NO...I THINK THAT IS..THANKS FOR THAT..
HONG:NO WORRIES,CYA ON TUE THEN..
ALICE:C’YA,BYE NOW...
HONG:BYE.〔掛線聲〕
ALICE:依個人把聲咁熟嘅,我係邊度聽過呢...唔...
ALICE:好不容易到星期二...竟然...
ALICE:〔電話〕喂..JESSIE呀...ALICE 呀..我依家响火車站呀..今日D火車竟然停駛呀..我無火車返學呀..點算呀??
JESSIE:吓...咁大濟..打的啦...
ALICE:鬼唔知咩,排的士條龍仲長過水蛇春呀!點算呀...
JESSIE:小姐,咁就咪返啦,SKIP一堂唔駛死架!
ALICE:唔得呀,今日又係個堂TUTORIAL呀,上次已經上唔到,今日再唔上就MISS咗好多嘢架喇...依..你都幫唔到架喇..我自己諗辦法啦..〔嘟..嘟..〕
JESSIE:喂..喂...
ALICE:我望住個條好長嘅等的士龍,同好少嘅的士流量...再望一望就快12點嘅手錶,我撥咗依一通我本來諗住點都唔會打嘅電話.但係响依一刻,我真係只諗到依個人個句:
HONG:...依度有我個名同電話,當我欠你一個人情,以後你隨時有咩需要,你就打俾我啦...
ALICE:(電話響)死就死啦,若果佢無聽電話,咁就當我地無緣啦...
HONG:HELLO
ALICE:杜子康...
HONG:係..係..邊位..
ALICE:施麗愛呀..你依家响邊?
HONG:施..施麗愛?
ALICE:o個個你話有MUG嘢都會幫o個個呀!!
HONG:哦..記得喇...
ALICE:仲講,無論你依家响邊,做緊DMUG,你要即刻嚟XX火車站出面接我呀!
HONG:吓,即刻?!
ALICE:係呀...我只係俾你十五分鐘咋吓,你若果唔到我就..我就喊~
HONG:好好好..15分鐘內到...
ALICE:坐响火車站出面張長櫈,講真,我都係估估吓,唔肯定依個只有數面之緣嘅人係咪真係會遵守佢嘅諾言...
連我自己都唔解釋唔到憑MUG嘢可以要佢對我依個毫無瓜葛嘅人‘言聽計從’...諗落都幾無里頭...
但係潛意識又令我對佢好有信心,將自己個份希望放咗响佢身上..覺得佢一定唔會呃我,唔會令我失望嘅...就係懷住兩份咁樣矛盾嘅心態吓,我就等吓..等吓..等吓...
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