第27章月台的等待DetourToRomance(2)
“Well,”Ifinallysaid,“whydon’tyouphooyourhome?She’sprobablycalledthereifshegotinaheadofyou。”Hegavemeasicklook。“I’veooeweregoihendrivedownSotajob。Shehasn’tanyaddressforme。”Hetouchedthetelegram。Wheythedayhewasstillthereandcameoverassoonashesawme。“Didsheworkanywhere?”Iasked。Henodded。“Sheist。Itelegraphedherformerboss。Alltheyknowisthatsheleftherjobtogetmarried。”Harrymeteverytraihreeorfourdays。Ofcourse,therailroadliinedthepolicelookedinobodywasanyrealhelp。IcouldseethattheyallfiguredthatMayhadsimplyplayedatri。ButIhat,somehow。Oerabouttwoweeks,HarryaalkingandItoldhimaboutmytheory。
“Ifyou’lljustwaitlongenough,”Isaid,“you’llseeheringupthosestairssomeday。”Heturnedahestairsasthoughhehadhembefore。Thedaywheowork,HarrywasbehierofTongsmagaziand。Helookedatmerathersheepishlyandsaid,“Well,Ihadtogetajobsomewhere,didn’tI?”SohebegantoworkasaclerkforTony。WeneverspokeofMayaherofusevermeheory。ButIHarryalersohestairs。Towardtheeonywaskilledi,andTony’swidowleftHarryieagaziamarriedagaier,Harryboughtthestandfromher。Heborrowedmoneyandinstalledasodafountaiysoonhehadaverylebusiheerday。Iheardadalotofthingsfalling。ThecrywasfromHarryahingsfalliofdollsahingswhichhehadupsetwhileheiheter。Heranadgrabbedagirlfrommyassmallanddarkandhereyebrowscametoalittlepointinthemiddle。Forawhiletheyjusthuoeachanddsayingthingswithoutmeaning。
She’dsayafewwordslike,“Itwasthebusstatio—”andhe’dkissherspeedtellherthemanythingshehaddoofiapparentlyhadhappehreeyearsbeforewasthatMayhadebybus,notbytrain,aelegramshemeant“busstation”,not“railroadstatioedatthebusstationfordaysaallhermtofindHarry。Fiajobtyping。“What?”saidHarry。“Haveyoubeenwintowime?”Shenodded。
“Well,heavens。Didn’tyoueveredowhestatioedaagaziahereallthetime。Iowchedeverybodythatcameupthestairs。”
&olookalittlepale。Prettysoonshelookedoveratthestairsandsaidinaweakvoievercameupthestairsbefore。Yousee,Iwentoutoftowerdayonashortbusirip。Oh,Harry!”Thehrewherarmsaroundhisnedreallybegantocry。Afteraminuteshebackedaoiifflytowardthehestation。“Harry,forthreeyears,forthreesolidyears,I’vebeenrightrightiion,typing,intheofficeofthestationmaster。”