沈宇帆走到挂号柜台前，把初晴的书包扔在地上，从里面翻出她的健保卡递给护理师。当他转过身，准备走向初晴时，目光却不经意地落在了她垂着的右手上。
那是一双属於十七岁少nV的手，原本应该是乾净柔软的。
但此刻，在诊所明亮的白炽灯光下，沈宇帆清楚地看见，初晴右手大拇指的侧面，缠着一圈已经有些脏W的透气胶带。胶带边缘微微翻起，隐约露出了底下那层为了练出重金属颗粒感，而在这两个星期内被y生生敲打出来、甚至破皮渗过血的丑陋厚茧。
沈宇帆的脚步猛地顿住了。那副平时总是挂着自信笑容的脸庞，此刻在明亮的灯光下，浮现出一种难以言喻的复杂情绪。
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Chapter10:Thirty-DegreeHeat—andClumsySupport
EarlyOctoberinTaipei—autumnstillhadn’tfullysettledin.Nowae-seasowavewouldstrikeback,fthecity’stemperaturepast30°C(86°F).
Themomeeppedoutofthecram-schoolbuilding—wherethelobbyAChadbeencoldasafreezer—theheataCrahead-oairandharshsunlightmadeheralreadyfoggymindspinharder.Herlegswentsoft,andshenearlypitchedforwardontothesun-bakedasphalt.
Eliaedfast,hookinganarmaroundhershouldersandcatgher.
Atsix-foot-one,healreadytoweredoverCra’sfive-foot-threeframe.Andrightnow,withthefeverdrainingherofalmostallstrength,shesaggeddownwardlikewetcy.Elianmightlantanduntouchablemostdays,buthealsouoodsomethingclearly:
Thiswasonlytheirthirdtimemeeting.Theyweren’tclose.
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