13. The Past! The first cigarette
"Hey! Mom! How... You speak slowly... Father...... What's wrong with Dad......" Poru's face changed instantly, and she put her arm on Dora's shoulder and asked, "What's wrong... Dora...""Good... I'll ...... right away Immediately..."Dora hung up the phone in a trembling voice, and as soon as she let go of her hand, the phone fell to the ground with a "snap".
"Hey!" Custer hurriedly picked up the phone, and Poru looked at Dora's dejected expression and asked anxiously, "What's wrong?" What happened to Uncle? "Daddy... Out of ...... Car accident....in the rescue...", she said as tears poured out of her eyes. Both brothers were shocked at the same time, and Custer: "Damn! What are you waiting for! Hurry to the hospital! ”
The three of them hurried to the hospital, Dora's father was pushing from the emergency room to the operating room at this time, Dora's mother was crying in the back like crazy, Dora held her mother tightly, Custer and Poru also followed, Custer helped Dora and shouted at Poru: "Poru, you take care of your uncle into the operating room." "Okay." Poru followed the first responders and ran to the operating room.
At this time, he inadvertently glanced at the plasma bag that transfused for Dora's father, and instantly he felt that his body was hot, and the blood in his body seemed to be boiling, and his eyes were staring at the dark red blood in the shaking plasma bag... I actually had a feeling of 'hunger and thirst'. He felt his throat itch and his breath became short. He realized that his body's strange pace slowed down, and at this time Dora's father was wheeled into the operating room, and Poru watched the lights on the operating room, leaning on the wall and gasping for breath.
"What the hell just happened?" "What's wrong with me?" "Why do you feel this way?" Poru asked himself in his heart, and subconsciously felt an inexplicable sense of panic. "Are you alright?" Karst tapped him on the shoulder, and Poru reassured, "Oh! I'm fine! It's okay! How is Dora? Custer: "Relatives are here. The mother-daughter relationship is a little more stable. Poru: "Okay, that's good. With that, he turned and staggered forward. Custer looked at the unusual look on Poru's face and chased after him worriedly.
As night fell, Custer and Poru stood at the door of the hospital, Custer glanced at Poru, and his face turned even paler in the dark, "Hey! Maybe you need this. Custer said as he pulled out a box of "camel" cigarettes from his school uniform pocket and handed it to Poru. "Are you encouraging underage smoking?" Poru frowned again. Custer took out a cigarette and lit it in his mouth, taking a deep breath. "Maybe you really need him at this point." Poru looked at the cigarette and then at Custer, silently pulling out one.
Years later, Mafia's plane was parked at Palermo Airport
Al walked out of the airport surrounded by many family members, and when Mordred's hand was about to touch the door of the Rolls-Royce that picked them up, Al suddenly stopped him, "Wait, I want to smoke a cigarette." ”
The night sky turned from dark blue to pitch black, and the dim glow cast by the street lamps elongated the figures below. The entourage took out the cigars they had prepared, and Mordred waved his hand and said, "Cigarettes." "From the human sense. Take out a box of cheap "camel" cigarettes.
Mordred took it and handed the cigarette to Al under the streetlamp. Al pulled a cigarette out of the cigarette case. Mordred pulled out a lighter. The tobacco ignited, and a faint white mist and the spicy smell of cheap tobacco wafted through the air.
Under the lamp, Al asked Mordred, who was standing next to him, with a cigarette in his mouth, "Do you remember the first cigarette in your life?" Mordred: "It's been too long, I've forgotten it, young master." Al: "Yes! It's been too long..."The white smoke rose upwards in the dim pillar of light, and finally slowly dissipated......
After my father's funeral. Custer and Poru never saw Dora's big smile again. Dora became more than just reticent. From time to time, scars are added to the face and arms. The brothers never asked, because whenever they went to Dora's house, they could hear the noise or cries coming from the room, and even if Dora didn't say it, they already knew it. Dora's mother was mentally devastated by Yan Zòng after her husband's death.
The brothers still find Dora to go to school and leave school together, and visit Dora's house more frequently to help Dora with household chores and tidying up the yard. When the daisy planting season arrives again, Custer and Poru come to Dora's garden with farm tools to help him plough the ground and sow seeds.
After finishing her work, Dora wiped the sweat mixed with dirt on their foreheads with a shallow smile on her face and said, "You two have exams to work on next week!" Poru: "I'm just the usual final exam, and he's the entrance exam to the police academy for the future." ”
Custer: "What a future! My future is to be the number one pitcher in the world! Poru rolled his eyes at him and turned to leave. Custer: "Hey! Why do you always look disdainful when I say the ideal in my heart? Dora: "Poru doesn't look down on you, in fact, he also hopes that you can be a policeman like Uncle Roy, he actually wants to enter the police academy in his heart, but according to his physique, there is no way to pass the physical fitness test, so not only Uncle Roy and Aunt Shirley, but also Poru's dreams are all in you!" ”
Custer: "Hmm! Well! I know! I know! This guy Poru is really bad in his brain, his IQ can definitely be admitted to 'Oxford', and his future is much brighter than being a policeman. Ay! My father, mother, and a younger brother who has a bad brain, my pressure is 'mountainous'. As he spoke, he picked up the farm tools and waved his hand at Dora: "I'll go back and work hard, and call us at any time if something happens." Dora smiled: "Well, don't worry about me and my mother, come on for the exam!" ”
Custer replied weakly: "Okay, test~test~add~oil~"
After putting the farming tools in the small warehouse, Custer heard Boru's voice: "Brother, Daddy is calling you." Custer agreed and walked into the room. Poru: "Daddy is waiting for you in the basement. Custer: "I see." Poru reminded in a low voice: "Dad's face is not careful. Custer: "Don't worry. ”
As he walked down the basement, Poru looked at his back with a worried look on his face. At this time, he suddenly felt that his body seemed to be hot again, as if the blood in every vein was clashing, making him feel irritable. He slowly walked up the stairs with his hands on the wall, thinking to himself, "It must be because there have been too many school activities lately and I haven't slept well." ”
Neither he nor Custer noticed that their mother, Shirley, was secretly watching them from behind. Shirley's hand clenched the door frame and prayed, "Custer, come on, you will be able to save your brother again, you can do it." (To be continued......)