Staring Me In The Face <6>

"So you never knew whether it was a boy or ...? "

"A girl?" asked Malcolm.

I nodded.

"A boy," he said. "Had the approximate date and went to the Registry of Births to look it up."

I sat there, trying to take in what Malcom had said. I felt as though I'd been flattened by a truck.

"Somewhere out there I have a child I know nothing about," Malcom continued. "I was stupid. Rushed off instead of staying to have a share in my son's life."

"I thought perhaps it was a daughter."

"Beg your pardon?"

"A daughter. Me."

"You thought I was ... your father?"

"Books, curry, I'm tall. We ... we like the same things."

"We definitely have things in common but I'm not your father." He looked at me.

"I'm so sorry to disappoint you, Leanna." I tried to smile.

"We're not related but we can be something else."

"What?"

"Can't you think of anything?"

"Uh uh."

"Friends."

"Friends?"

"It's been staring you in the face for weeks." Malcolm's use of that phrase made me burst out laughing.

"Let me in on the joke sometime," he said.

"Okay," I said. "Tell you sometime seeing we're friends."

Then I smiled. And my smile was as wide and warm as the one he smiled in return

相关单词：flattened

flattened解释：[医]（水）平扁的，弄平的

flattened例句：

She flattened her nose and lips against the window. 她把鼻子和嘴唇紧贴着窗户。

I flattened myself against the wall to let them pass. 我身体紧靠着墙让他们通过。

相关单词：curry

curry解释：n.咖哩粉，咖哩饭菜；v.用咖哩粉调味，用马栉梳，制革

curry例句：

Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.有咖喱的菜配米饭最棒。

Add a teaspoonful of curry powder.加一茶匙咖喱粉。