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Still, he had hiswallet, back in his possession for the first time in three years,

三年来，他的裤袋里第一次装着钱包，

containing severalexpired credit cards and one Visa card, which, he was pleasantly surprised todiscover, didn’t expire until the end of January.

里面有几张过期的信用卡和一张VISA卡，他又惊又喜地发现那张VISA卡的有效期是明年一月底。

He had areservation number. And, he realized, he had the certainty that once he gothome everything would, somehow, be okay. Laura would be fine again.

他有一个预定的机票号码。而且他还意识到，他有一种很确定的感觉：一旦回到家里，所有的一切都会正常起来，劳拉也会安全无恙。

 Maybe it was some kind of scam to spring him afew days early.

也许这不过是他们为了让他提前出狱而耍的一个诡计。

Or perhaps it wasa simple mix-up: some other Laura Moon’s body had been dragged from the highwaywreckage.

或者可能是事情搞混了：在高速公路上撞车死掉的是另外一个也叫劳拉·莫恩的女人。

Lightningflickered outside the airport, through the windows-walls.

透过玻璃幕墙，机场外面的灯光闪烁着。

Shadow realized hewas holding his breath, waiting for something. A distant boom of thunder. Heexhaled.

　影子突然意识到他一直屏住呼吸，仿佛在等待着什么。远处传来轰鸣的雷声。他终于吐出一口气。

A tired whitewoman stared at him from behind the counter.

　一个看上去很疲倦的女人站在办理登机手续的柜台后面，注视着他。

“Hello,” said Shadow. You’re the firststrange woman I’ve spoken to, in the flesh, in three years.

　“你好，”影子冲她打招呼。你是我三年来第一次面对面说话的活生生的陌生女人。

“I’ve got ane-ticket number. I was supposed to be traveling on Friday but I have to gotoday. There was a death in my family.”

“我有一个电子机票的电子号码。我本应该在星期五搭乘飞机，但我今天有事，必须提前飞。我家里有人去世了。”

“Mm. I’m sorry to hear that.” She tapped atthe keyboard, stared at the screen, tapped again.

“很遗憾听到这么不幸的消息。”她敲打着键盘，盯着电脑屏幕看，然后又敲打几个键，

“No problem. I’veput you on the three-thirty. It may be delayed because of the storm, so keep aneye on the screens. Checking any baggage?”

“没问题，我把你安排在3点30分的那班飞机上。不过飞机可能会因为暴风雨延迟起飞，所以请注意屏幕上的通知。要检查和托运行李吗？”

He held up ashoulder bag. “I don’t need to check this, do it?

　　他举起自己的背包给她看。“这个不需要吧？”

“No,” she said. “It’s fine. Do you have anypicture ID?” Shadow showed her his driver’s license.

“不必了。”她说，“你有没有带照片的身份证明？” 影子掏出自己的驾照给她看。

It was not a bigairport, but the number of people wandering, just wandering, amazed him.

这个机场并不很大，但还是有不少人无所事事地四处闲逛。

He watched peopleput down bags casually, observed wallets stuffed into back pockets, saw pursesput down, unwatched, under chairs.

影子觉得这相当有意思。他注视着人们随随便便放下自己的包，注意到他们随随便便地把钱夹塞进口袋里，看着他们把行李放在椅子下面，根本不费心照看。

That was when herealized he was no longer in prison.

　这一切都让他意识到，他已经离开监狱了。

Thirty minutes towait until boarding. Shadow bought a slice of pizza and burned his lip on thehot cheese.

　离登机还有三十分钟，影子买了一片比萨吃，结果不小心被上面的热芝士烫了嘴唇。