Remember the Lovely Lady Learn English through story level 1

chapter one

beach house

the children and their father remember

miranda of course

and they talk about her sometimes

miranda’s sister often visits us

and she always tells the children a

story about their mother

nick remembers miranda

i know he does

and

in the hospital

grandma remembers too

they all remember miranda

i never met miranda

but every day

i look at her photograph

next to the telephone in the kitchen

the picture of her with her children

every day

i look at her beautiful dark eyes and

her long dark hair

i first saw miranda’s photograph two

years ago

it was a cold october day

and i left london for my new job with a

family in norfolk

i drove north

past norwich

and it began to rain

it was dark

and there was a strong wind

so i drove slowly and carefully

i wanted to see the harvey children

before they went to bed

but because of the weather

it was eight o’clock before i arrived in

cromer

i drove through the town

along the sea road

suddenly i stopped

there was a tree across the road

i got out of my car

it was a big tree and i couldn’t move it

just then

a car drove up behind me and a man got

out

what’s the matter

oh

a tree across the road

he was a tall man about 30 years old

where are you going

he asked

not far

i said

it’s a house along this road near the

sea

it’s called beach house

oh i know beach house

the man said

it’s the last house along this road

but you can’t drive there tonight with

this tree across the road

he stopped for a minute

i’m nick watson

and i live at the farm along the road

we can go back to my house and then walk

across the fields to beach house

are you visiting for the weekend

no no

i’m going to work in the house

and look after mr harvey’s children

their mother died two years ago and

their grandmother has arthritis in her

legs and can’t walk much now

so

i’m going to look after the children and

the house

i told him

i met old mrs harvey in london six weeks

ago

and she gave me the job

do you know the harvey’s

the man laughed

his laugh was warm and friendly

oh

yes i know them

he said

we drove back down the road and into the

farm

then

we walked across the fields

it was dark and windy and cold

after 10 minutes we arrived at a big

white house

the lights were on downstairs

and the house looked friendly

i had no home

because my mother and father died a long

time ago

and i had no brothers or sisters

this was my first job

and i wanted to be happy in this house

a man opened the door

he looked tired and there was no smile

on his face

hello

i’m kathy wilson

i began

i’m very late i know

it’s because the weather’s so bad

there’s a tree down across the road

nick said

so kathy left her car at the farm and we

walked here

duncan harvey looked at nick

you always want to help

he said coldly

and you’re always there at the right

time

ready to help

his face was angry

and i didn’t understand

why

the wind’s very strong

i began

it doesn’t matter

nick said

he smiled at me

and his eyes were very blue

goodbye cathy

come and get your car tomorrow

duncan said nothing

i went into the house and he took me

through into the kitchen

mother

here’s kathy

he said

old mrs harvey sat near the window

hello my dear she said warmly

what a wind come and have something to

eat

she stood up and walked slowly across

the room

her hair was white

and she had a stick because of her bad

legs

i sat down and began to eat

duncan is angry because he doesn’t like

nick

mrs harvey told me quietly

he’s not angry with you

why didn’t duncan like nick

i thought

i didn’t understand

but i didn’t like to ask mrs harvey

the next morning i met the children

tim was five years old

he ran up and down the garden with a

football susan was seven years old

a quiet little girl with big brown eyes

she watched me carefully

but she didn’t smile

the weather changed and the sun was warm

in the afternoon i walked with the

children by the sea

the sky was blue

and the sea was beautiful

i cooked dinner and we all ate in the

kitchen

after dinner

juliet arrived

i left my cart nyx

she said

there’s a tree across the road

juliet had long black hair and dark eyes

she was miranda’s

sister miranda was wonderful

she told me

wonderful and beautiful

yes

i know

i said quietly

i saw the photograph of her next to the

telephone with tim and susan

miranda is our mummy

susan said

she died a long time ago

let’s go to the cinema

juliet said suddenly

i want to take susan and tim

kathy you come with us

tim began to shout

let’s go to the cinema let’s go to the

cinema

be quiet tim

duncan said

he looked angry

no juliet

it’s school tomorrow

and the children must go to bed early

tim began to cry

i want to go with juliet

he said

no tim

duncan said

we can go to the cinema next weekend

i said quickly

let’s play with your little cars now

and soon tim stopped crying

the days went quickly

duncan went to stay in london for three

weeks for his work

he had a job with a big london company

he often worked on his computer at home

but he went away a lot too

i liked the children and i liked old mrs

harvey

but i had no friends

one day

i came out of a shop in chroma and there

was juliet

hello

she said

it’s good to see you

let’s go and have a coffee

and we can talk

and we did

juliet told me about her teaching job

and she talked about susan and tim

and she talked about her sister

i often visited miranda at beach house

because she wasn’t happy there

juliet said quietly

duncan is a difficult man

you can see that

he loved her of course but he was often

away in london

she loved the children

and grandma

but she was very lonely

i was lonely too at beach house

juliet stood up and smiled warmly

i must go now

let’s go to the cinema this weekend with

the children

ask grandma tonight and ring me

and so

i found a friend

[Music]

chapter 2

the first secret

the weather changed and that autumn was

warm and beautiful

nearly every day i walked with the

children along the beach

the sea was blue and friendly

and the trees with their red and yellow

autumn colors

looked beautiful in the sunlight

one afternoon we walked across the field

and down the hill to the beach

susan ran in front of tim

they sang and laughed because they liked

playing on the beach

hello kathy how are you

someone said behind me

i stopped

it was nick

the tall farmer with the blue eyes

i’m well

thank you

you look lonely he said

and smiled

you need some friends

shall we meet in chroma one day and have

dinner

and so the next evening i drove to

nick’s farm

and we went into chroma for dinner

and then we walked through the town to

the gardens near the beach

i liked nick

he was friendly and interesting

we didn’t talk about the harvey family

all evening

but

before we said good night

nick asked about duncan

are you going to tell duncan about this

evening

no

i said quickly

then i stopped

duncan is in london this month

i went on slowly

mrs harvey told me

you

and duncan

nick laughed quietly

so

you have a secret now

he said

be careful kathy

at beach house

i don’t understand

i said

why don’t you like duncan

i can’t talk about it

nick said

i didn’t tell mrs harvey about nick

and perhaps that was wrong

but i did tell juliet

i like nick very much

i told her

i want to see him again

but juliet was quiet and didn’t talk

much that afternoon

that evening

i put the children to bed and read them

a story

then i went slowly downstairs

i thought about nick

i wanted to see him again

mrs harvey sat quietly in her big chair

in the kitchen

kathy

i must talk to you my dear

she said

come and sit down here

i sat down near her

i didn’t want to talk

i wanted to finish my work in the

kitchen and go upstairs to watch tv in

my room

you’re a good girl

mrs harvey began kindly

susan and tim like you

and i’m very happy with your work in the

house

i smiled and waited for the butt

it arrived immediately

but i must talk to you about nick watson

perhaps you are lonely here with the

children and me

duncan is very quiet i know that

and he’s in london much of the time

but nick doesn’t like duncan

and duncan hates nick

it’s a long story and i don’t want to

talk about it

i’m not going to tell duncan about your

evening with nick

but

i don’t want you to see nick again

my face felt hot and my hands felt cold

mrs harvey knew about my dinner with

nick

who told her

and why

i felt angry with mrs harvey because i

wanted to see nick again

but i didn’t want to lose my job

i don’t understand

i began

quietly mrs harvey stood up

why must you understand

she asked angrily

don’t see nick watson again

do you hear me

grandma

we looked up

and saw susan and tim on the stairs

children

what are you doing

mrs harvey said

she took her stick and began to walk

slowly across the room

tim was afraid

susan said

he couldn’t sleep and so we came to call

cathy i wasn’t afraid you were afraid

because of nick

tim said

and he pushed susan

no tim

mrs harvey shouted

her face went white

don’t do that cathy please

go upstairs and put them back to bed

i ran upstairs and took the children

back to their room

tim put his little hands on my face

and kissed me

good night kathy

he said

i like you

i smiled

i like you too

i said

i said good night to susan

i don’t want grandma to be angry with

you she said quietly

why are you afraid of nick

i asked

i don’t know

susan said

daddy hates him

but i don’t know why

he’s a bad man

tim said

grandma told me

and so

i didn’t see nick again

for a long time

[Music]

chapter 3

a terrible accident

duncan came back

and worked at home again

why did he hate nick

i wanted to understand

but i couldn’t ask because i was a

little afraid of duncan

he didn’t talk much

and he worked for hours in his room

old mrs harvey liked to cook

but because of her arthritis she

couldn’t cook much and she couldn’t look

after the children and the house

she often felt upset because of this

but she was much happier with duncan at

home

she smiled more and she cooked breakfast

for him nearly every day

sometimes she made bread

duncan was kind to his mother

and he played with the children every

day

he drove them to school every morning

and i drove them home in the afternoons

one friday afternoon

i drove away from beach house past

nick’s farm

just then i saw nick’s land rover on the

farm road

he’s driving very fast

i thought

oh no he’s not going to stop

and he didn’t he drove out of the farm

road and very nearly hit my car

i couldn’t stop so i drove off the road

and the land rover went past only

centimeters away

the land rover stopped

nick got out

ran back to my car and opened the door

kathy are you alright

then

i saw a girl in the land rover

it was juliet

she got out and came up to us

you must drive more carefully nick

she said angrily

you nearly hit kathy then

she wore a beautiful red coat and black

trousers

her dark eyes were angry but they looked

at nick and not at me

kathy’s all right

he said to her

he put his hand on her arm

his blue eyes were kind

but they looked at juliet and not at me

we don’t want more accidents

juliet said quietly

remember miranda

please move your land rover

i said coldly

i must get to school for the children

i’m going to be late

don’t be angry

nick smiled at me

i’m very sorry

he got back into the land rover and

moved it

juliet stood by my car

so

you and nick are friends

i said to her

you didn’t tell me about that

juliet said nothing for a minute

you don’t understand

she said in the end

it’s very difficult

i drove back onto the road i nearly

cried

and i felt very angry

juliet was my friend

i had coffee with her and went to the

cinema with her

but she said nothing about nick

why not

i had dinner with nick and we talked all

evening

but he said nothing about juliet

why not

i felt angry with juliet and with nick

that evening mrs harvey’s arthritis was

bad

and she went to bed early

duncan cooked dinner

and i ate with him and the children

duncan talked and laughed with the

children

and i felt happy to be with them

once

i felt duncan’s eyes on me

and suddenly my face felt hot

i didn’t want to think about juliet and

nick

but

later in my room

i remembered juliet’s angry face and

eyes

we don’t want more accidents

remember miranda

then

i remembered old mrs harvey in london

the children’s mother died two years ago

she told me that

but she didn’t tell me about an accident

perhaps it was a car accident

perhaps nick killed miranda with his

land rover

duncan hates nick

mrs harvey told me that too

did duncan hate nick because nick killed

miranda

i slept in the end

but i didn’t sleep well

the next day was saturday

and i was free in the morning

duncan went to the shops with the

children

and i went to the library in kromer

miranda died on the 30th of september

two years ago

i knew that

perhaps the town’s newspaper wrote about

her after she died

i must find something about her

because i wanted to understand the

harvey family

i found the old newspapers

and began to read

the newspaper of the 1st of october told

me everything

young mother dies in terrible accident

miranda harvey aged 26

fell down the stairs at her home and

died later in hospital

miranda lived with her husband and two

children not far from chroma

duncan harvey’s mother lives with them

this is a terrible day for the harvey

family

she said

we all loved miranda very much and now

her two little children are without a

mother

juliet age 24 miranda’s sister is a

teacher at one of the schools in cromer

my sister was a wonderful mother

she said

and a loving sister to me

i sat with my head in my hands

i could not move

we don’t want more accidents

remember miranda

it wasn’t a car accident

miranda that wonderful mother

fell down the stairs at beach house

and i ran up and down those stairs six

or seven times a day

then

i looked at some of the later newspapers

police questioned duncan harvey

harvey aged 34

was at home on the day of his wife’s

accident

he was upstairs with her before she fell

then he went downstairs to the kitchen

how did the accident happen

harvey does not know

he heard nothing

he

says the police questioned duncan for

two days i read

but in the end he went home to his

children

it wasn’t nick in his land rover

miranda died at home and the police

questioned duncan

my hands were cold

my legs were cold

and i felt afraid

things were different at beach house

after my visit to the library

the house was a house with a secret

and the harveys were a family with a

secret

i thought about miranda and the accident

every day

i wanted to talk to someone about it but

i was afraid

why did the police question duncan

be careful at beach house

why did nick say that to me

was it because of miranda’s accident

there were more questions in my head now

and the biggest question was this

did miranda fall

or did someone push her

[Music]

chapter four

not one of the family

winter came

the weather was cold and windy

but sometimes when the weather was a

little better

i walked on the beach with the children

or three times i saw nick

and he smiled

and we talked a little

i liked nick but i was angry with him

because of juliet

and he didn’t ask me to dinner again

school finished for christmas

and i drove the children to a farm near

chroma to buy a christmas tree

after my mother and father died

christmas was a bad time for me because

i was lonely

but this year

i thought

i’m going to be with the harvey family

perhaps i can forget about miranda’s

accident

and feel happy at christmas

christmas is coming christmas is coming

the children sang

they were very happy about christmas

we walked through the farm

and looked at the christmas trees

tim ran up and down

i want this tree kathy he called

then he ran up and down again

i won this tree kathy

he called again

suddenly

he ran into a tree

and then fell over

when he fell his head hit a second tree

he began to cry

i ran to him

there was a long cut on his head

and a lot of blood

don’t cry tim

you’re going to be all right

i said quietly

let’s go to the hospital and see the

doctor

oh no

cried susan

the hospital

is tim going to die

no

no

tim’s going to be all right

but the doctor must look at this cut on

his head

i said

i carried tim to the car

and drove quickly to the hospital

after we saw the doctor

i phoned duncan

and he came to the hospital

susan ran to him

daddy

there was an accident

and there was a lot of blood

is he going to die

duncan sat down

his face was white

but he smiled at susan and tim

tim’s going to be okay look at him

he’s feeling much better now

duncan put his arm around me

thank you kathy

he said

you’re very good with the children

house is a happier home now with you

there

slowly we walked out of the hospital

please

come home in the car with us

duncan said

we can come back later for your car

please

i liked duncan then

and i wanted to go with him and the

children

but i was afraid too

because of miranda’s accident

i didn’t want to talk to him

and so i went home in my car

the next day

juliet came to see tim

she played with the children and then

she stayed for dinner

after the children went to bed

she came to see me in my room

i’m sorry kathy

she began

i wanted to see you but

i was afraid because you’re angry with

me

yes

i am angry i said slowly

you were my friend

i went to dinner with nick and i told

you everything

but you didn’t tell me about you and

nick

why not

juliet looked at me

but said nothing

why didn’t nick tell me about you

did he tell you about our dinner

yes

i was upset

but nick likes to talk to women

he likes you

and he wanted to take you to dinner

but he loves me and nothing is going to

change that

she stopped

i told grandma about your dinner with

nick

because i didn’t want you to be friends

with nick

you don’t want her to know about you and

nick

but you told her about my dinner with

nick

why

i don’t understand

i’m sorry

i love him very much he’s everything to

me

but our love is a secret

duncan hates nick

and i don’t want him to know about our

love

there are a lot of secrets in this

family

i said

secrets about you and nick

secrets about miranda

why didn’t you tell me about miranda’s

accident

how do you know about that

juliet asked

i went to the library and read about it

in the newspapers

juliet stood up

nobody talks about miranda’s accident

she said

nobody saw her when she fell down the

stairs

i wanted to ask about duncan

i wanted to ask

why did the police question duncan

but

i was afraid of the answer

well

i don’t like living with all these

secrets

i said

every time i go downstairs i remember

miranda

juliet laughed then

and it was a cold laugh

we all live with that kathy

you’re not one of the family

you’re not going to fall

downstairs tim felt better the next day

and in the afternoon duncan took the

children back to the farm to buy the

christmas tree

and then

i phoned nick

i want to talk to you

i said quietly

i need to talk to someone

hmm

said nick

let’s meet on the beach

at three o’clock

i waited in my room

and listened to the sea

and the wind

perhaps juliet was with nick

i didn’t know

but i needed to talk to someone about

the harvey family

i walked slowly across the field and

down the hill to the beach

it was a cold afternoon

and there was a strong wind

the sea was dark

nick wasn’t there

perhaps he didn’t want to talk to me

but in the end he arrived

what’s the matter

he asked

i talked to juliet last night

i began

about miranda

i don’t know why

but i feel afraid

what do you know about miranda’s

accident

the police questioned duncan

nick said

his blue eyes looked past me

suddenly his face changed

duncan’s here did you tell him to come

no i didn’t

he left the house before i called you

duncan ran down the hill

cathy

he called

what are you doing here

nick said angrily

kathy wants to talk to me

kathy

come home

duncan said quietly

she’s not going back with you

she’s afraid of you

afraid of me

why

i said nothing

duncan’s face was

angry

why don’t you tell us about miranda

nick asked

his face was angry too

i want to ask you something

the police questioned you duncan

what did you tell them

about that night

so you’re asking me about miranda

duncan

shouted you remember miranda then

well

i remember too

i remember her every day

duncan looked at me

and then back at nick

you think i killed miranda

go to the police then and tell them that

yes

i hated her

and i hated you too nick

she wanted to leave me and the children

because of you

she loved you

she told me that

but did you

love her nick

of course i didn’t

nick said

his face was red

i liked miranda

we went to dinner four or five times

that’s all

she was lonely

he looked at me

his eyes were very blue

but suddenly i didn’t like his eyes

and i didn’t like his face

she wanted to leave me

and her children

but you didn’t love her

duncan said

you loved her sister

i know that

but miranda didn’t know about you and

juliet

why didn’t you tell her

i didn’t want to listen

i felt ill

and very cold

and i began to walk back up the hill

i wanted to go home

but where was my home

i didn’t have one

[Music]

chapter five

home

kathy

wait for me

it was duncan

he ran up behind me

i want to talk to you kathy

listen

all women like nick

i know that

but he’s not a good friend for you to

have

you heard him on the beach

he likes to have lots of women friends

how can you be happy with a man like

that

you’re wrong

i said slowly

i stopped liking nick weeks ago

nick wasn’t important to me now

i knew that

but duncan was important to me

and i couldn’t tell him

for a minute or two i said nothing

but the questions were still there

in the end i said

why didn’t you tell me about miranda’s

accident

why was it a secret

i feel very upset about all this

i wanted to forget all about it duncan

said slowly

it was a very

difficult time

miranda

and juliet loved nick

juliet hated miranda

she was afraid because miranda wanted to

live with nick

juliet told me about miranda and nick

because she wanted me to stop miranda

juliet told me about her love for nick

it was a secret she said

a secret

duncan laughed angrily

well

miranda never knew about it it’s true

juliet’s very careful

she never talks about nick

but it wasn’t difficult to see

i saw her car at his farm

and i often see it there now

the sky was darker now

was

juliet here

the night miranda died

i asked

perhaps juliet killed her sister i

thought

no

no

juliet wasn’t here

nick wasn’t here

duncan said

i was upstairs and the children were in

bed

then

miranda called me into our bedroom and

said

i’m going to leave you duncan

i’m going to live with nick

i was very angry and upset

but i ran downstairs into the kitchen

before she fell

kathy

nobody killed miranda

it was an accident

terrible accident

duncan put his hand on my arm

can’t you forget about miranda now

can’t we begin again

but i couldn’t answer then

we arrived at beach house

there was a light downstairs in the

kitchen

and a light in the sitting room

the children are watching television

duncan said

we went into the house and duncan opened

the sitting room door

we’re home now

he told children we’re going to the

kitchen to make dinner

the kitchen was warm and quiet

old mrs harvey sat in her chair

suddenly

i felt afraid

there was something terrible about old

mrs harvey’s face

i stood by the kitchen door

i couldn’t go into the room

we’re back mother

duncan said

kathy’s with me

everything’s all right

mrs harvey’s eyes were dark in her white

face

i was afraid

duncan i was afraid

the children love kathy and you love

cathy

i can see that

but kathy loves nick

she’s going to leave you and the

children

remember miranda it’s all happening

again i can see that

mother it’s not true

don’t talk like this

remember miranda mrs harvey said again

don’t be upset duncan

i’m always here you know that

i can’t look after you because of my

arthritis

but i love you most

you know that

and i’m going to help you again

suddenly i understood it all

tell us about miranda i said quietly

what did you do that night

mrs harvey looked at me then

i don’t want you to leave kathy

i want you to stay with the children and

be happy with duncan

let me tell you about that night

she said

and then you must stay here with us

the room was very quiet

duncan held my hand

and his hand was warm

and strong

miranda wanted to leave duncan

i was upstairs in my room

and i heard her

duncan ran downstairs

and i came out of my room and talked to

miranda

she hated duncan

and she didn’t want to think about her

children

mrs harvey began to cry

i

pushed her

she was on the stairs

and

i

pushed her with my stick

she fell down the stairs

and i went back into my room

i didn’t want to kill her

i wanted to break her legs

i wanted her to stay at home with duncan

but she died

and

in the end

i was happy

because she didn’t go and live with nick

mrs harvey talked and talked

and in the end we stopped listening to

her

kathy

this is all going to be very difficult

duncan said tiredly

i must call the police

and tell them about mother

then

i must talk to the children

it’s going to be difficult for you too

are you going to leave beach house

i smiled

there were no more questions in my head

i knew everything now about the harvey

family

there was nothing more to be afraid of

no duncan

i’m not going to leave

the children need you

he said

you know that

but i need you too

i want you to be with me

but can we be happy after all this

of course we can

i told him

things are going to get better now

for all of us

he put his arms around me

he kissed me then

and i found my home

in his arms

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第一章

海滨

别墅孩子们和他们的父亲

当然记得米兰达

，他们有时会谈论她，

米兰达的姐姐经常来看我们

，她总是给孩子们

讲他们母亲的故事

尼克记得米兰达

我知道他记得

，

在医院里

奶奶也记得

他们 都记得米兰达

我从没见过米兰达

但每天

我

在厨房的电话旁看着她的

照片 她和她的孩子们的照片

每天

我看着她美丽的黑眼睛和

她长长的黑发

我第一次看到米兰达的照片两年

以前是一个寒冷的 10 月的一天

，我离开伦敦到诺福克的一个家庭去我的新工作

。

我开车向北

经过诺里奇

，开始下雨天

很黑

，风

很大，所以我缓慢而小心地开车，

我想看看 哈维孩子

们睡觉前，

但由于天气原因，

我到达克罗默之前已经八点了，我

沿着海路开车穿过小镇，

突然我停了下来 ped

马路对面有一棵树

我从车里

下来 那是一棵大树 我无法移动它

就

在我身后有一辆车从我身后开过来 一个人下

了车

怎么

了马路对面的一棵树

他是 一个大约30岁的高个子

你要去哪里

他问

不远

我说

这是沿着这条路靠近

大海

的房子它叫海滨别墅

哦我知道海滨别墅

那个男人说

这是这条路上的最后一栋房子

但你不能 今晚开车带着

这棵树穿过马路

他

停了一会儿

不，不，

我要在家里工作

，照顾哈维先生的孩子，

他们的母亲两年前去世了，

他们的祖母腿上有关节炎

，现在不能走路，所以

我要照顾孩子

和 房子

我告诉他

我六周前在伦敦遇见了老哈维夫人

，她 给我工作

你知道哈维的

那个人笑

了他的笑声温暖而友好

哦

是的我知道他们

他说

我们开车回到路上进入

农场

然后

我们穿过田野

10点后天很黑有风很冷 几分钟后，我们到达一座白色的大

房子

，楼下的灯亮着

，房子看起来很友好

我没有家，

因为我的父母很久以前就去世了

，我没有兄弟姐妹

这是我的第一份工作

，我想要快乐 在这所房子里，

一个男人打开了门，

他看起来很累，脸上没有笑容

你好

我是凯西威尔逊

我开始

我很晚了我知道

这是因为天气太糟糕

马路对面有一棵树

尼克

这么说 凯西把她的车停在农场，我们

走到这里

邓肯哈维看着尼克

你总是想帮忙

他冷冷地说

你总是在正确的

时间

准备好帮助

他的脸很

生气 我不明白

为什么风 非常强大，

我开始

了 没关系

尼克说

他对我微笑

他的眼睛很蓝

再见 凯茜

明天来取你的车

邓肯什么也没说

我进屋他带

我进了厨房

妈妈

在这里 凯西

他说

老哈维夫人坐在附近 窗户

你好亲爱的她热情地

说风来了

吃点东西

她站起来慢慢地

穿过房间

她的头发已经

白了她因为腿不好而拿着一根棍子

我坐下来开始吃

邓肯很生气 因为他不喜欢

尼克

哈维夫人悄悄告诉我

他没有生你的气

为什么邓肯不喜欢尼克

我以为

我不明白

但我不想问哈维夫人

第二天早上我遇到了孩子们

蒂姆 五岁

他带着足球在花园里跑来跑去

苏珊七岁

一个安静的小女孩，棕色的大眼睛

她仔细地看着我，

但她没有

微笑 天气变了，下午的太阳很

暖和 我一起散步

这些孩子 在

海边，天空很蓝

，海很美，

我做了晚饭，晚饭后我们都在

厨房

吃饭

朱丽叶来了，

我离开了我的购物车，

她说

马路对面有一棵树，

朱丽叶有一头长长的黑头发和黑眼睛，

她是米兰达的

米兰达姐姐很棒

她告诉我

很棒很漂亮

是的

我知道

我悄悄地说

我在电话旁边看到了她

和蒂姆和苏珊的照片

米兰达是我们的木乃伊

苏珊说

她很久以前就死了

我们去电影院

朱丽叶突然说

我想带苏珊和

蒂姆凯西你和我们一起去

蒂姆开始喊

我们去电影院我们去

电影院安静蒂姆

邓肯说

他看起来很生气

不

朱丽叶明天是学校

孩子们必须早点睡觉

蒂姆开始 哭了

我想和朱丽叶一起去

他

说不 蒂姆·

邓肯说

我们下周末可以去电影院

我说快点

让我们玩你的

小汽车 蒂姆很快就不哭

了 日子过得很快

邓肯走了 为了工作他在伦敦呆了三个

星期 他在

伦敦一家大公司工作

他经常在家里用电脑工作

但他也经常离开

我喜欢孩子们 我喜欢老

哈维夫人

但我没有

朋友 那天

我从 chroma 的一家商店出来

，朱丽叶

你好，

她说

很高兴见到你，

我们去喝杯咖啡

，我们可以谈谈

，我们确实

朱丽叶告诉我她的教学工作

，她谈到了苏珊和蒂姆

，她 谈到她的姐姐

我经常去海滨别墅拜访米兰达，

因为她在那里不开心

朱丽叶悄悄地说

邓肯是一个难相处的人，

你可以看出

他当然爱她，但他

经常在伦敦

她爱孩子

和奶奶，

但她 很寂寞

我也很寂寞 在海滨别墅

朱丽叶站起来温暖地笑了

我得走了 周末带孩子去看电影

今晚问奶奶 打电话给

我 所以

我找到了一个朋友

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第 2 章

第一个秘密

天气 呃变了那个秋天几乎每天都是

温暖美丽的

我和

孩子们沿着海滩散步

大海是蓝色和友好的

，红黄相间的树木

在阳光下看起来很漂亮

一天下午我们穿过

田野向下走 小山到海滩

苏珊跑到蒂姆前面

他们又唱又笑 因为他们喜欢

在沙滩上玩耍

你好凯西 你好吗

有人在我身后说

我停下来

那是尼克

那个蓝眼睛的高个子农夫

我很好

谢谢

你 看起来很孤单 他笑着说

你需要一些

朋友 我们可以在 chroma 见面并

吃

晚饭 所以第二天晚上我开车去

nick 的

农场 我们去 chroma 吃晚饭

然后我们穿过小镇到

海滩附近的花园

我喜欢尼克，

他友好而有趣，

我们整个晚上都没有谈论哈维一家，

但

在我们说晚安之前，

尼克问起

邓肯，你打算告诉邓肯今晚的事吗

不，

我说得很快，

然后我停止了

邓肯这个月在伦敦

我慢慢地继续

哈维夫人告诉我

你

，邓肯

尼克安静地笑了，

所以

你有一个秘密现在

他说

要小心凯西

在海滨别墅

我不明白

我说

为什么不 你不喜欢邓肯，

我不能谈论它

尼克说

我没有告诉哈维夫人关于尼克

，也许那是错误的，

但我确实告诉朱丽叶

我非常喜欢尼克

我告诉她

我想再见到他

但朱丽叶 那天下午很安静，没怎么说话

那天晚上

我让孩子们上床睡觉，给他们读了

一个故事，

然后我慢慢下楼

我想着尼克

我想再见到他

哈维夫人安静地坐在厨房的大椅子

上

必须和你谈谈 亲爱的

她说

过来

坐 哈维开始

和你一样好心地苏珊和蒂姆

，我很高兴 h 你在家里的工作

我微笑着等待

它立即到货

但我必须和你谈谈尼克沃森

也许你和孩子们在这里很孤独

而我

邓肯很安静我知道这一点

而且他大部分时间都在伦敦

但尼克不喜欢邓肯

而且邓肯讨厌尼克

这是一个很长的故事，我不想

谈论它

脸发烫，我的手发冷

安静地开始了 哈维夫人站起来

你为什么要明白

她生气地问

不要再看到尼克·沃森

你听见了吗

奶奶

我们

抬头看到苏珊和蒂姆在楼梯上

孩子

们你们在做什么

哈维夫人说

她拿起她的手杖开始

慢慢地穿过房间，

蒂姆害怕

苏珊说

他睡不着，所以我们来打电话给

凯茜，我不怕你害怕，

因为

尼克蒂姆说

，他推了苏珊，

不，

蒂姆哈维太太喊

她的脸变白了，

不要那样做，凯茜

请上楼去 让他们回到床上

我跑上楼把孩子们

带回他们的房间

蒂姆把他的小手放在我的

脸上吻了

我晚安凯西

他说

我喜欢你

我笑了

我也喜欢你

我说

我对苏珊说晚安

我 不想奶奶生

你的气她小声

说你为什么害怕尼克

我问

我不知道

苏珊说

爸爸讨厌他

但我不知道为什么

他是个坏人

蒂姆说

奶奶告诉

我所以

我 好久没再见到nick了

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第3章

一场可怕的事故

邓肯回来

又在家工作

他为什么讨厌尼克

我想明白

但我问不出来因为我

有点害怕邓肯

他 话不多

，他在他的房间里工作了几个小时，

老哈维夫人喜欢合作 好吧，

但是因为她的关节炎

，她不能做饭，不能

照顾孩子和房子，

她经常因此而感到不安

有时她每天都做面包

邓肯对他妈妈很友善

，他每天都和孩子们一起玩，

他每天早上开车送他们上学

，我下午开车送他们回家

一个星期五下午，

我开车离开海滨别墅，经过

尼克的农场，

就在那时我 在农场路上看到尼克的路虎

他开得很快

路虎经过了只有

几厘米

远 路虎停

了下来 尼克出来

跑回我的车打开车门

凯西 你还好吗

然后

我在路虎上看到一个女孩

朱丽叶

她下车向我们走来

你 必须博士 我更小心 尼克

她生气地说

你差点撞到凯西 然后

她穿着漂亮的红色外套和黑色

裤子

她的黑眼睛很生气但他们

看着尼克而不是我

凯西没事

他对她

说 他把手放在她的胳膊上

蓝眼睛很友善，

但他们看着朱丽叶，而不是看着我，

我们不想发生更多事故，

朱丽叶悄悄地说，

记住米兰达，

请移动你的路虎

我冷冷地说，

我必须为孩子们去上学，

我要迟到了，

不要' 不要生气

尼克对我笑了

我很抱歉

他回到了路虎车上

朱丽叶站在我的车边

所以

你和尼克是朋友

我对她说

你没有告诉我

朱丽叶什么也没说 一分钟

你不明白

她最后

说很难

我开车回到路上我几乎

哭了

我很生气

朱丽叶是我的朋友

我和她一起喝咖啡然后和她一起去看

电影

但她对尼克只字未提

为什么

我不和尼克和w共进晚餐 我整个

晚上

都在说话，但他对朱丽叶

只字未提 为什么那天晚上

我对朱丽叶和尼克生气

孩子们

，我很高兴能和他们在一起

一旦

我感觉到邓肯的眼睛在我身上

，突然我的脸很热

我不想去想朱丽叶和

尼克，

但

后来在我的房间里，

我想起了朱丽叶愤怒的脸和

我们不想要的眼睛 更多事故

还

记得米兰达，然后我想起了伦敦的哈维老太太

孩子的母亲两年前去世了，

她告诉了我，

但她没有告诉我发生了一起事故，

也许是车祸，

也许尼克用他的路虎撞死了米兰达，

邓肯讨厌尼克

哈维夫人告诉我，邓肯

也讨厌尼克，因为尼克杀了

米兰达

我最后睡了，

但我睡得

不好第二天是星期六

，我早上

有空邓肯去商店 我和

孩子

们一起去了克罗默的图书馆 米兰达于两年前

的 9 月 30 日去世

我知道

也许镇上的报纸

在她去世后写了关于她的

事 我必须找到一些关于她的事情

因为我想了解我找到的

哈维一家

旧报纸

和开始阅读

10 月 1 日的报纸告诉

我一切

年轻的母亲死于可怕的事故

26 岁的米兰达哈维

从她家的楼梯上摔下来，

后来在医院去世 米兰达

和她的丈夫和两个孩子住在

不远处 chroma

duncan harvey 的母亲和他们住在一起

这对哈维一家来说是糟糕的一天

她说

我们都非常爱米兰达，现在

她的两个小孩没有

母亲

朱丽叶 24 岁 米兰达的姐姐是

克罗默一所学校的老师

姐姐是一位了不起的母亲，

她说她

是一位慈爱的姐姐，

我双手抱头坐着，

我动弹不得，

我们不希望发生更多事故，

记住米兰达

米兰达，美妙的妈妈

从海滩别墅的楼梯上摔下来，这不是车祸

，我每天在楼梯上跑来跑去

六七次，

然后

我看了一些后来的报纸，

警方询问了

34 岁的邓肯·哈维·哈维

在 他妻子出事那天回家

他在她摔倒之前和她一起上楼

然后他下楼到厨房

事故是怎么

发生的 他回家看他的

孩子

，他的路虎不是尼克，

米兰达死在家里，警察

问邓肯，

我的手很冷，

我的腿很冷

，我害怕

在我参观了图书馆后，海滨

别墅的情况有所不同 是有秘密的房子

哈维是有秘密的家庭

我

每天都在

想米兰达和事故 我想和别人谈谈 但

我害怕

警察为什么要问邓克

在海滨别墅要小心，

为什么尼克对我说

是因为米兰达的事故

，现在我脑子里有更多的问题

，最大的问题

是米兰达摔倒了

还是有人推了她

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第四章

不是其中之一 家庭

冬天来

了，天气又冷又刮风，

但有时天气好一点时，

我和孩子们在沙滩上散步，

或者三次看到尼克

，他笑了

，我们聊了一会儿

我喜欢尼克，但我生他的气，

因为 朱丽叶

，他没有再请我吃饭

，圣诞节放学了

，我开车带孩子们去克罗玛附近的一个农场

买一棵圣诞树，

因为我的父母去世了

圣诞节对我来说是一个糟糕的时光，因为

我很孤独

，但这 那一年

我以为

我会和哈维一家在一起

也许我可以忘记米兰达的

意外

并在圣诞节感到快乐

圣诞节快到了圣诞节快到

了孩子们唱着

他们对圣诞节感到非常高兴

穿过农场

，看着圣诞树

蒂姆跑上跑下

我想要这棵树 凯西 他叫他

然后他又跑来跑去

我赢了这棵树 凯西

他又叫了

突然

他撞到一棵树

然后

他摔倒了 他的头撞到了第二棵树

他开始哭了

我跑过去

他的头上有一个长长的伤口 流

了很多血

不要哭 蒂姆

你会没事的

我悄悄说

我们去医院看看 医生

哦，不，

苏珊哭

了，医院

是蒂姆要死了，

不，

蒂姆会好起来的，

但医生必须看看

他头上的伤口

医生

我给邓肯打了电话

，他来了医院

苏珊跑到他身边

爸爸出事了

，流了很多

血 他会死

吗 邓肯坐下来，脸色苍白，

但他对苏珊微笑，蒂姆

蒂姆会好起来的 看看他，

他现在感觉好多了，

邓肯把他的 搂着我

谢谢你，凯西，

他说

你和孩子

们相处得很好

拜托

我当时喜欢邓肯

，我想和他和孩子们一起去，

但我也害怕，

因为米兰达的事故

我不想和他说话

，所以第二天我开车回家

朱丽叶来看蒂姆

她 和孩子们一起玩，然后

她在

孩子们睡觉后留下来吃晚饭

她来我房间看

我对不起凯西

她开始

我想见你但

我害怕因为你生

我的气

是的

我是 生气我慢慢地说

你是我的朋友

我和尼克一起去吃饭我告诉了

你一切

但你没有告诉我你和

尼克

为什么

朱丽叶看着我

但什么

也没说为什么尼克不告诉我你

是不是他 告诉你我们的晚餐

是的，

我很不高兴，

但尼克喜欢 和喜欢你的女人说话

，他想带你去吃饭，

但他爱我，她停止了一切都不会

改变

我告诉奶奶你和尼克共进晚餐，

因为我不想让你

和

尼克成为朋友 不想让她知道你和

尼克，

但你告诉她我和尼克共进晚餐

为什么

我不明白，

对不起，

我非常爱他，他对我来说是一切，

但我们的爱是秘密的，

邓肯讨厌尼克

，我不 不想让他知道我们的

爱

这个家庭有很多秘密

我说了

关于你和尼克的

秘密关于米兰达

你为什么不告诉我米兰达的

事故

你怎么知道

朱丽叶问

我去图书馆

朱丽叶站了起来

没有人谈论米兰达的事故

她说

她从楼梯上摔下来时没有人看到她

我想问关于邓肯的事

我想问

警察为什么要问邓肯

但

我害怕回答

得很好

我不喜欢我 与所有这些秘密在一起

我每次下楼时都说我记得

米兰达

朱丽叶当时笑了

，那是一个冷笑

我们都和那个凯西一起生活

你不是家人

你不会掉下

楼的蒂姆感觉好多了

第二天下午，邓肯带着

孩子们回农场买了

圣诞树

，然后

我给尼克打电话，

我想和你谈谈，

我小声说

我需要找人谈谈，

嗯，

尼克说

我们三点在海滩上见面吧

我在房间里等着

，听着大海

和风声，

也许朱丽叶和尼克在一起，

我不知道，

但我需要和某人

谈谈哈维一家

我慢慢地穿过田野，

下山到

海滩 那是一个寒冷的下午

，风很大

，海水很黑，

尼克不在，

也许他不想和我说话，

但最后他到

了

他问

我怎么了我昨晚和朱丽叶谈了

我开始

谈论米兰达

我不知道为什么，

但我觉得 害怕

你对米兰达的事故了解多少

警察盘问邓肯

尼克说

他的蓝眼睛突然从我身边看过去

他的脸色突然变了

邓肯来了 你叫他过来吗

不

我打电话给你之前他没有离开房子

邓肯跑下山

凯西

他打来电话

你在这儿干什么

尼克生气地说

凯西想跟我说话

我们关于

米兰达尼克问

他的脸也很生气

我想问你一些

事情警察问你邓肯

那天晚上你告诉他们什么

所以你在问我关于米兰达

邓肯的事情

大喊你记得米兰达那么

我也记得

我记得她

邓肯每天都看着我

然后又回到尼克

你认为我杀了米兰达

然后去警察局告诉他们

是的

我恨

她我也恨你尼克

她想离开我和 孩子们

因为你

她爱你

她告诉我

但是你

爱她吗

尼克当然我没有

尼克说

他的脸很红

我喜欢米兰达

我们去吃饭四五次

就这样

她很孤独

他看着我

他的 眼睛很蓝，

但突然间我不喜欢他的眼睛

，也不喜欢他的脸

她想离开我

和她的孩子，

但你不爱她

邓肯说

你爱她的妹妹

我知道，

但米兰达不 知道你和

朱丽叶

你为什么不告诉她

我不想听

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回家

凯西

等我

，是邓肯，

他跑在我身后

我想和你谈谈凯西

听

所有像尼克这样的女人

我知道，

但他不是你的好朋友让

你在海滩上听到他的声音

他 喜欢有很多女性朋友

你怎么能和这样的男人

在一起你错了

我说 慢慢地，

我几周前不再喜欢尼克，

尼克对我来说并不重要，现在

我知道了，

但邓肯对我很重要，

我一两分钟都无法告诉

他我什么也没说，

但问题仍然

存在我最后说

你为什么不告诉我米兰达的

事故

为什么这是个秘密

我对这一切感到非常不安

我想忘记这一切 邓肯

慢慢地说

这是一段非常

艰难的时期

米兰达

和朱丽叶 爱尼克

朱丽叶 讨厌米兰达

她害怕是因为 米兰达想

和尼克住在一起

朱丽叶告诉我关于米兰达和尼克的事

因为她想让我停止

她从不谈论尼克，

但不难看出

我在他的农场看到了她的车

，我经常在那里看到

现在天空更黑了现在

朱丽叶在

这里当晚米兰达死了

我问

也许朱丽叶杀了她 姐姐，我

以为

不，

不，

朱丽叶不在这里，

尼克不在，

邓肯说

我在楼上，孩子们在

床上，

然后

米兰达把我叫到我们的卧室，

说

我要离开你，邓肯，

我要和你一起住 尼克

我非常生气和沮丧，

但我在她摔倒之前跑下楼进了厨房

凯西

没有人杀死米兰达

这是一场意外

可怕的意外

邓肯把手放在我的胳膊

上 你不能忘记米兰达 现在

我们不能重新开始

但我 无法回答然后

我们到了海滨别墅

，楼下

厨房

里有一盏灯，客厅里有一盏灯

孩子们正在看电视

邓肯说

我们进了房子，邓肯打开

了客厅的门，

我们现在回家了

他 告诉孩子们我们要去

厨房做

晚饭 厨房温暖而安静

哈维老太太突然坐在她的椅子上

我害怕

老

哈维太太的脸有什么可怕的

我站在厨房门边

我不能进去

我们回到房间 邓肯

妈妈说

凯西和我在一起

一切都好

哈维夫人的眼睛在她白皙的脸上显得很黑

我害怕

邓肯 我

害怕孩子们喜欢凯西而你也喜欢

凯西

我看得出来

但凯西喜欢尼克

她要去 离开你和

孩子们

记住米兰达这一切又发生

了我可以看到那位

母亲这不是真的

不要这样说话

记住米兰达哈维夫人再次说过

不要生气邓肯

我一直在这里你知道

我不能 照顾你，因为我的

关节炎，

但我最爱你

你知道

，我会再次帮助你

突然间我明白了这一切都

告诉我们关于米兰达我悄悄

地说你那天晚上做了什么

哈维夫人看着我然后

我不知道 不想让你离开凯西，

我想让你和孩子们在一起，和

邓肯一起开心

让我告诉你那个晚上

她说

然后你必须和我们呆在这里

房间很安静

邓肯握着我的

手他的手是 温暖

而坚强的

米拉 nda 想离开 duncan

我在楼上的房间里

，我听到她的

duncan 跑下楼

，我从房间里出来和 miranda 说话，

她讨厌 duncan

，她不想考虑她的

孩子

harvey 夫人开始哭泣

我

推 她

她在楼梯

上 我用棍子推

她 她从楼梯上摔下

来 我回到房间

我不想杀她

我想打断她的腿

我想让她和邓肯呆在家里

但她 死

了，最后

我很高兴，

因为她没有和尼克一起生活

告诉他们关于母亲的事

然后

我必须和孩子们谈谈

你也

很难 怕

没有dun

我能不能不

离开孩子们需要你

他说

你知道

但我也需要你

我希望你和我在一起

但在这一切之后我们能快乐吗

我们当然可以

我告诉他

事情会好起来的 现在

对我们所有人来说，

他用双臂搂着我，

然后他吻了我

，我在他的怀里找到了我的家

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