二十二
雅荻继续劝阻着。“That's enough, Jenna. He bit you, then his mother slapped him. You've already taught him enough. Let go, you already strangled a Conan, do you want to strangle him? （够了，杰娜，他咬了你一口，又被他爸爸打了一巴掌。你这样已经给了他足够教训。放手吧，你已经掐死了一个柯南，难道还要掐死他吗？）”
杰娜回头看着雅荻，狰狞地说，“I was just going to strangle him. Should I let him go back and tell his mother? That bitch will strangle me. Why let his mother strangle me when I can strangle him? You think I just strangled Conan? No, there are others, because they all deserve to die and all men deserve to die. You forget what that Wollensky, your monster father, did to you? And my father Delilan, who was also a monster. They all deserve to die. God made me the devil to punish these men. （我就是打算掐死他。我放他回去告诉他爸爸吗？那个恶人会掐死我。我能掐死他，为什么让他爸爸掐死我？你以为我只是掐死了柯南吗？不，还有其他人，因为他们都该死所有男人都该死。你忘记了那个沃伦斯基，你的禽兽不如的父亲，对你做过什么？还有我那个同样禽兽不如的父亲德里兰。他们都该死，是上帝让我化身魔鬼，来惩罚这些男人。）”
雅荻继续试图劝阻她。“Jenna, let him go. He's just a kid.（杰娜，你放过他吧，他只是个孩子而已。）”
“But he will grow up. We're gonna grow up to bully us like Volinsky and Deliland. I want to stop them from growing up, and make the world less of drilan and Wollensky. （可是，他会长大。长大以后就会像沃伦斯基和德里兰那样欺负我们。我要阻止他们长大，让这个世界，少几个德里兰、沃伦斯基那样的恶魔。）”
杰娜一边说一边用力，贝西渐渐停止了呼吸。杰娜放开手，喘着气对雅荻警告。“Look, don't tell anyone. I think of you as a friend, and if you say anything, I'll kill you, too. （听着，不要说出去。我把你当朋友，如果你敢说出去，我也会杀了你。）”
雅荻看着贝西的尸体，不由得浑身发抖。
“Jenna, you really did kill him. What do we do now?（杰娜，你真的杀了他。现在我们怎么办？）”
杰娜不在意地耸耸肩。“Let's take his body to the ruins over there. It'll be easier to spot. （我们把他的尸体弄到那边的废墟去吧。这样会容易发现一些。）”
“You want Bessie's body found? Instead of hiding the body?（你要让人发现贝西的尸体？而不是把尸体藏起来？）”
雅荻有些想不明白。当初是把柯南的尸体，藏进枯井，还把井都掩埋了。为什么现在要让人容易找到贝西的尸体？
杰娜似乎知道雅荻的疑惑，直接说出来。“What's so strange about that? Conan is an orphanage, let him missing, orphanage looking for a few days to find, will think he fled. Unlike Bessie, they can't call the police, so help them find it. As long as we keep our mouths shut, who has proof that we killed Bessie? （这又什么奇怪？柯南是孤儿院的，让他失踪，孤儿院找几天找不到，一定会以为他逃走了。贝西不同，他们家找不到会报警，不如帮他们找到。只要我们咬住不说，谁有证据是我们杀死了贝西？）”
雅荻脸色微变、连忙申辩，“It wasn't us. You killed Bessie. I have nothing to do with it. （不是我们，是你一个人杀死了贝西。这件事和我没有关系。）”
杰娜狡猾地朝着雅荻冷笑。
“No, it was the two of us who killed Bessie. You saw me kill him, and you didn't stop me, and you're in on it. Don't forget, you're 13 and I'm only 10. No one would believe a 13-year-old girl and stop a 10-year-old girl. （不，就是我们两个杀死了贝西。你看见我杀他的时候，没有阻止，你就是同案犯，是脱不了干系的。你别忘记，你已经13岁，我只有10岁。没有人会相信一个13岁的少女，无法阻止一个只有10岁的女孩。）”
雅荻哑口无言，皱紧眉。
“What do you want from me?（你到底要怎么样？）”
“Keep your secret between us. As long as you don't tell me, cooperate with me. I promise everything will be fine. （好好保守我们之间的秘密。只要你不说，好好配合我。我保证平安无事。）”
雅荻无奈点点头，跟着杰娜把贝西的尸体，移到了靠近路口的一家废墟的厨房窗户下面，然后回到原来的地方，到有人来过的痕迹处理干净。两个人立刻废墟，沿着铁轨朝回走。
回到小镇后，两个人分头回家。果然很快传来了找人的声音，贝西的妈妈到处在找他。小镇上不少人开始加入找人的行列。杰娜跑去拉上了雅荻和另外几个女孩子，也加入了寻找贝西的行列。
搜索的范围逐步扩大，在天就要黑的时候，已经到了废墟附近。参与寻找搜索的人越来越多，其中包括贝西的父亲，还有贝西的姐姐苏珊娜。
苏珊娜刚刚走到镇子外面，就遇到了自己曾经的同学杰娜，还有另外一个高年级的女孩子雅荻。
杰娜和雅荻都已经辍学了。那些还可以上学的孩子们，一直看不起失学的孩子。苏珊娜有意想躲开她们，偏偏被杰娜拉住了。
“Susanna, are you looking for Bessie?（苏珊娜，你是不是在找贝西？）”杰娜主动询问着。
苏珊娜一脸焦虑地点点头，“Where did it go? Bessie would never go anywhere else.（去哪里了呢？贝西从来不会跑到别处去的。）”
“Susanna, don't worry. Adhi and I just saw a lot of people in town helping out with the search. You know what? Why don't we find Bessie together? （苏珊娜，别急，我和雅荻刚才看见镇子上很多人都去帮助寻找了。这样吧，我们一起来找贝西好不好？）”
杰娜满脸的诚意，让苏珊娜很意外也感动，“Thank you. I really don't know where to find him.（谢谢你们。我真不知道该去哪里找他？）”
杰娜和雅荻陪着苏珊娜朝镇外走，一直到了穿过树林的铁路旁边，镇子上的孩子都喜欢在铁道边玩，就因为旁边的废墟。这是很适合玩捉迷藏和藏宝游戏的地方。
杰娜指着路旁的一堆废弃的残垣断壁，“Susanna, do you think Bessie might be hiding in there?（苏珊娜，你说贝西会不会在里面藏着？）”
这句话让苏珊娜不寒而栗。
几个月前，就是在这片瓦砾堆死过一个5岁的小男孩，叫吉米。苏珊娜没有在朝里面走，扭回头跑回镇子去了。
杰娜和雅荻却望着她的背影，发出一阵得意的笑声，然后看了看旁边的那片残垣断壁，露出一种诡异的神态。
杰娜得意地对雅荻说。“How's that？ Now all we have to do is scour the neighborhood, and when Suzanne and her men get here, they'll find Bessie's body in no time. I really want to see Bessie's dad, what's he gonna look like when he sees his son's body? （怎么样？现在我们只需要在附近胡乱寻找，等苏珊娜带人找过来，一定会很快找到贝西的尸体。我真的很想看看贝西的爸爸，看见他儿子的尸体，会是一副怎样的嘴脸？）”
“Jenna, you are really cruel.（杰娜，你真的很残忍。）”
“Don't play nice with me. It is an irrefutable fact that you are an accomplice to my murder. If Bessie's dad had known that you were there when I strangled Bessie, he would have done the same for you! Think about it. You're a 13-year-old girl and I'm just a kid. （不要在我面前装好人。你是我杀人的帮凶，这是无可辩驳的事实。如果贝西的爸爸，知道我掐死贝西的时候，你就在旁边，一样不会放过你！好好想想吧，你是13岁的少女，而我不过是个孩子。）”杰娜冷冷说道。
雅荻顿时无语。
人们很快随着苏珊娜找到这里，领头的就是贝西的父亲巴特，巴特走进废墟，看见了儿子的尸体，立刻大叫起来。
“Bessie! Bessie! What's wrong with you? Oh, my God, he's dead. God, tell me, who killed my lovely son? （贝西，贝西，你怎么啦？天啊，他死了。上帝啊，告诉我，是谁杀害了我可爱的儿子？）”
巴特抱起贝西的尸体，在那里语无伦次大哭起来，苏珊娜抽泣着站在父亲身边。其余的人也显得十分悲哀和无奈，竟又有男童就这样死了。
杰娜拉着雅荻钻进人群，看着巴特悲伤的表情，她兴奋地在人群中钻来钻去。雅荻惊恐地望着兴奋的杰娜，不由自主躲在后面。
