It was Joe. Heinstructed me to go to WNEP.com. I complied. I hadn’t spoken to him in almost amonth. At the top of the news website covering the Back Mountain region ofPennsylvania: “Body Found in Home Set Ablaze.” I clicked the link. Fire at 60 Midland Drive. I’d spent two summers with Bryan in Dallas, Pennsylvania,staying in his home. Bryan lived at 60 Midland Drive. My stomach lurched. Iflashed back to a seemingly “off color” remark made by Joe while at dinner atLe Cirque: “Harlow has a client that will doanything for him.” I would spendmore than two years trying to understand why and how Harlow and Joe couldinsert themselves into my life so briefly, yet cause so much catastrophe. Joetold me then, “I guess my guy went a little overboard.”
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是Joe。他告知我去上WNEP.com【注:一个新闻网站】这个网站看看。我照做了。我有将近一个月没跟他说过话了。在新闻页面最上方的封面是宾夕法尼亚州的BackMountain区域,配字是:“在一间着火的住处发现一具尸体”。我点了进去。着火的地址是60 Midland Drive。我曾经跟Bryan在他宾夕法尼亚的Dallas家里待了两个夏天。Bryan家的地址就是60 Midland Drive。我的胃好像被什么东西狠狠地撞击了一下。我脑海中突然闪过Joe在Le Cirque吃晚饭时说的一句看上去只是“黄色”的话:“Harlow有一个愿意为他做任何事的客户。”我愿意再花比两年更多的时间去试着弄清楚为什么,以及他们【指Harlow和Joe】到底是怎样可以如此粗简地插足我的生活,还搞出那么多灾难性的变故。Joe之后跟我说:“我觉得我的男孩做的有点过分了。”