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1、IfYouCouldSeeMeNowAlsobyCeceliaAhernPS,ILoveYouLove,Rosie(originallypublishedasRosieDunne)IfYouCouldSeeMeNowCeceliaAhernNewYorkCopyright©2006CeceliaAhernAllrightsreserved.NopartofthisbookmaybeusedorreproducedinanymannerwhatsoeverwithoutthewrittenpermissionofthePublisher.ForinformationaddressHyperio
2、n,77West66thStreet,NewYork,NewYork10023-6298.ISBN:1-4013-8382-3FirsteBookEdition:January2006ForGeorgina,whobelieves...IfYouCouldSeeMeNowChapterOneelizabeth’shearthammeredloudlyagainstherchest.Shebangedthefrontdoorbehindherandpacedthehallwayinunevenstrides.Withthephonepressedhardbetweenherearandshou
3、lder,shebalancedherselfagainstthehalltableandpulledoffherbroken-heeledshoe.An-otherbitofchaostothankhersisterfor.Shestoppedpacinglongenoughtostareatherreflectioninthemirror.Herbrowneyeswidenedwithhorror.Rarelydidsheallowherselftolooksobedraggled.Sooutofcontrol.Strandsofherchocolate-brownhairwerefleei
4、ngfromthetightFrenchplaitandmascaranestledinthelinesunderhereyes.Herlipstickhadfaded,leavingonlyherplum-coloredlip-linerasaframe,andherfoundationclungtothedrypatchesofheroliveskin.Gonewasherusuallypristinelook.Thiscausedherhearttobeatfaster,thepanictoaccelerate.Breathe,Elizabeth,justbreathe,shetold
5、herself.Sheranatremblinghandoverhertousledhair,forcingdownthestrays.Shewipedthemascaraawaywithawetfinger,pursedherlipstogether,smootheddownhersuitjacket,andclearedherthroat.Itwasmerelyamomentarylapseofconcen-trationonherpart,thatwasall.Nottohappenagain.Shetransferredthephonetoherleftearandnoticedthe
6、impressionofherCladdaghearringagainstherneck;suchwasthepressureofhershoulder’sgriponthephoneagainstherskin.12CeceliaAhernFinallysomeoneansweredandElizabethturnedherbackonthemirrortostandtoattention.Backtobusiness.“Hello,BailenagCroítheGardaStation.”Elizabethwincedassherecognizedthevoiceonthephone.“
7、Hi,Marie,Elizabethhereagain.Saoirse’sgoneoffwiththecar,”shepaused,“again.”Therewasagentlesighontheotherendofthephone.“Howlongago,Elizabeth?”Elizabethsatdownonthebottomstairandsettleddownfortheusuallineofque
