mandy自从和老朋友们重新见面后，整个人陷入了一种迷幻状态，似乎她虽然在这个世界上好好地活着，但似乎有一半魂魄留在了某个遥远的，偏僻的，古早的，隔离的，陌生的，熟悉的时空里。

洛可嘉第一个察觉到她的迷离疑惑，似乎她总是在问，“我是谁”、“我为什么在这里”、“这是哪里”、“这些人都是哪来的”、“原来的我呢？”

走丢了……

她的每一个微笑都在说，“我好困惑”、“我错了吗”、“我怎么办”……

在孙先生拜访后第二天，mandy摔了nichole心爱的大熊猫勺子，第三天她忘了去接oscar放学，第四天她忘了烧饭，那两天洛妈和洛老爹由热旺陪着去费城玩儿了。

洛可嘉忍无可忍，决定跟mandy好好谈谈。

“youarenotyourselfthesedays.”saidlock，lookingdirectlyintohereyes.

“idon“tquietfolloyou.”returnedmandy，turningthepagesinfrontofherratherrampantly.

“youantedtofindyourlostselfasateenager，didn“tyou?”lockasruthless.

“that“ssountrue.”mandyouldnotlookatherhu***andintheeye.

“annaatalk?”lockretreatedalittlebitbuthisgroundserefirmlyheld.

“theyhaven“tchangedmuchsinceelastsaoneanother.”atlastmandydecidedtospilloutallthataslingeringonhermind——bearingtheeightisearisome.

“they?homintheorlddoyoureferto，thosehoarenotennabledtoloveoracquireafamily?”lockdemanded.

“don“tbesorude.”mandyasfinallycheeringupalittlebit.

locklaughed，“ibetmostofthemouldtradehattheypossessforthelifeyouareliving，evenifthereisahandicappedmaninthepicture.”

mandy***iledforthefirsttime，“nonsense.hodareyou.....”

lockpickeduphi***obile，“minerva，homanyphotosofthekidshaveegot?”

theaipoppedupfromnohereonthescreen，“sinceyouaskedsir，thefamilyalbumhastakenupatleastthreequartersofthestorage，hichmeansthereareoveronethousandphotostotally，andthatseriouslylaggestheprocessingspeedofthemobile.that“shyisuggestde()

letinghalf......”

“thanks，minerparingithothers“livesandstopmoaningformore.thefishermanandhisifeshouldhavebeencontentedithhattheyhavereceivedfromthegoldfishandthey“dbetternotbegformorethantheydeserved.”

mandyremarkedithadangeroustone，“areyoutellingmeidon“tdeservethebestoflife?”

locksensedsomething，“don“ttistit.youknohatimeant.yououldneverbeabletofigureouthatthebestishenyoueresixteen.”

mandymurmuredasifshehadbeeninadream，“hoiishtobesixteenagain，carefree.”

lockcamenearertoher，andhuggedher，leavinghisheelchairbehind，“thepointis，hateverhappenstoyou，fromnoontosixtyorninety，youillalayshaveus.”

mandyburstintotears，“ihavenothingexceptyouandthekids.ifeelcold.thisorldlooksatmeithviciouseyes.”

“youc***ayscountonus，”lockpromised，“igiveyoumyord.there“snopartingofusuntilonedies.staypositiveandcherisheveryminute.”

mandyleanedagainstlock“sshoulder，totallyforgettingheshouldnothavestoodupandsupportedhereight.“ion“tfallforit.theylookasiforriedformebutigue()

sstheyreallyenjoyedthemseleupithanidea.hydon“teholdaparty?”hehesitated，“doesanyofthemhamitments.”mandyformeda***ileasthoughshefeltsorryforherfriends.

“so，thatsettleseverything.”lock***iledback，“einviteabunchofkids.”

“doeknootherkid***esidesthoseinoscar“skindergarten?”mandyasked.

“oh，ofcourseedo，”announcedlock，“thereareplentyofkids，asian，latino，andblackinthechildren“shospital.thisillbeafund-raisingpartyfordisabledchildren，andmeasell.”locksatbackintotheheelchairasquicklyashiskneesalloedtocarryhim，hichamusedmandylikehell.

“sincetheyaresokind，suretheydon“tminddonatingsomedollarsforthegoodcourse?”lockquestioned.

“that“sreallyniceofyou.allofmyfriendsouldbeverythankfuliftheyareofferedachancetoshothattheyreallycareforthehandicapped.”mandybitherlips，tryinghardnottolaugh.

“isuddenlyrememberihaveoneortoacquaintancesonthepress.”locksneered，“theyoulddietoseemeonthemoveagain.”