safe haven避风港.doc

当代首屈一指的美系纯爱小说畅销天王 Nicholas Sparks 《 Safe Heaven 避风港》,这本书 0 Chapter 1 As Katie wound her way among the tables, a breeze from the Atlantic rippled through her hair. Carrying three plates in her left hand and another in her right, she wore jeans and a T-shirt that read Ivan ’ s: Try Our Fish Just for the Halibut. She brought the plates to four men wearing polo shirts; the one closest to her caught her eye and smiled. Though he tried to act as though he was just a friendly guy, she knew he was watching her as she walked away 他看着她离开. Melody had mentioned the men e from Wilmington and were scouting locations for a movie. After retrieving a pitcher of sweet tea , she refilled their glasse s 填满他们的杯子 before returning to the waitress station 侍者休息区. She stole a glance at the view. It was late April, the temperature hovering just around perfect, and blue skies stretched to the horizon . Beyond her, the Intracoastal was calm despite the breeze and seemed to mirror the color of the sky. A dozen seagulls perched on the railing, waiting to dart beneath the tables if someone dropped a scrap of food. Ivan Smith, the owner, hated them. He called them rats-with-wings, and he ’d already patrolled the railing twice wielding a wooden plunger, trying to scare them off. Melody had leaned toward Katie and confessed that she was more worried about where the plunger had been than she was about the seagulls. Katie said nothing. She started another pot of sweet tea, wiping down the station .A moment later, she felt someone tap her on the shoulder. She turned to see Ivan ’s daughter, Eileen. A pretty, ponytailed een-year-old, she was working part-time as the restaurant hostess. “ Katie — can you take another table? ” Katie scanned her tables, running the rhythm in her head. “ Sure. ” She nodded. Eileen walked down the stairs. From nearby tables Katie could hear snippets of conversations — people talking about friends or family, the weather or fishing. Ata table in the corner, she saw t