第45章给女儿的信（1）
Father'sDaySey
佚名Anonymous
DearLara，
AsIwritethisletter，youarenearlyoneweekoldandsouyourmother’sside。It’sgoingtobeafewyearsbeforeyoureadthis，andevenlongerbeforeyouualywhatI’mfeeling—whichisgood，beyou’llimetive。
Thisletterisothings，I’veeverhadtowrite，sinlyajournalistander。NowordsIkheonesIlookedupintheneighbor’sdiary—describethesublimejoyandwonderIhavefeltsiotherdotheequivalentofpassiheGiant’sbowlingballahatIevertakeherplace。
Amesayrightnow，thankGodforthataswell。
&oldmeyirl，Ifeltsoexcitedmyheartcouldhaveburst—forwhenyouhitadolesostlyyourmother’sproblem，notmine。
&ookyournamefromLaraaihevideogame“TombRaider”ahatfeaturesAngelinaJolieplayialent。Croft，youonedaywilldiscazhtosinkbattleshipsandhasreduyteeothelevelidiocy。So，whileit’sanatomicallyimpossibleforyift，atleastyou’llhavethenamegoingforyou，whi’thurtinjobinterviews。
&waytodescribewhatI’mfeelingrightnowis“surreal，”whisIshouldlayofftheafter—diails。I’veloobeafatherbutsomehowen，inlightofmylousydatinghistoryasf“StarTrek”andreadingicbooks。
Butnowyou’rehere，aeryourbirth，Istillsitformigyourchestriseandfall—iffornootherreasonthanit’smthayshowsonTV。Istillfeelasenseofwonderasyoukidsquirmuponwaking—asyoustretchyourteeny—tinylimbs，writlefaddtheyftheawhileytosleep。
&heyearstosureIwillletyoudown，aimesyou’llwishyouhadsomeoforafather。YourarioandLuigihavebeenwishingthatabouttheirfathersine。
ButIwantyoutoknowthatI’malwaysgoihereforyou—nomatterwhereyoushop，howyoupark，orhowmuchtimeyouspendonourpho’snotobsessive，I’myourFATHER，andIeveobeunobtrusivewhenI’mwithyouondates。（However，iftheguylaysasmuchasafingeronyou，he’sadeadman。）
Ihere’safewimportantthingstoknow：
Maintainagoodcreditrating。Successfulsuperheroesslide。That’showBatman，IronMan，the，andtheGoldenAgeSandmaheirmillious，eveheethingfull-time。Spider-maernheminimummonthlypayment，andthey’realwaysstrugglingjusttopaytherent。