《奇迹男孩》｜每个人都值得被温暖和善待(6)

Mom is beautiful, by the way. And Dad is handsome. Via is pretty. In case you were wondering.
顺便提一下，我妈很美，我爸很帅，维娅很漂亮。免得你胡思乱想。
Last spring we drove over to Christopher"s house in Bridgeport. It was a long drive home.
去年春天我们开车去克里斯托弗在布里奇波特的家，回家要开很久的车。
I fell asleep in the backseat like I always do. Via fell asleep, too.
我像往常一样在后座睡着了，维娅也睡了。
I don"t know how long I was sleeping, but when I woke up, there was a full moon outside the car window. It was a purple night, and we were driving on a highway full of cars.
我不知道睡了多久，醒来的时候，车窗外悬着一轮满月。那个夜晚是紫色的，我们行驶在一条车水马龙的公路上。
And then I heard Mom and Dad talking about me.
这时，我听到妈妈和爸爸正在谈论我。
"We can"t keep protecting him," Mom whispered to Dad who was driving.
“我们不能一直保护他，”妈妈低声跟正在开车的爸爸说。
"We can"t just pretend he"s going to wake up tomorrow and this isn"t going to be his reality, because it is, Nate, and we have to help him learn to deal with it. We can"t just keep avoiding situations that . . ."