Swipe Left on Mr. Darcy — Last Seen Online，第 12 頁
作者：Inkroost · 發布於
文字記錄
Panel 1: Ed and Maddie Gardiner stand just inside the front door with their coats still on, a small wheeled suitcase upright beside Ed's leg. Ed is calm and steady, already taking charge. ED: 'We'll take it from here, love.' Panel 2: Maddie stands close beside Lizzie with one arm lightly around her shoulders, looking at her with warm, direct concern. MADDIE: 'This is not yours to carry.' Panel 3: Close-up on Lizzie, eyes lowered, entirely unconvinced. She says nothing.
圖片說明
Ed and Maddie Gardiner arrive at the Bennet house with a suitcase and take over the search; Maddie puts an arm around Lizzie, who looks unconvinced.
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Lizzie comes home from the ruined weekend to a house with every light burning and nobody answering their phone. Lydia is gone — a note, no address, and George Wickham. What follows is the longest week of Lizzie's life: her mother collapsed and operatic in a darkened bedroom, Kitty confessing she knew and said nothing, Mary reaching for something profound at exactly the wrong moment, and her father — dry, unbothered Mr. Bennet — putting on a coat and driving into the city to find his youngest daughter himself. Lizzie carries the worst of it alone: she is the only one who knew exactly what George Wickham is, and she chose to keep a confidence instead of warning her family. Three days of unanswered calls later her father comes home empty-handed and years older, and it is her aunt Maddie and uncle Ed who take the search over. In a 2 a.m. kitchen Lizzie finally tells Jane the whole truth — that George has done this before, to a girl younger than Lydia — and at her dark window she lets go of the last thing she was hoping for: Darcy has seen exactly what her family is now, and that is the end of that. Then the phone she has not put down all week lights up with her uncle's name. They found Lydia. She is safe. And someone else got there first.