Chapter 34 :
We Stood In The Graveyard, Among The Tombstones. Mafia Members Everywhere,All Dressed In Black To Show There Respect . Heather Knelt By The Graveside , Swathed In Black Crepe And Throwing Bunches Of Tiny While Flowers Down Onto The Casket.
" Thee Only Do I Love." Came A Girl's Hushed Voice From Just Behind Me. Harry Had Left My Side To Stand Next To Heather , Picking Up A Handful Of Dirt An Throwing It Down Among The Flowers Before Giving Another Mourner His Place . I Turned To See Jade Standing Next To Me.
" What Did You Say?" I Asked.
" The Tiny White Flowers Heather Is Throwing - They're Arbutus." She Saw My Confusion An Corrected Herself.
" I Forgot You Are Barley Learning The Language Of Flowers. The Arbutus Flower Means ' Thee Only Do I Love.' Heather Would Be Aware Of That - That Is Why She Chose Them For Her One An Only Love"
I Nodded Blankly .
" It's Is Tragic," She Continued In Her French Accent. At Times Her Words Came Out As She Was Quoting Shakespeare.
" Why Anyone Would Put Themselves Through Such Misery Is Quite Simply Beyond Me. How Could She Expect Anything Other Than Grief, Remaining Attached To A Complete Outsider?"
The Words Came Out Flippantly , And Them Jade Turned To Me With Her Mouth In An O An Eyes Wide. " Alice. I Am So sorry ! You Blend In So Well With All The Mafia Members Here , I Completely Forgot You Were Not One Of Us. And You And Harry Being .." She Grasped For Words .
" Together," I Said Bluntly .
" Yes, Of Course. Together. Well , It Is So Very , Very . . . Pleasant. Please Forget That I Said Anything "
Jade Looked Like She Was On The Verge Of Tears , She Was So Embarrassed. I Touched My Hand To Her Shoulder An Said," Don't Worry. Really. Sometimes It's Hard For Me To Remember There's Any Difference Between Me An Harry."
She Seemed Mollified And , After Nodding Gratefully At Me, Stepped Forward And Bent Down To Scoop Up Her Own Handful Of Grave Dirt.
There Was Stir As Harry Held His Hand Up To Quiet The Crowd, Who Had Begun Conversing Softly Amoug Themselves.
" Excuse Me , Friends," He Called Out. " There Is Something That Heather Wanted To Read You Herself , But She Has Asked Me To Take Her Place. It Was A Favorite Passage Of Hers An Tommy's From The Book ' The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy'. She Said It Helped Them Together An Getting Thru Hard Times."
He Cleared His Voice An Began Reading.
" Time Wastes To Fast. . . . The Days An Hours Of It . . . Are Flying Over Our Heads Like Light Clouds Of A Windy Day , Never To Return More - Every Thing Presses On - Whilst Thou Art Twisting That Lock,- See! It Grows Grey . . ."
Harry Looked Up An Caught My Eye An Then, Looking Troubled , Returned To The Page An Continued.
" And Every Time I Kiss Thy Hand To Bid Adieu, And Every Absence Which Follows It, Are Preludes To That Eternal Separation Which We Are Shortly To Make!"
My Heart Lurched In My Chest. Not Just Symbolically- It Caused Actual Physical Pain. The Passage Seemed To Have Been Written For Me An Harry.My Worst Fear About Our Future Was Like Written In Poetic Lines.
This Could Be Us , I Thought Once Again. Whatever Happened We Seemed Damned By Fate. Even If Harry Sore That After The Mafia War Has Ended He Wouldn't Go Back To It I Knew He Wouldn't Resist. It's His Other Family. Lucas Was - Is After Me Now. He Said It Clearly On The Note. And Harry Knows It . Harry An The Mafia Can't Protect Me Now. I Just Know It. Someday He'd Be Like Heather, A Beautiful Teenager Standing By His Lovers Grave.
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Dangerous Love (Book 1)
Fanfiction* COMPLETE * " Just One Thing Goes Wrong , And Your Gone Forever " , He Said . When I Chose Harry , I Chose Love Over Reason And Safety. We Must Battle A Fate That Is Willing To Tear Us Apart. A Enemy That I...