The Becoming | Sweeney Todd

Chapter 14 | Dragged

Oh my God I can't wait for this nightmare to end.

"Please...

Do not leave...

I can lend a place to share at my own shop, if you'd like..."

Mr. Sweeney Todd was calm, but somehow he sounded desperate.

At least he was being nice about it.

"Sorry Sir, but I practicly don't know you. You could be some a murderer or something along the lines," I joked, but my hands were removing the unnecessary ghosts off the shelves and placing them in the basket.

I heard footsteps, of the said man, coming up behind me...

"I'm Sweeney Todd, I'm a Barber on fleet street, I work right above Mrs. Lovett's meat pie shop, isn't that enough?" He replied, his eyes prying into my actions. A sad smile played on his face...

"Sir, I'm sorry but I cannot." I replied honestly...

My own smile fell...

I placed a fake leather belt into the basket...

... and calmly froze.

I guess this is a goodbye...

I could barely notice how his shadow overpowered my figure...

I heard him released a sigh of irritation.

Wait... irritation?

Suddenly, my body was spun by a grip on my upper arm. My back was pinned to the wall...

... and there, he stood infront of me.

"WHY?" He suddenly exclaimed.
"What do you need me to do -
Or say?
To make your fooled soul stay?!"

"A fooled, sir?
I'm not - no doubt - and clearly-
I need nothing sir,
Really,
I need to go, early..."

"No, you must tell me!
Just stay,
Don't go love,
Just say!" He growled. I was still trapped between the wall and him. I couldn't move.

But I pushed him away.

He stumbled back...

"Sir, I cannot, really,
You have no rights - really,
You can't keep me here,
I will leave!"

I turned towards the exit of my shop-
But a grip held me back...

"M'lady, you will - really?
Yet I have no rights, clearly...
But I will keep you here, you can't leave."

Wait, what?

I looked back at him.

My eyes were wide.

Please tell me I misheard that...

But...

His grin told otherwise.

That grin took time to come to light...