Husband Of My Mind

Pack Your Things

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I hear a knock at my bedroom door and Luca steps in. "Pack your things." he says, "We're going to Rome. Papa has to start eventually you know." Marriage. That dreaded word. I don't want a husband yet. Luca leaves my room. I pull out a trunk and start to pack my things.

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    I look out the window of my bedroom in Rome in interest. I have never been here before so everything is new and different from our quiet Castello. I sit down and begin to sing one of the hymns we sing at Mass. Singing is one of my favorite pastimes.

    A crowd gathering near my window pulls my attention away from my singing. I stop and look out. "What a voice!"

"Where did she learn to sing like that?" I hear people say.

    I see a man near the back of the crowd leaning against the wall of the Castello across the street. He seems content to just stand there and listen. He sees me looking out and gives a little wave and a bow. Bewildered, I gawk. The crowd begins to disperse and I get a better view of him. He has dark, curly hair and deep-set eyes. He has a sturdy build but is tall. I can't see the colour of his eyes, but I'm sure they're a dark stormy blue. He is the most handsome man I have ever seen. If my father finds me a husband, this is what I want him to look like. I jolt, realizing that I have been staring too long and leave the window.

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