'Hurry up, we are going to miss the good stuff! ' Shina was starting to sound impatient, again,
'I'm nearly done, just hold on a second' I was trying to adjust my mask so it would stay in place for the evening, I then checked myself over in the mirror one last time, my black laced mask matched perfectly with my ball gown, I barely recognised myself in the mirror, I went to check my hair when my friend bounced into my room,
'Come on Sky, you look perfect, let’s go! , let's go! ' Shina's outfit matched her personality to a t, loud and full of energy,
'Alright, let's go' she grabbed my arm and yanked me out of the apartment,
'It's about time'.
I and Shina had now both been in Venice for 3 months, we had known each other for a little over a year now, but it feels like a lot longer. As soon as we met in London, we sort of, clicked, after my past events, I found it difficult to trust anyone at all, but here we are, and I had to admit, I haven’t felt this happy in the longest time. We were both heading for the Carnevale di Venezia aka the Carnival of Venice which was pretty close to our apartment, we both made our own costumes and mask, well Shina made the dresses and I made the mask's, so kind of half and half.
When we got to the festival, I was immediately taken aback by the lights, colours and costumes, it was simply beautiful, we didn’t stay together long as Shina got over excited very quickly, she acted like a kid in a sweetshop, I was just casually walking around the carnival, admiring everyone’s outfits and mask's, grinning occasionally at people, I wished that this evening would never end.
After a couple of hours, I managed to find an empty bit of space near a group of people, I was never very good around huge crowds of people, whilst enjoying the sights around me I noticed a gentleman, I think, standing a few feet away, he was clad in black and wore a Zanni mask, every time I looked in his general direction, he appeared to be always looking at me, it must have been my nerves playing up, but it made me feel really uncomfortable, but I carried on through the night, dancing and having fun.
'There you'll be safe for a while'
'I'll never be safe'
I jolted awake as I remembered the last words I heard form Jack Crawford, I haven’t thought about it in the longest time, I've thought so hard to forget it all, but how can you forget Hannibal, I turned my head to look at my alarm clock '5:15am' oh great, it was still dark out, but I would need I miracle to get back to sleep, I sat up in my bed and started to stretch my arms above my head when I noticed my door was open slightly, my suspicions were now clear as crystal,
'Good morning Dr Lecter'
'Good morning Miss Jones'.
' If I ask of anything from you Dr Lecter let it be this, after all that’s happened, do you still intend to cause me and my company misery'
'I give you my word, neither of you will be harmed' against all better judgement, I felt I should trust him one last time, I have made it this far anyway,
'You looked beautiful tonight' I could hear him clear enough, I just couldn’t see him, I reached over to turn on my lamp to see him,
'I politely ask that I be unseen, for personal reason'
'Alright, why are you here? Are you going to confess from 12 years ago'
'Has it been that long, how time fly’s when you're having fun, actually I believe on this occasion I have been very rude'
'In what way? '
'By the time I returned to the study, you were already gone, and before I got to the hospital, Jack and Will had whisked away, I simply left a note leaving you innocent and left' he, he confessed, 12 years ago,
'You, you let me run in fear for 12 years, you truly are a monster'
'Your to kind, I merely came by this evening and wished to bid you a long awaited goodbye' I merely sat there in silence, he came all this way to say goodbye, I then heard footsteps come towards my bed, I looked up to what I imagined was his face, as the street lights gleamed through my window blinds, I saw a head of silver hair inches away from my face, I felt him gently kiss my head and then turned to leave the apartment,
'Goodbye, Sky'
'Goodbye, Hannibal' and he was gone, by beautiful monster.
