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Not while I'm around	By : LilyRose Category: Musicals/Plays > Sweeney Todd Views: 1577 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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And life is for the alive ,my dear,
So let`s keep living it!
Just keep living it,
Really living it !

She had almost succeeded in dragging the woman`s limp corpse into the oven,almost.If only the half-dead Judge hadn`t suddenly tried to grab the hem of her skirt,if only she hadn`t screamed in fright and if only he hadn`t heard her.The expression of utter horror on his face when he had turned the corpse around to throw it into the blazing fire and finally realized who the grimy figure in his arms was.The pained,strangled scream that had wrenched itself from his throat.Lovett had never heard such a horrible,frightening sound before,like the tortured howl of a dying animal.An animal that,she was certain,would tear her throat out any second.
The sheer hate in his eyes,the menace in his voice when he accused her of lying to him.It equally terrified and angered her.How could he be so blind still? His wife had died fifteen years ago,only because her haggard body had still been breathing didn`t mean the woman he had known hadn`t been gone forever.What difference did it make if the flesh had at last followed the spirit?
It was pitiful and enraging to see him like that,slumped on the floor,tenderly rocking the body of his faithless wife in his arms.
“Why are you crying?For `er?She got what she wanted,didn`t she?She wanted to die an` now she got her wish!”
Lovett realized that it might be unwise,to say the least,to vent her anger now,but she was sick of him seeing only what he wanted to see.
“Do you think I would `ave done that to you? Never! I hardly knew you an` I waited for you.I kept your razors,didn`t I?An` your Lucy?She left you,that`s what she did.She left you an` Johanna.Because she was too selfish to go on livin` after what `appened to her.You rottin` away in Australia an´ a child what needed her? Didn`t matter to her,´ell,do you really believe she even wasted a thought on you?An` you ask me why I didn`t tell you the truth?”
Without noticing she had advanced more and more towards the two figures on the floor,he seemed to have heard hardly a word she`d said,instead muttering softly to the corpse in his arms.
Her anger momentarily spent she stared at him.
“Now you know the truth.The truth that in the end I was the only one to really love Benjamin Barker an` Sweeney Todd.”
He carefully layed Lucy`s body back on the rough stone of the bakehouse floor.Tenderly brushing a strand of matted hair from her face,before looking up at Lovett again.On his cheeks his tears had mingled with the drying blood of his beloved victim,but his gaze was calm.
Lovett frowned,she had expected anything but that.
“Yes,my dear Eleanor,you`re right.I should thank you,you´ve finally made me see things clearly again.”
He had called her “Eleanor”!Could it be he saw reason at last?Had her words finally reached him.She didn`t dare to hope.
Rising from the floor he made a beckoning gesture towards her.
“Come here,my love.It`s over,I´m done crying over the past.It changes nothing,and you`ve taught me that.”
Hardly daring to trust her ears Lovett stepped closer.Could it be true?He was still smiling at her,waiting patiently for her to take his hand.Slowly she reached out,let him clasp her still shaking hand in his warm grasp.When he pulled her into a crushing embrace Lovett almost sobbed with relief and happiness.He was hers!After all these years!It seemed almost too good to be true.For a moment she allowed herself to just enjoy the feeling of his arms around her,his familiar scent so close.
“We`ll start anew together,you an` I.Somewhere where no one knows us,away from all this.Oh,my darling,we`ll be so happy.An`that`s all I ever wanted,believe me,for you to be happy.”
She felt his breath against her neck,his hand gently caressing her cheek.Sighing softly she turned her face to press her lips to his palm.
He moved so quickly,she hardly felt it at all.Just a brief sting,the cold kiss of silver against her skin.What had happened?It suddenly seemed as if there was a huge chasm opening up between them,although she could still feel his arm around her shoulders.Confused Lovett gazed up at him.Where had all the bright,fresh red on his face and shirt come from?Could it be she had failed to notice it before?Her head was swimming.
Somehow it was beginning to get increasingly difficult just remaining on her feet.It struck her almost as an afterthought,seeming strangely unimportant.The razor,of course,she had completely forgotten about it.But a true friend doesn`t desert you in the hour of need.And this particular friend had just put an end to her dreams about their future together with a single red line.
Finally sinking to the floor she raised her gaze to him one last time.His face showed no grim satisfaction as he stared at her,no insane glee,no,not even hate.It was completely blank,empty…dead.
And so we die together,my darling.What more can two lovers wish for?
A last strangely comforting thought as she finally drifted away in a sea of warm red velvet.
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