Allegra Russo entered the cathedral; the only sound that echoed the building was her footsteps as she walked on the tiled-floor. She entered the confessional, kneeled, and performed the Sign of The Cross.
"Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It has been five months since my last confession." Allegra said.
The priest, Father Limardi, pulled back the screen and leaned forward slightly. This didn't surprise Allegra, as she knew that he was elderly and his hearing was beginning to go.
"This may not make sense, Father, but I've fallen in love."
"I see no sin in that." Father Limardi said.
"Father, the man that I have fallen in love with, is doing terrible things."
"What things?"
Allegra lowered her head. " That's why my love is a sin, Father; I am protecting a person who I love from the police."
"Why protect this person? If they are doing wrong, they must admit to it and pay the penalty for their actions."
At that moment, Allegra closed her eyes and felt tears stream down her cheeks. "This person never wanted to do wrong, Father. If we hadn't fallen in love, then he would be the person who I met that night."
"That night?" Father Limardi repeated.
Allegra smiled. "The night that I met him, Father. It was last year, in April, and I was leaving the opera house."