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Chapter 2- The living-room
Anna woke up and sat up very fast. Where was she?
Okay Anna... Think! .She could remember being on her way back home after working with Sister Agatha. Then a man with a beard came and…
Oh my God! She thought in horror. He wanted to rape her… She had fainted. Oh no… she had been raped. Anna started crying, but held in after one minute.
Why doesn't it hurt? It might sound terrible, but she always thought a woman's body would hurt like hell afterwards. Then she noticed that she sat on a couch in a small and dim room. Her coat covered her body.
Why should someone who just raped me in an alley bring me to his home?Then another terrible thought hit her. He did not do it yet! This is the reason…She started to sob into her coat, feeling truly miserable now.
Anna heard the door being opened. She could not move a muscle! Even though the young woman wanted to run or hurt her kidnapper as bad as she could. The poor thing was just too afraid to do anything. Even looking up to look him into the eye was not possible in the moment. She just wanted this to end...
Silas had repented for his sins. He had to take off the cilice because of an infection. Tomorrow he would wear it again but today he had to repent only with the scourge. After he was finished he had been laying on the floor for several minutes waiting for the pain to go away. When he could stand up again he got dressed and ate some bread.He was tired, but could not go to bed until the woman was gone. Then something important came to his mind. What if she'd stay? Well… she would sleep on the couch, so much was sure! He sat there in silence looking out of the window.He heard a noise from the living-room. She seemed to be awake now.
The monk stood up now and went to see the woman but stood a moment in front of the door. Hopefully she had covered herself. Silas had no desire to see more exposed flesh.The sounds of a crying woman came to his ear. The young monk opened the door and peered into the room before he entered. She was covered with her coat and cried into it. She did not move. She probably was afraid even though Silas could not think of a reason. Didn't she notice her surroundings?
"What is it, woman?" he asked as he came nearer. Silas had left a small distance between them, because he did not want to come near her for the moment. If she panicked she might try to hurt him… and a consequence would be him hurting her!He remembered the moment he had awakened in the bed back in the church of Father Aringarosa. Silas had been weak and the first thing had seen had been the cross and the son of God glancing down at the albino. The woman stopped crying though.
Anna heard someone coming nearer and then a voice with accent spoke.
"What is it, woman?"
This has not been the voice that had asked her if she wanted to die. Maybe she was not with the man that had intended to rape her. A little bit of hope had awakened deep inside of Anna's heart.
Calm down now. God doesn't let bad things happen to good people. She began to rewind the words again and again. These words once came from the mouth of Anna's Grandmother. Back then she did not know if her parents had been okay. It had been a stormy night and her Granny and she had been waiting for them to return from work. Anna had been very afraid and had started to cry as she heard in the news that there has been a car crash. Then Granny had calmed her down and only ten minutes later her parents had entered the house. Wet but happy and healthy.
Even though she felt a bit better through his voiceshe didn't want to push her luck. God was a busy man after all!
"W-Wha… What happened?" she asked, still not able to look up.
There was a short silence. He seemed to think about the answer or the right words to tell her the truth.
"A man tried to ravage you. I walked by and noticed. When he refused to leave you alone I strangled him because he miss used our Lord's name… I do not know if I killed him or not." For a man like Silas it was not an option to lie to anyone. One shall not lie! So he did not leave out anything important. He did not get angry because the sinner tried to ravage her. He did not want to give her this illusion for it was wrong. He only attacked the other because he insulted God. She seemed to think about the answer for a moment because he did not hear a single noise coming from her. Then she did something he wouldn't have expected. She turned around to face him. For a small moment her face hold a shocked expression. Well, he was used to that. But then came a new expression he normally only got from Father Aringarosa. She gave him a small smile!
"You're a monk." she said and seemed quite relieved. Silas only nodded, kind off shocked by the smile. "And you saved me!"
Another nod from Silas.
The woman seemed to have noticed that she was rather exposed and tried to cover herself as good as she could. Silas did not know if she did this because she was ashamed of a man seeing her in such a state or because she knew a monk was not supposed to see nude women. The monk did not care but he was thankful for her modesty.
Then she stood up, wrapping her coat around herself and came over to him, still smiling. She held out her hand towards him.
"Thank you very much for saving me! My name is Anna Figen."
She looked up at him.
A moment of hesitation and an observation of her hand later, Silas shook it and let go quite fast. The woman… Anna still looked up at him. She seemed to hesitate first but then spoke.
"What is your name?"
Silas looked at her for a moment. At first he wanted to tell her that it was none of her business but then remembered his first moments with Father Aringarosa. Why being rude?
"My name is Silas. Do you need anything, Miss Figen?" he asked using her name instead of the "woman" he normally used when addressing women.
Anna had been surprised. The man was a monk and an albino. She didn't really care about both things. The only important thing was that he saved her. Well he said that he just had been furious because the bastard that had tried to "ravage" her misused the name of God. But she was going to find out later if he really had spoken the truth! Her stomach was aching and she was thankful for the "Do-you-need-anything-question".
"I'm a little hungry. Do you have…"
But before she could end her question he strode out of the room. She stood there dumbfounded for a second or two. Not much of a talker this… Silas!
Funny! I wasn't aware that Silas was actually a name that is used in Spain…
He must be from Spain. The South Americans she knew tried to sound as English as possible and he had this funny way to choose his words. "Ravage"… Who in their right mind would use that word? But she was too thankful to think off him in a negative way. A moment later he re-entered the room with a small tray in his hands. He placed it on the small table in front of the couch.
Smiling again she sat down.
"Thank you, Silas."
He made a funny face every time she smiled at him.
"What is it?" she asked looking concerned at Silas. He gave her a questioning look.
"What do you mean?"
"You always make a face when I smile at you. I know that monks are not supposed to be attracted by women but smiling is not a sin!"
He did not answer her and she knew she'd gone so far.
"I'm sorry… didn't mean to offend you." she apologized and started to eat in silence.
Silas stood there for a moment. He tried to figure out the way he looked at people when they smiled at him. What did the woman expect?He was an albino… she didn't even seem to notice really. Was she stupid or was she one of the few people that actually did not care what people looked like? The monk was kinda angry because of her. Who does she think she is? Women! He knew why he had never felt the urge to find himself a woman and become married.
"You may stay here tonight." he said as he wanted to leave the room some moments later.
"Silas please… I really did not have the intention to say something wrong." He heard her voice as he passed the couch. He nodded and went on. "Good night... And thanks again!"
Silas did not react to that but closed the door to his room behind him.
Thats all for today!
