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Chapter Ten
Abel felt nervous. Sure he had lived through wars and had fought many battles against the Contra Mundi and many of his vampire followers, but as he stood outside Lady's, no Esther's apartment, Abel felt three feet tall. He knocked gently on the door.
"Gabe!" He heard her yell from inside. "Get the door for mommy would you, it's probably Father Nightroad." He heard little footsteps running to the door. Moments later the door opened revealing Gabriel. Abel smiled down at his. The little boy was wearing light blue sleeper bottoms and no shirt. He held a little toy water gun in his left hand."
"Hello father." Gabriel smiled.
"Hello." Abel spoke. 'What are you doing there?"
"Playing a game."
"What kind of game?" Gabriel held up his water gun.
"I'm destroying Martians in my bedroom." Abel chuckled. "Sounds fun." "They're swarming under my bed." Gabriel put the toy in his left pocket of his sleepers. "Want to play?"
"Maybe later." He smiled. "Where's your mother?"
"In the kitchen." Gabriel moved out of the way and let the priest in. Abel looked around the apartment. It was small, but the two seemed to be living happily. Pictures of Gabriel were all over the wall. Abel would have to look at each and every one, burning the images into his mind.
"Hi father!" Abel turned around to see Lady... Esther popped her head out of the kitchen. "Dinner will be ready in just a minute. Have a seat and make yourself at home. Gabe take your toys back to your room and clean up for dinner." Abel sat on the couch. He was happy that he didn't wear his priest get up, instead he had settled for plain black robes. "Would you like something to drink Father Nightroad?"
"A cold glass of water perhaps. And please call me Abel." "Like you did five years ago." Lady came out of the kitchen and handed the priest the water. "Thank you." He smiled. Lady sat down next to him.
"Well I hope you like hamburger pie."
"Never had it." Abel spoke.
"It's Gabriel's favorite. He insisted that I make it for you." She smiled. "He likes you, because you both have the same hair color."
"He's a very sweet boy."
"He's a little handful. I sometimes think that Sister Euphemie is going to grow horn and a tail when she has to look after him." Abel chuckled.
"He's at that wonderful age." He spoke. Abel looked over at Esther. She wore a pair of black slacks and a white button down long sleeve shirt; her hair was pulled back in a high ponytail.
"Sister Marina told me that you've traveled quite a bit. Where have you been?"
"Oh! Here and there." He spoke. "Albion, Istavan, Carthage, Byzantium." "You're supposed to know that. You've been there too."
"You've been to the Empire." She asked. "Is it as pretty as they say it is?"
"It is." "But not as pretty as you."
"Did you get to meet the Empress?"
"No…I never got the chance." "And why would I, she's a spoiled brat."
"It must be nice to travel." The sound of a timer going off broke the conversations. "Gabe! Dinner's done! Come on Father." Abel got off the couch and follow Lady into the dining room. Gabriel was already sitting at the table, playing with his silverware. Abel sat across from him, Lady walked out carrying dinner.
"It smells great." Abel said.
"Dig in."
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Abel sat on the couch smiling; Gabriel had fallen asleep on the floor. There were dozens of plastic army soldiers lying all around him. The two had just finished a battling each other with the plastic toys. Abel had let the little one win. He couldn't believe his son. In his eyes, Gabriel was practically perfect. Lady walked into the room with two cups of hot tea. She handed one to Abel.
"Thanks. You've been too kind." She smiled.
"Thanks for coming over. We hardly have any company stay for dinner."
"Well I try to never refuse a dinner invite." The red head paused for a moment. She took a sip of her tea before looking back at Abel.
"By the way, what was it you wanted to ask me?"What?" Abel asked.
"Earlier today you said that you needed to talk to me about something."
"Oh yes." Abel had been having such a great time eating dinner or battling soldiers and Martians that he had forgotten, why he had wanted to come over in the first place. He pushed his glasses back up his noses and sat his cup of tea down. "Your story today during confessional, I wanted to know more." She bit her lip. "I don't mean to pry. You…you just…"
"Look like this Esther?" she stated out of the blue. Abel gulped. "You looked pretty shocked to see me earlier and I put two and two together." He nodded.
"I guess I should have expected that."
"What happen to her?" Abel sighed. He was hoping that he wouldn't have to tell her everything. "Am I her?"
"Why would you think that?" he asked, trying to get the questions off of him.
"Because my name isn't Lady. I don't know who I am. I woke up in a hospital here in Valencia. I had no ID, no nametag, nothing. When you looked shocked to see me, I thought that you knew me." Abel sighed. "Do you?'
"I do." He rubbed the bridge of his nose. "I didn't want to bring this up so soon. I did not want to frighten you."
"Living without a life to remember is frightening enough." She spoke up. 'What do you know? Please?"
"Your real name is Esther Blanchett. You and I used to work together." "You had a crush on me."
"Work together? Where?"
"The Ministry of Holy Affairs in Rome."
"In Rome? You mean like the Vatican?" Abel nodded.
"You were a nun."
"Huh? A nun?" Esther shook her head. "I'm a nun? How"
"It's a rather long story." Abel kept his eyes on the cup of tea she had given him.
"Is it bad?"
"Some parts are." Like the part where Cain tried to use you against me." Esther sat her tea down and rubbed her forehead. "But for the most part it is a wonderful story. "Especially the part where you and I fell madly in love." He wished for nothing more than to rush up and hold her tightly to his chest.
"Oh! This is too much."
"I'm sorry." Abel stood up. "I didn't want to tell you so quickly. I apologize. I'll show myself to the door" He turned to leave.
"Wait." Esther got off the couch and went after him. "Abel, please." She placed her hand on his shoulder. The priest sighed. "She said my name." "At least tell me what happen to me."
"We thought you were dead." He spoke "I'm madly in love with you, Esther." He did not want to turn and face her. "I'm crazy about you." "There was a big battle with the Contra Mundi where apart of the Vatican caved in. You fell." Abel felt her hand slide off his back. "I went mad looking for you." "I don't know what happen to you after that. You've been presumed dead for nearly five years." "I've been lost for five years." He placed his hand on the doorknob. "I'm… I'm sorry I had to tell you all this. I'll leave now. I... I." Abel opened the door and left. He heart felt as if it was going to pop out of his chest. He hurried away as fast as he could. Abel left the apartment building and started running. He turned down an alley and leaned against the wall. Abel removed his glasses and slowly sank to the ground.
"I couldn't tell her." He said to himself. "I couldn't tell her." Abel pulled his knees to his chest. "I couldn't tell her." "I couldn't tell her… I couldn't tell her…."
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Verse from Chapter 11
"I SAID PUT HER ON THE BLASTED COM LINK!" he yelled. He wasn't in the mood to play twenty questions.