Chapter 10. Don Juan Triumphant.
The castings were wrong, the scenery was terrible, and call me a critic but the only thing that went to plan was Christine in the part of Emily, one of the three lead characters.
That part was given to Christine because of one song in the entire opera, a melody that may alarm the listener if they listen closely to the lyrics, a carol about my lustful longing for Christine.
I looked at her out on that stage of red curtains, sitting there on the floor in front of all those people, most of them I believed to be police officers, and Christine let one small sleeve drop off her shoulder then said her lines.
I closed my eyes, and put my hand to the black mask I had stolen from the not gone actor who was supposed to play the part to hide who I was, and took to the stage at the cue.
"Passarino, go away for the trap it is set and awaits for its prey."
I'm not sure if Christine stood up knowing it was me or because it was her cue.
Then I sang. "You have come here In pursuit of your deepest urge In pursuit of that wish which till now has been silent, silent. I have brought you that our passions may fuse and merge in your mind you've already succumbed to me, dropped all defenses completely succumbed to me now you are here with me no second thoughts you've decided, decided. Past the point of no return no backward glances our games of make-believe are at an end. Past all thought of 'if' or 'when', no use resisting abandon thought and let the dream descend what raging fire shall flood the soul what rich desire unlocks its door what sweet seduction lies before us? Past the point of no return the final threshold what warm unspoken secrets will we learn beyond the point of no return?"
"You have brought me to that moment when words run dry to that moment when speech disappears into silence, silence. I have come here, hardly knowing the reason why in my mind I've already imagined our bodies entwining defenseless and silent, now I am here with you no second thoughts I've decided, decided." She sang then we walked up the winding metal stairwell. "Past the point of no return no going back now our passion-play has now at last begun. Past all thought of right or wrong one final question how long should we two wait before we're one? When will the blood begin to race the sleeping bud burst into bloom? When will the flames at last consume us?"
As we reached the top of the stairs we walked towards each other and both snag at the same time. "Past the point of no return the final threshold the bridge is crossed so stand and watch it burn we've passed the point of no return."
I took her arm and swung her around into my arms, and then there was a moment of silence as the ballet rats down below danced.
He took her hand in mine and ran up her body, singing. "Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime, lead me, save me from my solitude, say you want me with you here beside you anywhere you go let me go too Christine that's all I ask of…"
Be before I could finish, she turned to me and ripped of my mask and wig!
I don't know how the ones without opera glasses saw it, but the entire opera house screamed in horror, and the Fool and the police ran from their seats to arrest me and take Christine away.
In a panic I took my sword from where I hid it in scaffold and cut the ropes I had positioned there.
The large golden chandelier in the ceiling plummeted to the audience below, and the audience screamed in terror as it fell and crashed, impairing and taking the lives of many, but it didn't matter to me, the only thing that mattered was Christine.
