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Chapter 26:
Sweeney Todd's eyes were fixated on the pavement ground beneath him. He looked like he was in deep thought but in reality, he had absolutely nothing on his mind. Once Johanna had spoken those words, it was like his head had turned into an icicle. A very cold, a very frozen icicle. Johanna bent over slightly, placed her right hand on Sweeney Todd's shoulder and asked "Mr. T, are you alright"?
Sweeney Todd looked up at her, and shook his shoulder making her hand slide off of it. He cleared his throat and whispered "It's impossible…" he stopped for a second, gasped and then continued whispering to himself "except for that one time…. but no…that was just once…" Johanna shrugged her shoulders and whispered, "Once is enough, Mr. T. What do you think happened between Anthony and I"?
Sweeney Todd closed his eyes and rubbed them roughly while slightly raising his voice "I don't care what happened to you, Johanna, this is about me… ". Johanna bit her lip in protest but she calmed herself down and whispered, "You don't want kids, Mr. T"? Mr. Todd raised his head and looked into Johanna's eyes before responding, "I did, once. But not anymore, I just can't be a father"!
Johanna chuckled and tried to make the situation a little bit lighter by saying, "Yes, you can. If Anthony can, you can! Trust me, Mr. T, you'll be a fine father". Sweeney Todd glanced at his daughter and let out a small smirk realizing that this would be the opportune moment to tell her the truth about their real relationship.
Sweeney Todd rubbed his neck for a second because for some odd reason, it felt dry. He had never been so nervous to do something since he asked Lucy to marry him. Sweeney Todd shook his head and whispered out loud "That man is dead. Benjamin Barker is dead". Johanna looked at him with puzzled eyes. She removed her hat from her head and fondled it in her hands for a second.
Sweeney stopped rubbing his throat and said quickly "I…am…" he cleared his throat once again and said roughly "I need to find Nellie". Johanna smiled and whispered, "I'm sure she will come back, she said that she went to the rest room". Sweeney Todd nodded but then he got up and walked away from the bench with two things on his mind: Nellie Lovett and possibility of having a child with that wonder of a woman, and two, Johanna and when and how should he tell her, if he should ever decide to.
Mr. Todd sadly looked around the big train station and he finally found the lady's rest room. He stopped beside the rest room waiting for Mrs. Lovett to come out. His back rested on the big brick wall behind him and he thought about his life and how it had desperately changed.
Minutes had passed and Mrs. Lovett had not yet departed from the Lady's room and Sweeney was getting restless. He grunted and decided to go into the rest room hoping to find the soon to be mother of his unborn child. He closed the door behind him and he saw a few women putting on a shade of lipstick on their lips.
The Lady's froze at the sight of a man in the woman's room and Sweeney had never felt more uncomfortable in his life. He cleared his throat and announced "They are giving away free tickets…only available for the next 2 minutes though, better hurry"! The two women looked at each other momentarily and then stampeded out of the room.
Once they had left, Sweeney Todd locked the door behind them and called out "Nellie…are you in here"? There was no answer. He took a step towards the bathroom stalls, and all of them were locked closed. He sighed and asked again, this time louder "Pet…are you in here"? Suddenly a small voice was heard and it was Nellie Lovett's and she said softly "No, she not 'ere".
Sweeney Todd rolled his eyes but at the same time he wanted to laugh at her foolishness. He stopped in front of the door of where her voice was coming from. He then said with a smirk written across his face "Your being rather foolish, don't you think? Locking yourself in here like this! What's the matter with you"?
Nellie Lovett was in the Women's lavatory on the floor rubbing her stomach ever so often. She looked at the door with tears dripping from her eyes. She sniffled and then said back with new found anger in her voice "What's the matter with me? What's the matter with ye, Mr. T? Yer in the ladies room! Get out of 'ere"!
Sweeney Todd banged on the door and answered back coldly "I'm in here because of you, you bloody woman! Now, let me in, or else I will force my way in"! Mrs. Lovett shook her head and muttered lowly "It's me, ain't it? I'm not good enough for ye". Sweeney Todd's eyes squinted before he asked "What? What are you talking about pet"?
Mrs. Lovett rubbed her stomach again and responded sadly "I'm not like 'er! Bloody 'ell! I'm not perfect! I'm not an angel, and this baby is goin' to end up lookin' like one of me blasted pies"! Sweeney Todd stared at the door for a second trying to figure out what exactly she had said. He knew that he spoke of Lucy, and that made him angry but what made him even angrier was the fact that she made no sense at all!
He gritted his teeth together roughly before kicking the door as hard as he could, and the door busted open. Mrs. Lovett gasped at the door opening and at the man that was now standing before her. Sweeney Todd looked down at her and whispered, "Get off the floor, Nellie, that's disgusting"!
Mrs. Lovett looked down at her feet and whispered, "It's not bloody disgusting! It's what I'm worth"! Sweeney Todd chuckled at this, sat down on the floor beside her and asked, "Now, you mad woman, what is the matter"? Mrs. Lovett bit her lip and whispered "Everythin'. Just bloody everythin'". Sweeney Todd sat beside her, and when he did, she cried harder and he was getting really annoyed.
Here he was trying to open up to her and the woman was crying and trying to ignore him. On the day he wanted to talk she wouldn't! Other days he couldn't get her to shut up, but no, now when he wanted to talk, she cried! What a bloody wonder! Mr. Todd took a deep breath and asked foolishly "It's mine, right"? Nellie Lovett puffed out in annoyance and admitted, "Yes, who else's would it be? I suppose it doesn't matter to ye though". Sweeney Todd looked over at her and said softly "Of course it matters, pet. She or he will be mine".
Nellie shook her head violently and then said bewildered "But what 'bout Johanna? You push and push 'er away from ye, never care for what she 'as to say…" but then Sweeney Todd interrupted her by saying strongly "Johanna isn't mine, Mrs. Lovett. She was Benjamin's. But this…" He paused and put his hand on her stomach then continued "…is mine and no, her mother may not be a pale faced angel…. but…"
Mrs. Lovett looked at him with wet eyes as he continued, "...she is a bloody wonder". Mrs. Lovett let out a small smile and then whipped away the tears from her eyes before Sweeney Todd kissed her cheek. Nellie laughed and then whispered sweetly "I am so stupid… I shouldn't have gone off like that, it's just what you said that night when ye left after ye saw 'er dead. It completely killed me".
Sweeney Todd nodded and whispered "I was…and still am angry for what you did, Nellie". Mrs. Lovett kissed Mr. Todd's cheek and whispered "We should leave, Johanna probably thinks we drowned in 'ere". Mrs. Lovett was about to get up but Sweeney pulled her back down and asked gruffly "Why exactly did you fake being sick…and why did you tell me you were dying"?
Nellie's eyes widened before she whispered innocently "Well, for the first question, I had to do it to protect me self from Henry. I even paid off the doctor to do it. And the second, well, I thought I was goin' to die, because I thought ye were goin' to leave me once ye found out and that would really 'ave killed me". Sweeney Todd looked at her for a second before shaking his head.
He gave her a small smirk and said loudly "You are one of the stupidest women I have ever met"! Mrs. Lovett's jaw dropped and she was about to defend herself but Sweeney caught her lips with his own and he forced his tongue into her mouth. He bit her lip lightly and then whispered into her mouth "Don't speak, pet. Just moans, remember"?
Nellie Lovett kissed him harder this time. His voice had a strange affect on her. She would do anything for him, when he spoke to her like that. Suddenly, Sweeney Todd pulled at the straps of her dress and he pulled her dress down a bit so that her shoulders were bare.
He stopped kissing her lips and dragged his tongue down her neck and up to her ear where he bit for a few seconds before he whispered once more this time more seductively "Take off your dress, pet". And Mrs. Lovett did what she was told, because as said, she would do anything for him when he spoke like that.
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