Chapter Nine:
Clarice woke up in the same seat she fell asleep in. She looked around, and after wiping her eyes and composing herself a little, went up to the Nurses station and waited for someone to acknowledge her.
"Can I help you miss?"
"Yes...is Tamara Bradley alright? I've been waiting all night, and no one came to get me to tell me if anything has changed."
The Nurse looked over the files and looked back at Clarice, "Are you family?"
"No, but I'm the closest thing she has to family."
"Ms. Starling...Ms. Bradley passed away last night..." a pause as Clarice slowly lost her composure, "I'm really sorry Ms. Starling..."
Clarice simply nodded her head and turned around slowly. She began to walk out of the hospital and into the fresh air.
Clarice walked over to her car and drove home in a daze.
'She's gone...she's gone forever and I'll never be able to tell he any of the things I wanted to tell her...'
Clarice pulled into her driveway and walked up into her apartment. Opening the door sent the scent of Tami through her soul, she quickly turned around and closed the door.
'Oh God...I can't go in there yet...'
She walked back out to her car and sat there for a moment. She drove to the bakery that she and Hannibal had their run in at and sat down on the bench.
She waited for hours and hours. He did not come. She figured that he would have come to that spot if he had been looking for her.
He wasn't looking for her, was he.
She sighed and looked over to the sunset.
"So much for that plan," she mumbled and walked back to her car.
Clarice drove to the nearest Hotel and checked herself in.
Getting into the room and sitting down on the bed, she felt sleep creep up to her eyes and finally laid down.
*Clarice is stirring in the bed, crying and screaming*
"Tami...God...I didn't mean for it to happen..." Then the aweful screaming of the lambs returns..."No...God No! Please..."
Tami is shown, again on the bathroom floor in Clarice's apartment and looks up at Clarice, "I was the one who stopped the Lambs Clarice...and yet you let me die...I am your lamb now- only this time, I died by your hands."
Hannibal appeared out of the darkness in her dreams and looked her in the eyes, his eyes were cold, and no love was shown there anymore. She goes running for him, looking for his arms...he is turning now, walking away and she catches his words in the wind...
"It's too late Clarice..."
*Clarice is still stirring, and crying out and kicking into the air*
Hannibal sits on the other side of the room in the darkness and watches her struggle with her dream.
"All in good time Clarice...all in good time you will learn how much you love me..."
Clarice woke up in the same seat she fell asleep in. She looked around, and after wiping her eyes and composing herself a little, went up to the Nurses station and waited for someone to acknowledge her.
"Can I help you miss?"
"Yes...is Tamara Bradley alright? I've been waiting all night, and no one came to get me to tell me if anything has changed."
The Nurse looked over the files and looked back at Clarice, "Are you family?"
"No, but I'm the closest thing she has to family."
"Ms. Starling...Ms. Bradley passed away last night..." a pause as Clarice slowly lost her composure, "I'm really sorry Ms. Starling..."
Clarice simply nodded her head and turned around slowly. She began to walk out of the hospital and into the fresh air.
Clarice walked over to her car and drove home in a daze.
'She's gone...she's gone forever and I'll never be able to tell he any of the things I wanted to tell her...'
Clarice pulled into her driveway and walked up into her apartment. Opening the door sent the scent of Tami through her soul, she quickly turned around and closed the door.
'Oh God...I can't go in there yet...'
She walked back out to her car and sat there for a moment. She drove to the bakery that she and Hannibal had their run in at and sat down on the bench.
She waited for hours and hours. He did not come. She figured that he would have come to that spot if he had been looking for her.
He wasn't looking for her, was he.
She sighed and looked over to the sunset.
"So much for that plan," she mumbled and walked back to her car.
Clarice drove to the nearest Hotel and checked herself in.
Getting into the room and sitting down on the bed, she felt sleep creep up to her eyes and finally laid down.
*Clarice is stirring in the bed, crying and screaming*
"Tami...God...I didn't mean for it to happen..." Then the aweful screaming of the lambs returns..."No...God No! Please..."
Tami is shown, again on the bathroom floor in Clarice's apartment and looks up at Clarice, "I was the one who stopped the Lambs Clarice...and yet you let me die...I am your lamb now- only this time, I died by your hands."
Hannibal appeared out of the darkness in her dreams and looked her in the eyes, his eyes were cold, and no love was shown there anymore. She goes running for him, looking for his arms...he is turning now, walking away and she catches his words in the wind...
"It's too late Clarice..."
*Clarice is still stirring, and crying out and kicking into the air*
Hannibal sits on the other side of the room in the darkness and watches her struggle with her dream.
"All in good time Clarice...all in good time you will learn how much you love me..."