Chapter Ten:
Hannibal looked to Clarice, and decided to end her suffering. He walked over to the bed, and sat down next to her. She did not stop moaning, or crying, so he took his hand and smoothed her hair and caressed her face. She stopped moving now, and slowly opened her eyes.
Clarice looked up and saw Hannibal sitting there, looking at her. She darted up and grabbed him in an embrace. She cried on his shoulder for what felt like forever.
He was the one who break the silence, "It's ok Clarice...I know that this is hard for you, but I'm here to help you my dear."
She looked at him now, tears fresh in her eyes and whispered, "I'm sorry I doubted my feelings for you...I'm so sorry that I was not there for you. I knew the answer in my heart all along, that I loved you, and that you are the only one I love...but I couldn't leave her like that Hannibal. I just...I couldn't. Even if I knew how much I loved you...I couldn't face the fact that one day we could be separated again. Hannibal, I'm sorry..."
He held her close and kissed her cheek, licking the tears off her face.
He took and her places her back down on the bed and wrapped his arms around her waist and waited for her to fall asleep in his arms. Right before drifting off to sleep she whispered, "I love you..."
Hannibal looked to Clarice, and decided to end her suffering. He walked over to the bed, and sat down next to her. She did not stop moaning, or crying, so he took his hand and smoothed her hair and caressed her face. She stopped moving now, and slowly opened her eyes.
Clarice looked up and saw Hannibal sitting there, looking at her. She darted up and grabbed him in an embrace. She cried on his shoulder for what felt like forever.
He was the one who break the silence, "It's ok Clarice...I know that this is hard for you, but I'm here to help you my dear."
She looked at him now, tears fresh in her eyes and whispered, "I'm sorry I doubted my feelings for you...I'm so sorry that I was not there for you. I knew the answer in my heart all along, that I loved you, and that you are the only one I love...but I couldn't leave her like that Hannibal. I just...I couldn't. Even if I knew how much I loved you...I couldn't face the fact that one day we could be separated again. Hannibal, I'm sorry..."
He held her close and kissed her cheek, licking the tears off her face.
He took and her places her back down on the bed and wrapped his arms around her waist and waited for her to fall asleep in his arms. Right before drifting off to sleep she whispered, "I love you..."