Master of the Opera, Act 5: a Haunting Duet
“Overhead, the Milky Way stretched in a brilliant glitter. Stars flickering with prismatic color seemed to wheel in spirals like the swirling galaxies depicted at the planetarium.
Her body ached in every way imaginable and inside she felt as sparklingly alive as the night sky. The two seemed to be reflections of each other. What had Roman’s priest called it? Mortification of the flesh. Somehow Christine knew he hadn’t been thinking of the kind of carnal ceremony she’d just gone through. Ursa Major, the great bear, strode through the glittering stream of stars and she smiled to think of him. They would find a way. She knew it.
Love conquered all, didn’t it?
It couldn’t be just a cliché.
Shivering, she pulled out her phone to call a cab company. Then she spotted Hally’s little VW Bug, not far away under one of the muted, downward-facing parking lights. Inside, Hally slept in the driver’s seat, tilted back nearly horizontal, her unnaturally red hair catching glints of light and slanting s...hadows giving her face a witchy cast.MoreLess
Her body ached in every way imaginable and inside she felt as sparklingly alive as the night sky. The two seemed to be reflections of each other. What had Roman’s priest called it? Mortification of the flesh. Somehow Christine knew he hadn’t been thinking of the kind of carnal ceremony she’d just gone through. Ursa Major, the great bear, strode through the glittering stream of stars and she smiled to think of him. They would find a way. She knew it.
Love conquered all, didn’t it?
It couldn’t be just a cliché.
Shivering, she pulled out her phone to call a cab company. Then she spotted Hally’s little VW Bug, not far away under one of the muted, downward-facing parking lights. Inside, Hally slept in the driver’s seat, tilted back nearly horizontal, her unnaturally red hair catching glints of light and slanting s...hadows giving her face a witchy cast.MoreLess
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