In the scene below Andrew and Angel give new meaning to what it means to "pray together."
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The meeting with the Bosses was to take place at
Tetterbaum’s Pub at 7:00pm, which gave Angel a
couple of hours to sleep before she had to get ready and rehearse the speech she
and Andrew had prepared. She lay her head
against the arm of the couch and closed her eyes, thinking of Olga and her
mother. She quietly prayed, dozing off
with every word. “Our father, who art
in Heaven…” her voice tapered off.
“Il nostro padre, che è nel cielo,” he whispered.
“Hallowed be Thy
name…” she mumbled.
“Hallowed è nome di thine,” came his voice again.
Angel opened her eyes, certain she was half in and out of
sleep, but aware she had heard something.
“Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven,” she
finished the sentence.
His voice came from behind her. “Il tuo regno prossimo, tuo sarà fatto su
terra come è nel cielo.” She rolled onto
her back and gazed up at Andrew, who was freshly showered and standing near the
end of the couch. “Give us this day,” he
prompted.
“Give us this day our daily bread…”
“Diaci questo giorno il nostro pane quotidiano,” he came
closer.
“And forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us,” she spoke softly.
“E perdonici le nostre trasgressioni
mentre perdoniamo coloro che trasgredice a contro di noi.” He lowered himself onto the couch.
“Lead us not into temptation…”
“Conducali non nella
tentazione…” he inched closer.
“But deliver us from evil,” her voice quivered.
“Ma trasportili dalla malvagità,” he lay down on top of
her.
“Amen,” they
whispered in unison and his lips enclosed on hers.
Andrew made good on his promise to show her what an Italian
lover could do, and Angel melted beneath his touch. He wasn’t the first Italian lover she’d
had. Tony was her first. Grayson, her second. The third was definitely the charm. When the euphoric glow of passion gave way to
exhaustion, Angel drifted to sleep with her head on Andrew’s chest and the
sound of his heart beating in her ear.
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You are the only writer I know who could turn the Lord's Prayer into a seduction! Well done, my friend--well done!
ReplyDeleteVERY well done!
ReplyDeleteIt gave me a whole new slant on praying! Good work!
ReplyDeleteMarilyn