THE LAST DUET
(Performed by Anastasia Ashworth [as Alex & Angela, respectively])
(Written & composed by Anastasia Ashworth)
(Spoken)
ANGELA (weakly, as her eyes open up half-way to see Alex): Alex...
ALEX (kissing & cradling her, trying not to cry): Shh, shh...be silent, my love. You're going to be all right.
ANGELA (trying to help him feel better): Don't worry about me, mon cher. Please, go home before anything else happens...
ALEX: NO! I can't leave...not without you. (begins to sob, weeping & holding Angela in his arms as he caresses her & his tears fall like the rain that pours outside) Oh, Angela, Angela...please, my love, stay with me...Please dont leave me, Angela! I cant live without you by my side!
(Even though the color is quickly fading from her once-blue eyes & blood is gushing from her fatal wound, Angela is determined to hang on until the last minute.)
ANGELA (stroking Alexs damp face & placing a supportive hand on his, smiling weakly as she whispers with her usual gentleness): Alex, darling...you will never be alone. For I shall always be with you...& I love you more than anything in the world. (Alex continues to cry, not comforted by this fact) (pets him gently) It's OK, Alex. Ça bien.
(Music begins)
ANGELA:
Don't mind the fact that I am dying
Know that I don't feel any pain
So please don't cry
And dry your eyes
For you & I shall never truly part
ALEX:
But, darling, how can I stop crying?
My tears are falling like the rain...
Oh, angel, please,
Why must you leave?
Why did that devil have to stab your heart?
Your pulse is growing ever fainter
The color's fading from your eyes
Your tender flesh is slowly paling,
But how I wish you weren't to die...
ANGELA:
I promised I would never leave you,
And it's with you I'll always stay
Just hold me now
And I will vow
To linger at your side forever more
ALEX:
Oh, how I wish I could believe you
And all those hopeless words you say!
Oh, sweet, sweet love,
My little dove,
Why, of all nights, was this your night to soar?
(Spoken)
ALEX (tearfully): Don't you see, Angela? You're dying...
ANGELA: But, cherie...
ALEX: Shhh...shhh, my love. (kisses her) Don't speak...
(Music begins again.)
ALEX (crying as he sings):
Lay down & utter not a whisper
Just close your eyes & be at peace
Nothing can harm you, my sweet angel
As long as you are here with me...
(Spoken)
ALEX (sobbing): Oh, God, this can't be happening! We were supposed to have a wonderful future together!
ANGELA: And we still will, mon cher. You'll share your life with me in your heart.
ANGELA (her voice softens):
No matter what will happen to you,
No matter where your life will go,
I promise to
Remain with you
And the love we have is sure to never die
(Spoken)
ANGELA: Kiss me.
(Alex gives her a long, passionate kiss. After a few moments, he reluctantly breaks away from the kiss & lays her down on the mattress, watching her slip further & further away from him...)
ALEX: Angela...don't go!
(Angelas eyelids sink down half-way, & she smiles at Alex one more time.)
ANGELA (in a barely-audible whisper): Goodbye.
(Her eyes flutter closed, & she dies.)
ALEX:
My darling Angela, how could you
Leave everyone you loved alone?
My aching soul
Has this great hole,
And it only makes it harder to say..."goodbye"














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