Pilate page 3

Pilate page 3 by ric Gustafson


Pilate smiled as he put on the white toga. Sejanus had just told him the good news of his new appointment. He was anxious to tell his love the good news. He walked under the large arches of the Julian Aqueduct and then the Garden of Maecenas. As the approached the Proculeius mansion, he thought about the beautiful girl he had fallen in love with.
Her name was Proculeia but he called her Claudia. Her grandfather was Gaius Proculeius and he was a close companion of Augustus.
A servant brought him into a beautiful atrium and asked him to wait. As he observed the beauty of the garden and fountains, he thought about the age difference between them. He was in his late thirties and she was only in her late teens. He was in love. He did not care.
The brown haired teen came out from behind a pillar. " Have you come with the date of our wedding?".
" Claudia, my love". His voice hesitated. " If you could go anywhere, where would it be?".
" I don't know". They held hands. " Greece, Egypt maybe".
" How about Judea?".
She looked at him in shock. " Judea!".
" Tiberius Caesar has just appointed me the new prefect of Judea".
" If we are to be married". She stared into his eyes. " I will go wherever you go".


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