Two chapters in one day, I'm on fire with this one.
Note: this is a Gerik story though there are aspects of Leroux and Kay involved.
now, on with the show...
A Question Of How
Christine Daae looked at the necklace that Raoul had given her. It was overly elaborate; too gaudy to be beautiful- did he think she was so different to how she had been in their childhood; or worse, Carlotta?
In the two month since he'd proposed to her he had inundated her with gaudy trinkets. It had been the same amount of time since she had heard from the poor man she had come to think of as her Phantom.
It dawned on her, out of the blue, that she didn't know his name- surely he had one, but who would know it? How could she find out?
"Are you sure about this?" Madame Giry frowned as Erik told her what he knew of the Vicompte de Chagny.
"Of course Antionette" his gold eye bored into her grey ones. "Why do you think Marie Ducat insisted on naming her child Raoul- even though it isn't born yet?"
"You saw them together?"
Erik nodded. "The day before he arrived as Patron"
Madame Giry thought for a moment. "I thought that poor Marie looked somewhat put out when he passed her, and now he's moved on to Christine"
Erik, not trusting himself to speak, nodded gravely.
Ayesha was lying in her Erik's favoured chair- he hadn't been the same since he had brought that female into their home. He wouldn't play his music for her so much, and when he did he ignored her- or sometimes scolded her for interrupting him. She decided that she would bring the female back to her Erik. The question was, how?
There we go. let me know what you think.