Chapter4 Darkness
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Erik sat on the couch his eyes staring vacantly ahead. He still wore his mask at all times in spite of Mme Giry assuring him he was perfectly safe here and that his face was not a problem to any person here.
One day when Mme Giry saw Erik gingerly remove his mask when he thought he was completely alone. He touched the marred side of his face nervously. The looked of hatred and disgust that spilled over his face pulled at Mme Giry's heart. She blinked back tears she couldn't stand the thought of him hating himself so much. She wished he along with everyone else could learn to look beyond the scarring and find the man beneath.
He paused when he heard slight movements from outside the door. He turned to look for getting that he couldn't see so there was no point in looking. A sinking feeling settled in his stomach he tried to push it aside as he quickly put his mask back in place.
Mme Giry waited until he had his mask firmly back in place before walking into the room. She sat next to him putting her arm around him she felt him tense immediately under her touch. "Erik?" she said softly.
Erik stayed tense and didn't speak. "Erik, what's wrong?" she whispered.
"I'm a monster…..a creature that should be kept away from everyone and everything. I may not be able to see the true horror of my face that reflects the horror of my personality, but others can," he said quietly turning his face from her.
Mme Giry felt her chest tighten she couldn't bear to hear him speak like that about himself. She touched his face lighting turning his head so he faced her. "Don't turn your face away from me," she whispered.
Slowly Erik turned to face her. She touched the mask lightly with her fingers. Erik breathed in slightly but didn't draw back. "it's okay," she soothed as she gently pulled the mask away. She moved closer to his tainted skin and kissed it softly.
"What does it feel like?" he whispered so quietly she could have pretended not to have heard if she wished.
"You, it feels like you," she answered instantly.
She cupped his face in her arms trying not to cry as his eyes stared vacantly at her. Those eyes that were once so full of life and passion now looked so empty, so hollow. "I wish I could see you," he said softly.
"Oh Erik, I wish you could see. I want you to see everything I wish I could take this from you," she whispered touching his eye lids gently with her fingers.
"I don't see because I didn't want to see," he said.
"What do you mean?" Mme Giry asked carefully.
"The mirrors…….I smashed the mirrors. I didn't want to see….the reason why I was there in the first place…the reason she left me for him. When I smashed them the glass it….." he trailed off.
Mme Giry held him tighter as it all became clearer to her. She bit back a gasp as she thought of how that mob would have attacked him when he was blind. She could only imagine how terrifying and imposing that must have been for him.
A tear ran down her face when she realised never again would their eyes meet in a mutual understanding again. A look from Erik filled her with a feeling she couldn't explain. Erik put his hand on her face and felt her salty tears on his hand. He brushed her tears away gently.
He kissed her gently as her salty tears tasted his mouth. He wrapped his arms around her keeping her close feeling the warmth of her body against his. He felt something powerful between them, something so right, something he never felt with Christine. Unlike Christine he felt Mme Giry give herself entirely to him as he was with her.
Mme Giry kissed Erik passionately yet tenderly She loved the feel of him against her. She didn't want to pull away from his kiss or his touch. She didn't even hear Meg approached the door.
Meg stared at Erik and her mother in horror she gasped and ran from the house.
Mme Giry heard the front door slam she pulled away from Erik and ran after her daughter.
