Chapter 4 Mount Sur Mar, Two Month Later
Mayor Madeline sat in his office doing some paperwork when the intercom button on the desk phone started flashing. He hit the button.
"Mr. Madeline, Captain Javert is here to see you."
"Send him in." Soon there was a loud knock on the door.
"Come in." He said looking up as Javert entered.
"What may I do for you Javert?" Mr. Madeline asked, he was used to him coming by to speak to him about different problems in the town. Which to him were numerous.
"Mr. Madeline, it has come to my attention that the prostitution rate in the city has gone up 2% in the last two years."
"Javert, the economy is very bad right now. If I could I would hire all of those girls to work at my factory. Anyway there can't be that many." The mayor said leaning back in his chair.
"I've counted twenty." Javert replied. Mr. Madeline frowned.
"That many?" Javert nodded curtly,
"One new one in the past week."
Madeline ran his hand through his hair.
"What would you like me to do about it?"
"I would like permission to do a sweep and get all the girls, and their customers…"
"Yes do whatever you think is best." Madeline said cutting Javert off mid sentence.
Javert nodded, and left. Mr. Madeline leaned back rubbing his forehead, Javert was very trying to work with. Hopefully this would keep him busy for awhile.
Javert walked quickly back to his squad car, he was happy how the mayor had agreed with his plans. He would start planning the sweep right away.
Two Weeks later.
Fantine watched quietly from the door way of a pawn shop as police led different johns and prostitutes to squad cars, she shook her head before continuing down the street. It had been nearly three months since she had been fired. Fantine still had not been able to get another job, she had just sold golden locket that had been her mother's. Fantine reached her apartment only to find the landlord waiting for her.
"Fantine, you're a month late on your rent."
"I know I'm sorry I can pay half of it right now!" Fantine said digging for the cash she had gotten from her necklace. Handing it to the landlord.
"Just give me a couple more days and I can get you the rest."
"Have you even tried to find a job?" the landlord asked.
"Yes, no one will hire me. They think I'm a freaking whore." The landlord pocketed the money.
"Get the rest of the rent by the end of the week or you are out of here." He said walking off. Fantine opened the door to her apartment and entered. It was now utterly bare, she had sold most of her furniture to pay the Thenardiers and her rent, and now the only piece of furniture was her mattress and a cardboard box to keep her clothes in. She sat down on the mattress through the mail, she stopped when she came to a letter from the Thenardiers. As always they wanted more money. That was something Fantine didn't have enough of. Sighing she grabbed her jacket and went for a walk. About ten minutes later she saw a sign in the window of a salon. After reading it she quickly entered the salon.
"May I help you?" the woman behind the counter asked.
"I saw your sign in the window." Fantine said motioning to the sign. "What will you use it for?"
"To make wigs." The women replied,
"How much do you pay?" Fantine asked.
"It depends on the quality of hair. Would you like me to…"
"Yes."
"Have a seat then." The women said motioning to the salon chair, Fantine sat down and pulled the elastic out of her hair. The women ran her hands through Fantine's hair inspecting it carefully.
"Good quality, healthy, I'll give you 150 for all of it."
"Ok." Fantine said, she closed her eyes and heard the snip of scissors.
Two hours later Fantine left the salon, tears in her eyes, her hair shaved, and 150$ in her wallet.
Several weeks passed, Fantine struggled more to make money. Once again her landlord was threatening to evict her and the Thenardiers had contacted her saying that Cosette needed to have her appendix out and needed money to pay for the operation. She started to skip meals to save the cost of food. But after another month she knew that she needed to make money. So one night Fantine did something she would never thought she would have to do. She sold herself. That night as she made love to a complete stranger, part of her died. When it was over Fantine took the money her customer left. Fantine had know idea that her life could have come to this. But she had a daughter who needed her, and she would do whatever it takes to make sure Cosette would lives a good life.
Awww poor Fantine, but she's doing it for her daughter. Will try to update as soon as I can buuut we're getting close to Annie preformance at our school so I'll be a little busy.
