soon my ghosties, one last plan
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Inside the parlor he sipped his tea and began tensely. "What we have now is merely a treatment, but this bacteria, has many stages. The actual cure comes from a plant only grown in Persia. Which means you shall have to continue to administer that and several other medications to him, and care for him, and I shall have to go and get it. It is rare but I know where to find it. I wish I had another choice than to trust you but…" His pause is what she needed to interject.
"Look, I know, I messed up. I know I treated him like a beast, drove him insane… There are so many things I wish I could have done differently, but please understand, I have come here with the intent to fix my wrongs, rather than create more… This month alone has shown me what true monster are… True monsters say they love you, only to hurt you and lie… Erik, while he committed many crimes, never did that. He never wanted to truly hurt me, he always has loved me, truly…" She stopped, not wishing to go further into detail about that month but continued to say, her voice cracking "God, I have made so many mistakes… I would understand and love him still even if he hated me, but he doesn't. I do not pretend to understand how or why, but he does love me and trusts me, and I know he is a dear friend to you, so instead of focusing on me, let us just work together peacefully. Perhaps I may redeem myself in your eyes a bit even."
He thought a moment, then nodded. "Alright, but if you hurt him anymore… I shall make sure you shall never see him again." She nodded and he continued "So as I said I shall leave him to you, I will return as soon as I can, though it could take up to a month. Thankfully I have access to Erik's emergency funds for things such as this. Now had me that book and a notepad. I shall rewrite what it says in an easier way for you to ask it, and notes on how he is to be cared for. Madam Giry shall come by on occasion to retrieve items you might need and to relieve you of your post if something occurs. Now to writing, oh Erik what have you gotten me into now…"
That reminded Christine of an erant question she wished to have answered "Nadir, why did Erik eat the spice, surely he knew it was expired?"
Nadir shook his head "Christine when you left, he was out of his mind. I would come down here twice a week at first, to check on him. He was completely delusional, he kept thinking… You were there.. After a while though, he began to lock himself in his music room and began to pound away at the organ. At first it was just nonsense, and he would scream and laugh and cry… Then it slowly turned into some of the saddest yet most beautiful music I have ever heard. Three weeks ago he said I may leave him be, that he needed to sort himself out. He occasionally would relapse, but he seemed stable enough at the time, I told him I would come once every two weeks, in fact I would have been there tomorrow had you not called. But then It would have been too late."
He continued trying not to think of that possibility "He must've relapsed and put in tea. When not expired it makes a nice tea. Perhaps he thought I was coming over, for I am fond of it on occasion. And I am sure that falling ill, confused him. I suppose it wasn't until he was incapacitated did he realize what had happened. Also I am sure seeing you, rather than being trapped in his head also jogged him out of it, now I must write down all you need to know…" he said setting to work.
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