Chapter Eleven
Christine's Revelation/Shocking Realization
Chang and Meg were talking to Erik. It had been several months since they last saw Raoul. They did not miss him, but at this moment Christine was feeling sick and getting all these unusual cravings. Erik was not sure what to do, he was very concerned. After another bit of being sick, Christine came out looking pale and weak. Erik helped her to sit down while Chang got her some water.
"You have not been well for a while now," said Erik, "What is happening my love?"
Christine's outfit was rather baggy, like she was hiding something.
"I have made a surprise discovery," said Christine, "But I am a little nervous revealing it."
Change, Erik, and Meg encouraged her. Christine lifted up her shirt a little showing just her belly. Lo and Behold it was bulging.
"I am pregnant Erik," said Christine, "and I know you are the father, because I was never intimate with Raoul."
Erik smiled and placed his hand on her belly.
"So I am going to be a big brother?" asked Chang.
Christine nodded. Chang smiled huge and hugged Christine.
"Congratulations," said Meg.
Erik smiled again.
"I...am a father," he said happily.
Christine smiled and kissed him.
"I love you all," she said...
A few hours after that good news. Chang had been reading the newspaper. There have been several spates of purse snatching and assaults, one or two resulted in death. Chang knew it was the same man that killed his mother, but he was not sure who it was. Chang did some thinking then his mind flicked to the nightwatchmen. Chang began getting dressed. Meg came in to see him getting ready to go.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
"More purse snatchings on the newspaper," said Chang, "I have a hunch who it is, but I must be sure."
Meg looked scared and put her arms around him.
"Oh Chang," she said, "Please be careful."
Chang kissed her.
"Just going to investigate for now," said Chang, "I will be back my love."
"I love you," she said.
Chang smiled.
"and I love you," he said.
With a sweep of his cloak, he was gone. Rather than take the slow route (The boat), Chang decided to take the stairs instead which led to the dressing room. He reached the hall in ten minutes and came through the mirror. Once out of the room, he waited in the shadows on a piece of Klaus's route. After a half hour, sure enough, Klaus walked by. Chang quietly and stealthily followed in the shadows. Klaus looked over his shoulder a few times, he had a weird feeling, but dismissed it.
"I like I am being vatched," he mumbled, "Zat is impossible. Klaus you are jumping at shadows, knock it off."
Chang continued to follow until Klaus entered the door to his quarters. Chang quietly peeked into the keyhole. He watched as Klaus withdrew something from inside his coat. It looked like a black high price purse. He opened it and dumped the contents on the desk. Jewels and coins tumbled out. He counted the coins, then looked at the jewels.
"Pays more zan my job as zhe vatchmen," he mumbled. He hid his loot under his bed, then began heading to the door. Chang ducked in the shadows immediately. Klaus peeked out, then closed the door and left for his route once more.
Chang snuck into the room once he was gone and reached under the bed. He pulled out a cashbox and opened it. He rooted around and found two things that shocked him. In there was a silver ring with a sapphire (the only gift his mother got from his father), and the silver cross necklace that he had bought his mother for mother's day after years of scrounging loose change. Chang felt as though he had been stabbed in the heart then a bit of rage.
"So..." he said, "this Klaus is the son of a bitch who murdered my mother. Next chance I will kill him.
Chang then quickly wrote a note in blood red ink.
'I know who you are scum. If you are so much as half the man you think you are, face me on the roof of the opera house tomorrow at midnight. You thought you killed me, but you are dead wrong. Come midnight tomorrow, you are mine'
Chang finished then left the note on the desk with the cashbox. A few hours after Chang left, Klaus came back to see his door opened and the light still on. When he walked in, he turned white immediately. On his desk was the cashbox, opened and seeming like it was rummaged through. He found the note and read it. His eyes were as wide as saucer plates, somebody knew who he was and this was not good...
