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Kaya
Chapter 13
Idea
In the following days, Josephine made better acquaintance with Monsieur Louis Braille's ingenious technique. Erik had given her a book, a novel actually. It had been hard to find but Erik fell on a small library that had a few things in Braille. Josephine struggled for a while, but soon, she was able to read the first three chapters in a little less than a week. Yes she was slow, but she was a beginner after all. Soon enough, reading with her fingers would become a second nature, it would just take her time.
Erik observed Josephine without her knowing for hours. He liked to see how hard she worked, how concentrated she was and how seriously she was taking the whole process. She really was something.
One month had passed since the Phantom and the usherette met. Erik liked Josephine's presence in his home, even though she was the silent kind, anyway, he was too. She was not lazy, quite the contrary actually and it would come to help for his plans for her. Now, she knew how to read Braille and soon, she would also read a keyboard.
While Josephine was learning Braille, Erik had bought another piano for her and had it delivered early in the morning, when he knew she would still be asleep. Carefully, he glued the names of each note in Braille on the keys. He truly hoped it would work. He knew she had good hearing and he prayed it would serve her to learn music. If she studied hard enough, she would make it, he did not have much doubt. She was strong willed and persevered in every work he had given to her.
All Erik needed to do now, was ask Josephine if she was ready to work some more, if she still wanted his helps in making her autonomous. Music was his way to keep her close to him for a while more. He could not help but dread the day when she would leave his home to go on with her own life. Loneliness… What a painful word…