Part 8. The dinner

"You can go now." Christine said and looked at Raoul. "You look handsome." She smiled and gave him a kiss. "Now go, and remember: Be a good boy!" She then laughed. Raoul laughed too.

"I promise to be a good boy." Then he left.

After seen Raoul leave the house Christine continued to stand at the exact same spot, thinking: There is something weird over this… Why would Carlotta want to have dinner with Raoul? And… Haven't she got a little nicer? Much nicer? Well, I guess all I can do is wait and see… Then she left the hall to return to her bedroom.

Carlotta's Butler opened the door.

"Welcome Viscount!" Raoul nodded and then saw Carlota entering the foyer.

"Welcome Raoul, the dinner's almost ready" There was some nervousness in her voice that Raoul noticed but didn't think of it more then a quick "I wonder why she sounds nervous…" They went to the dining room and sat down.

"The dinner will come in five minutes." The Butler said and then left.

"So, what made you want to get to know me mo…?" He suddenly got silent and just stared at the door coming from the living room.

"What, what is it?"" Carlotta asked and turned around, looking straight into the phantom's eyes. "So, you're her now?"

Christine had been sitting on her bed in almost an hour, wandering if anything was wrong. At least she decided to do to Carlotta and look so everything was all right.

"Miles, I'll go out for a walk…"

"So you're here now?" Raoul repeated.

Carlotta nodded. "Yes, can't you see that he's here now?"

"You make it sound as he was invited!"

"Well… He wasn't invited… He forced me."

"Forced you to do what?"

Suddenly Raoul heard the Phantom's voice behind himself and found that he wasn't longer standing in the entry behind Carlotta, he was standing behind Raoul pointing his sword at Raoul's throat.

"Forced her to take you here for my revenge."

What if it's too late? What could have happened? Have anything happened at all? Those words popped-up in her head again and again while she ran down the streets towards Carlotta's house.

When she at least reached Carlotta's house she didn't knock or anything, just ran inside and found the house completely silent, empty. She ran through the kitchen, the living room and then the dining room…

"RAOUL!" She screamed and ran towards the lifeless body…

"Raoul… Raoul… No… NO! You can't be dead! Wake up!" She cried, screamed and fell down on the floor next to Raoul's dead body. "I can't live without you honey…" she said and grabbed a knife that lied in on of his pockets.

"No Raoul, I can't live without you." And then she stabbed the knife in her chest, and all went black.