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Chapter 4

Loved Her After Death

The jury as well as everyone else is standing around playing with whatever they can find. Some are reading magazines, but most are staring at either Mr. Opera ghost or Mr. Patron. All of a sudden, I came into the room doing cartwheels. Then, I do a flip and land on my feet.

Raoul hold up a sign that says '9' and Erik is holding one that said '7.'

"Thank you, thanks you. Sorry I took so long…. School got in the way. Anyway, my next defense in favor of Raoul De Changy is that: drum role please…. He loves her after she's dead!"

Fan girls start to cheer, phan girls start to yell "SO DID ERIK!"

"CORECTION!" I scream. They all sit down. "Excuse me." I grab Mme. Giry's black stick thingy. "Exhibit A," I pull down an overhead of a picture of old Raoul from the movie at Christine's grave with the rose and the ribbon and the engagement ring thingy and point Mme. Giry's stick thingy at it.

"This… movie." I pull down another picture of Meg holding the mask at the end of the stage version and point at it. "This…. Mucical." I pull down a picture of a skeleton in a basement that is the end of the book and point at it. "This….. book." I snap my fingers and the three pictures roll up again. I start walking back and forth like a business person.

"If you good people notice, Erik only seems to be doing fine and dandy in only one version."

"That's uplifting," Erik said crossing her arms in front of him and rolling her eyes.

"Stop acting like an immature teenager." I snap. "I am sorry, it's just….. I don't like being interrupted. Anyway…"

"Raoul in two of the three versions I have shown you goes to an auction for the little theater. Did he HAVE to? NO! He did it because he LOVES HER! HE STILL LOVES HER! In all three versions, in ALL the version, I lost track after it reached double digits, he loves her. Phan girls if you say anything I remove Erik from the room." Several girls sit down.

"Look deep into your mind…. Did he love her? Yes. Did he only want her for disgusting reasons that we once again make up in our tiny puny minds? No. he really loved her. It really doesn't matter what anyone in this room thinks, he did love her. That is all I have to say for now."

I walk out of the room in a rush with my head down and shut the door behind me.

"what's up with her?" Erik asks.

"That was a deep moment for her," Raoul says with compassion. "It took a lot for her to get that deep. She isn't deep often. Poor girl."

"Ah. Yes. Poor girl indeed. I feel bad for her." Erik replied nodding his head.

"Hum…." Both men say at the same time tilting their heads sideways looking in the direction I left.

"Hay…" Christine whines. "Why aren't you basking at me? Hay! I am talking to you! Guys! You're supposed to be staring at me! WHY AREN'T YOU STARING AT ME!"

If this were a movie, this would be the end of a scene and the camera would currently be backing out of the room with comedic music playing in the background with Christine's voice slowly fading in the distance…..