1The Return of the Phantom 3: Opening night and Box Five

Tonight is the opening night of Carman staring Ellisa. While Chelle gets ready Madame Gabriel arrives at her room with a letter. "Madame I was asked to give this to you." She hands Chelle the letter than turns to leave taking a little bow. Chelle opens the letter and notice that it is from Monsieur Leroux. It reads...

"Dear Madame Rachelle,
It would be my honor tonight to have you as my guest at the opera. We will be in box three, the managers box. After the performance I will introduce to the workers of the opera house. Until tonight.
Sincerely,
Monsieur Leroux."

Chelle picks out a long delegate plan black dress. She wears her hair up in a bun with one curl hanging down on the side. It is now 7:30 and the opera starts at 8:00. Chelle meets Monsieur Leroux and greet the guest. At 7:45 Monsieur Leroux leads her to Box Three to watch the opera.

The curtains open and Ellisa begins to sing. Her voice makes Chelle lose all joy in watching the opera, so she starts watching the audience expressions. After watching the audience she looks to see who occupies the boxes next to her. To her right is Box One which is being occupied by Monsieur Leroux's cousin. Then Chelle looks to the box on her left, Box Five, which she knows very well to be the Phantom's box. When she first looks there is no one there which doesn't surprise her, but a while later when she looks again she sees a shadowy figure of a man. "Who has rented box five for tonight", she ask Leroux.

Leroux looks at her in puzzlement and replies, "No one, why do you ask?"

"I thought I saw... never mind."

A while later the curtains close for intermission. Monsieur Leroux leaves to go talk with his cousin. After sitting in the box alone for a few seconds Chelle sees the shadowy figure in Box Five again and decides to go investigate it. She walks over to Box Five and notice that the door to the box is ajar. She walks into Box Five and can clearly see that there is no one there. Chelle decides to take a seat just incase the figure comes back. She watches the rest of the opera from Box Five. As the curtain closes she stands up and gets ready to leave, but she notices that on the ledge of the balcony right in front of her is a little red rose tied with a black ribbon and a note. Chelle looks around frightened wondering how they could have got there. She takes the rose and the note and run off to her room not making contact with anyone.

When she gets to her room she throws the rose on to her bed and opens the note with shaking hands. She finally get the note open and read it out loud,

"Madame, I thank you for your company at tonights opera. I have not had visitors in my box for many years. You were a wonderful guest. I hope I did not frighten you. You are welcome to come to my box as you wish, as long as you come alone. I hope to share you company again soon. Your angel,
OG."