Raoul sat in an expensive leather armchair and thought about what had just happened. He KNEW that Christine had to be in that room; she just wasn't answering her door for some reason. His 'Little Lottie' was playing hard to get, he finally decided, but he still felt like that wasn't the whole thing. His eyes became slits; there had to be someone else. THAT'S the reason that she would not go out to dinner. She had a suitor. Well, he'd find out who it was and make them wish they had never met Christine Daae. With that thought, he strode out of the house, and ran to the stables, intent on getting back to the opera house to find Christine, and threaten harm to her suitor unless she went out with him.
Madam Giry looked at the clock. A quarter till 12. 'He waited longer than I thought he would' she thought to herself as she walked though the quiet hallways of the opera house dormitories. She had taken particular care in the construction of the locks on Christine's door, so no one could interrupt her lessons and her rest, and whatever else that girl was getting into. Madam Giry looked disgruntled. If ONLY Erik would just tell her a little of what was going on, she would feel better about the whole thing, but Erik had told her to keep her nose out of his business or loose it. Since she liked her nose, she kept it out of whatever he was doing. All she knew was that he wanted to talk to her face to face. It seemed, from her not answering the door with Raoul's continuing banging, that he had taken her to his home. Madam Giry just hoped that she would be back in time for the next show.
Sorry the chapter is so short! The next one will be longer. I PROMISE!