We follow Erik down the passageway behind the mirror to his lair.
Erik's footsteps are slow and sloppy. He nearly falls over a couple of times. "What's happening to me. Why can't I even talk when I'm around her. I purposely went through all of that to talk to her and then all I could do was go and get teary eyed. God Damnit!" He hits his good fist on the wall. Once he was in his lair, he slumped into his "throne". Erik sat there for awhile and stared at his hand. "She showed me kindness. She knows who and what I am and she still showed me kindness. No one has ever done that except Madam Giry." The Phantom sat in stunned silence for quite some time. He then got up and went to a mirror and took off his mask. "But how can she love me once she sees this!" He yells and in an angry rage throws his mask at the mirror so that it cracks down the middle. It cracked his reflection in half. Erik chuckled to himself, "How ironic, it split me down the middle, man and monster." He then hit the mirror so that it shattered into a million pieces and stormed off to wander under the Opera House.
Meantime, back in the Opera Populaire, Devon decides to make a move on Jeslyn
"Hey Jeslyn, can I have a private word with you?" Devon asked hopefully. "Sure," Jeslyn responded, giving a worn out sigh. "How much more can I go through today, my god!" She thought to herself. Devon pulled her off backstage as everyone started to clean up from rehearsals. "Jeslyn," Devon stuttered out, "would you like to go on a date with me sometime?" Devon looked anxiously at Jeslyn, who already knew her answer. "I'm sorry Devon, but I just don't think it would work between us. I just don't feel that way about you. Besides, what would the rest of the company say if the director started dating the lead actress?" Devon's face fell, "Of course, I understand." he turned and headed back out to the front of the stage, "All right everyone, hurry up! We've got a lot to do and little time to do it! Costume crew, meet me in my office, we need to talk!" And he then stormed off to his office. "Well, at least I got that off my chest," Jeslyn was saying when she was abruptly interrupted, "Nice let down, though it appears he didn't take it too well." Erik said while leaning against the mirror in Jeslyn's room.