VI. Erik's Interview
For the next few days he could not help to like Zuri. She listened to everything he told her attentively. She did everything she could to make sure he was happy. Maybe it had been because she was scared of him. Or maybe because he promised her an interview. Foolish though. She was rather foolish to want to know him. Anyone who had known too much about him ended up dead.
He did not want his only feminine company to end up that way. Looking in the room he designated as his library, he saw her writing something on a piece of paper. "What are you doing?"
"Hoping to get an interview with you."
"No."
"Come on. You have been delaying me."
"No."
Sighing, she crossed her arms and stared stubbornly at him. "You're as stubborn as an ass. You know that."
"As are you. I have never met such a stubborn and infuriating woman as yourself."
"I want to learn about you. Please."
"No."
Bending on her knees she took his hands. "I promise, upon my life, that if I ever talk about you outside of the opera house you can do whatever you want with me. Kill me if you like."
Cupping her chin, he stared deeply in her eyes. Sincere eyes stared back at his. "How about this. In exchange for my story you stay down here with me until either I do not want you anymore or you die." She gasped loudly. "Do you still want my story?"
"Yes."
He was aghast. She actually wanted to stay with him. She sat back on the plush couch. Taking out her paper and quill pen she looked at him then asked, "So where do you want to start?"
"At the beginning."
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