Rembrance

by grandbea

Orphaned at a young age, Christine grows up wanting to honor her father's memory. Suddenly forced to choose between her desire to please her angel of music, will Christine give up the opportunity for a respectable family?

6. Growth

He watched her as she grew up. She grew more confident in her dancing and in her singing. He taught her to read and write and encouraged her creativity. She started leaving him little notes in the chapel, little poems and trinkets.

He was most impressed with her development as a singer. He strategically left notes and made sure that she was in the right spots when the owner of the Opera house and the conductor were around. He was proud when she started appearing in the operas as minor characters. She was young and impressionable and he did his best to steer her, reinforce her kinship with Madame Giry and Meg.

He made sure she never returned to the foyer de la danse and that the men who attended the opera only admired her from afar. Only he could admire her beauty. He would make sure of that.