Three weeks later …..

Raoul sat with Nadir in his hotel room while Erik paced back and forth trying to keep his temper. "You're sure you have no idea where he is?" Nadir asked.

Raoul sighed. "He promised to get word to me every other day." Raoul said. "I knew I should have gone with him."

Nadir looked to Erik. "What now?"

Erik stopped and looked at them. "Now, I go and get my children back." He said annoyed. Erik started to the door when Nadir jumped up.

"Erik wait! How do we not know if Gustave has her already?" Erik paused and looked at him. Nadir turned and pulled out a paper handing it to Erik. "Maybe he's just waiting for the right moment to get her out." Erik looked at the paper that announced a ball held in the prince's honor celebrating his nineteenth birthday.

Erik stared at the paper for a moment then looked up "I have an idea."

Gustave let out a little laugh and then looked back at Evan. "Wait you're serious?" Evan nodded. "Have you lost your mind?" Gustave asked growing a little more serious.

"Maybe I have." Evan said. "Is it such a crazy idea?"

"Have you met my sister? She's a handful. If you marry her that's going to be a lot to handle." Gustave said. "Not to mention how our father will take it."

"Let me worry about that one." Evan said.

Gustave laughed. "Oh, trust me when I say; my father is someone you do not want to face alone."

"Once my father passes everything will change. I can make this place better. A place Eliza would be proud to live in." Evan said trying to convince Gustave how serious he was about proving himself to Erik.

"It's going to take a lot more than that to get my father on board. I'm sorry Evan, but all this is crazy." Gustave said.

Evan sighed looking down at a wedding band that once belonged to his mother. "Maybe I should just think of Eliza for now. I can worry about your father later I suppose."

Gustave shrugged then looked at the dining room door and saw Eliza enter. She looked deep in thought and rather upset. "Are you alright Eliza?" Evan asked slipping the ring in his pocket.

"Evan, I want to see Kasey." She said.

Both Gustave and Evan jumped to their feet and Gustave came up to her. "Have you lost your blasted mind?!" Gustave yelled rather than asked. "Why on earth do you want to see her?" Gustave asked irritated at the thought of the woman.

"Gustave like it or not she is still my mother." Eliza said.

"Yes a mother that walked out on you." Gustave argued.

Eliza sighed. "There is much I want to know, Gustave. Things that only she can answer. I need to do this Gustave." She looked to Evan. "Please. I won't be long I swear. And if it would make the two of you feel better you can come with me, but you have to promise to wait outside the door."

Evan sighed and Gustave looked at him. "Evan you can't agree to this!" Gustave insisted.

"She needs answers Gustave." Evan replied. "Who are we to deny her them? You have had your mother all your life Gustave. I only had mine part of my life, and the things I want to know I can't ever ask. If this is what she needs I won't stand in her way." Evan said.

After that Gustave understood, he still didn't like it, but he understood. With a heavy sigh he said. "Fine." He looked to Eliza. "In and out, and you better believe I'm not leaving that door." Eliza gave a small smile and hugged him.

"Thank you." Gustave kissed her head.

"You are so very lucky I love you." Gustave said and Eliza giggled.

The three of them walked down to the cells it was dark and smelt horrid. For a moment Eliza was scared and wanted to turn back, but then Evan held her hand giving her the strength to carry on. They arrived and Evan dismissed the guard unlocking the door and leading Eliza to her mother's cell. Eliza stood there with Evan and Gustave for a moment looking into the cell. Kasey looked over and jumped up going to the bars "Eliza! Thank God you're alright!"

Evan stepped in front of Eliza pushing her back. Eliza placed a hand on his arm "Evan, you know why I'm here. Please." She said.

He eyed Kasey then looked to Eliza and her pleading eyes. "I can't deny those eyes." She smiled and he kissed her head. "Gustave and I will be just outside." Eliza nodded and Evan walked away.

"In and out." Gustave said then followed Evan.

Once she heard the heavy door shut Eliza turned to Kasey. She looked around Kasey's cell and saw Jason in the back corner holding a young girl about four. Kasey turned and looked. "Who is she?" Eliza asked.

"Must you ask?" Kasey said not wanting to say it. Eliza nodded and Kasey sighed. "Lila. Our daughter." Eliza didn't know what to say; she just stared at the little girl. She had her mother's eyes and light brown skin like Evan's. Her hair was a very dark red, but above all Eliza found her little step sister very beautiful. "She was a surprise." Kasey said. "Eliza what I have done to you I would gladly stay here and rot for it. But Lila doesn't need this punishment. She is the reason I want my freedom. I hoped you would come with us."

"Why would I?" Eliza posed. "Maybe you shouldn't be looking to redeem yourself with me. I have made up my mind about you. I suggest you don't make the same mistake with her." Eliza said.

Kasey nodded. "Why are you here Eliza?" She asked afraid of the answer.

"I need to know." She replied.

"Know what?" Kasey asked.

"You saw the world Kasey. You saw it without me. You left me behind. Why?" Kasey was silent. "I have waited years for these answers and now you're just going to deny them to me!" Eliza screamed.

"I already told you." She said weakly near tears.

"You told me why you went to Paris." Eliza said. "You knew where Christine was. I know better than to believe that you traveled the worlds looking for her."

"I just couldn't do it." Kasey said. "After I saw her; I just couldn't go back. I was there for weeks, maybe even a month, and I watched them. I saw the chance that the boy was your father's. I saw her and her husband fight. I saw her perform. I saw why your father fell in love with her. I saw why he still loved her. I couldn't go back after seeing it. I couldn't take looking at your father knowing what I knew. I wanted to come back for you Eliza I did. That's why I traveled. I went from place to place and I tried to find us somewhere. I tried to find us a life Eliza, but then the guards found me a year after I left. I thought of you every day Eliza."

"Do you think this changes anything?" Eliza asked. "I was four, Kasey. I needed you. I waited months up in that damn attic for you! You were my mother. You had a reason to stay. But now look where you are. Behind bars with a lover and a bastard child." Kasey let tears flow down her face. "Since she is only a child, maybe I can do something for her." Kasey's eyes grew at the thought of her child being taken from her.

"You wouldn't." Kasey whispered.

"I grew up without you." Eliza said. "What makes her so different mother?" Eliza spat walking off. Eliza walked out and met Gustave and Evan.

They just stared at her for a moment. "Is everything alright?" Evan asked.

Eliza felt tears well up in her eyes as memories came back she looked up at Gustave and went into his arms then began to cry. Gustave put his arms around her and shushed her. "It's alright." He whispered. "It's going to be alright."

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