Christine climbed onto the stage, taking several deep breaths. Erik didn't know that she was here. He thought she was in her economics class. She had skipped class to be here. To avoid another argument with Erik so soon, she had to decide the best thing to do was to audition without having to ask Erik if she could stay at school a little longer. Arguing with Erik was pointless. He always managed to get what he wanted. The best thing to do was definitely wait until she found out if she got a part to argue with Erik.
"What will you be singing for us?" Christine was attempting to spot the director when the auditorium door opened. "I am looking for a Ms. Christine Daae. I have a delivery."
"You can give it to her when she's done. Please proceed, Ms. Daae."
Christine took another deep breath and began, remembering everything that Erik had taught her. When she finished, she looked around, waiting for a response. She was met with complete silence and shocked faces. "Surely, it wasn't all that bad?"
"No. It was perfect. We will definitely be in contact."
"Thank you." Christine blushed, stepping off stage. She walked over to the young delivery boy. "You have something for me."
"Oh, yeah. If I could just get you to sign here. Thank you." He handed Christine a dark red rose with a black ribbon attached to it. Christine wondered who could have know she would be here. "Oh, I almost forgot. There's a note." He dug in his bag and pulled out an envelope. Christine took it from the hand that had suddenly become shaky. She briefly saw the red wax seal on the back as she opened it.
"My dear, I wanted to send something beautiful, but when you're sending it to perfection, it's rather hard to find."
Christine should have known. Sarah had said that the master knows and sees all.
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"Erik, quit tormenting the girl and let her go."
"No, Nadir. Christine loves me. You saw with your own two eyes how she let me hold her."
"Erik, the poor child was probably scared to death. You temper alone is enough to scare anyone, but has she seen your face?"
"No. Christine is a good girl. She does not care about those sorts of things." Erik closed his eyes for a moment. When he reopened them, he was a complete different person. He leaned closer to Nadir and in a menacing tone said, "You will never mention my face to Christine. I will not have you ruining her with your delusional thoughts. Christine belongs to me, and she will never, ever leave me. I have no further patience for you. Perfection awaits me."
Erik stood up and left the room. If he didn't hurry, Christine would have to wait outside for him. He didn't want that. Maybe he would take her shopping for a new car this week. He had found out that her "friend", Ryan, also attend the school Christine so desperately wanted to be a part of. He had managed to get his class schedule, but it was a difficult trying to get the boy kicked off of the campus. The boy was lucky his path did not require him to cross paths with Christine.
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"I can't Elizabeth. Not tonight." Christine was holding the phone to her ear while trying to get solve a few homework problems. She was getting behind in her lessons for Erik.
"Christine. Come on. Just sneak out. If you're careful, he won't notice that you're gone." Elizabeth pleaded over the phone. Christine had not told her what happened the last time she had snuck out.
"First of all, Erik would be furious if I snuck out. Secondly, Erik is taking me for dinner tonight."
"Where to? Surely, you can get him to reschedule."
"I don't think so. Sarah is really excited about it. Erik won't even give me a hint as to where we are going."
"Come on. Ryan and Brad are both going to be there."
Christine heard someone knocking at her door. "Yeah, I got to go. I'll talk to you later."
"Alright. Just think about it. I expect to see you down at the pier at 7."
Christine hung up the phone. "Come in."
Sarah shuffled in. "I thought that I would come help you get ready."
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Erik was not pleased. He was going to have to do something about this problem. He would not stand for it. Nothing was going to take Christine away from him. He called Nadir and asked for the girl's police record.
Erik had been upset at Christine before for disobeying him, but now, he was not entirely sure the blame should rest solely on Christine. When he had decided her punishment was over, he implanted a bug in her phone. He had warned her. Told her that since she couldn't behave on her own, he would keep a close eye on her. He had been right. He didn't want his future bride around these sorts of people. They would have to go. Christine might cry over it for a few days, but Erik would be there to help his love get over it. It was after all in her best interest.
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