Chapter 29. Walk and Talk.
Raoul's back. I can't believe Raoul's back. He's never hurt me, but he wants to. I know he does, even when he thought I was his daughter he did.
"Papa?" I said looking up at him.
"Yes Erica?" He said looking down at me. I just then realized how tall he was.
"You and Mama met in Paris right?"
"Um, yes. We did meet there."
"Why did you leave?"
He stopped then got down on his knee and said. "Erica, have you ever heard of The Phantom of the Opera?"
"I think so. Raoul doesn't want me to know it."
"He was a bad man who was never loved because he was ugly, he murdered people and kidnapped the woman he loved thinking that would make her love him. He was a trickster and a mad man and he is the most wanted man in Pairs, so when that woman he loved left him, he left Paris. The woman came back to say goodbye and they ended up having a baby, but he left her wanting her to have a better life then he could offer her. That man was me. That woman was your mother. And that baby was you."
I stared into his eyes and said. "You did all that? Because no one loved you?"
He nodded and said. "Even god has his regrets."
I flicked his nose and said. "You better not go back to that! I need you and momma needs you just as much as you need us so don't get yourself arrested."
"You're not afraid? Even with knowing I'm a murderer?"
"You're going to church tomorrow…"