Jungle fever
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Chap 4
Christine woke up feeling happier than she normal did, because of what? Today was the day her operation of ' getting Erik to let her stay in his house' would start. And she didn't plan on losing.
" good morning, Stephen." Christine sat next to Stephen in the dining room. " where is Erik? Don't tell me he is still asleep."
" no, no, thank to you, Erik was already awake and he is at the farm right now."
" err? Why did he leave so early, I want to come, too."
" But I showed you the farm yesterday." Stephen asked, confused.
" Erik didn't know that, right?"
" yes, he…. Oh… you are evil."
" well, all's fair in love and war. Anyway, he is at the farm right now, right?"
" yes, he is, do you need me to take you to him?"
" yes, please, I want to go alone but there are a lot of things I don't know about this place, so best to have someone with me."
" that is a good idea, m'lady."
"okay, let's go."
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Erik was working on some new plant for the garden when suddenly, he felt cold, really cold. A bad feeling.
" Erik, hello? Christine is here to see you." Stephen called.
" I knew it, I had a bad feeling…" he mumbled. " what is she doing here?"
" I need a tour, this will be my new home after all…"
" this is not your home, your home is in France, go back there. I mean it." Erik said, rolling his eyes.
"no. and I mean it." Christine said back, also rolling her eyes.
" Erik. I like her, she is nice and you should be nice to your new fiancée ."
" she is not…um… I don't want to say it…"
" can you show her around?" Stephen asked. " I still need to work."
"I am busy, and I though I told you to help her when she first came here, right?" Erik was not an idiot.
" err, I forgot, sorry." Stephen said, looking awkward. " Erik, please? I like Christine, she is like a sister to me, after Matthew was gone, I didn't think I could be happy again…but she made me happy… and … she is my new family after all…" Stephen looked Erik with tears in his eyes.
Erik frozen.
" madame, madame, it is happening, pay attention." Maka whispered. " it may come handy."
"what?" Christine looked at Maka, confuse.
" monsieur Khan can't say no to shining blue eyes with tears. Your are perfect." Maka smiled. " look at him."
Erik the cool mask man looked awkward.
" come on, please…" Stephen's rule # 3.
" fine, let's go, we don't have all day…" Erik said, thinking about all the things in this place, maybe after Christine saw them, she would think about going back.
" Erik, where can we go first?"
"hmm, we will go to where we plant our grapes. The grapes are our famous product here. do you know that everything on the table the night we supposed to have dinner together all came from here, from our farm?"
" really? I didn't know." Well, Stephen did mention it when he told me about the great hero of Africa, who has saved thousand of peoples from dying of hunger and leading all the slaves here to a new life. But Erik didn't need to know that now, did he?
" yes, it was all from this place, where everyone denied it long ago. The American came here first and enslaved peoples here. but I gave them a joib, and a home for them to rest and have a family."
" see, I told you, you are a good man, no one will do what you did to the peoples here. when I first came, everyone told me all about 'how great monsieur Khan is', making me want to see you for myself." Christine said. " and I wasn't wrong."
" you were wrong, everyone would do what I did once they saw what this place could bring. My own kingdom."
" well, no one are as brave as you."
Erik stared at Christine.
" anyway…" he cleared his throat. ' stay cool, you need to send her away. Not end up liking her…' " Kahsim, my man." He called a black man.
" yes, master?"
" this is Christine Daae, our g…"
" his new fiancée …" Christine smiled sweetly at the man.
" oh lord… master, you are about to marry this lovely woman?" Kahsim looked at Erik and back at Christine in disbelieve. " Kahsim knew it, when master said master didn't have any intention to get married. Mistress, your wish is Kahsim's commant. Anything you want."
Erik looked at Christine, before turn back to the smaller black man. " how about you show her your treasure?"
" right, Kahsim will show mistress Kahsim's treasure… Kahsim's lucky charm. Kahsim will give mistress Kahsim's lucky charm, it will protect mistress from any harm." Kahsim said happily. He looked up inside his small and dirty pocket and pulled out a … head?!
Christine was almost faint at the sign of the small blue and disgusting head.
" uh… what is this, Kahsim?"
" oh…" Kahsim looked happy, didn't see the terrified look in her eyes. " this is a money head. It was from Kahsim's grandfather, he gave it to Kahsim's father and then Kahsim's father gave it to Kahsim. And now Kahsim want mistress to have it, because it will protect mistress and bring mistress back to master."
Christine looked at the monkey head, she knew this was important to Kahsim, and he gave it to her, it mean a lot to him, this simple man.
" I am sorry, Kahsim, I can't take this."
" why not?" Kahsim looked down disappointed.
" it is not like I don't want it or like it, but it mean a lot to you and your family, I think you should give it to your son or daughter, in stead of a white woman like me." Christine looked back at Erik. "beside, if anything happen to me, I believe monsieur Khan is capable of protecting me, in fact, I prefer that more."
Kahsim smiled again.
" thank you, mistress, mistress is too kind, Kahsim wishes you healthy and long live with master." And he ran back to work.
" he is a very nice man…" Christine still looked at the direction the man ran to. When she looked back at Erik, she saw that Erik was looking at her with shock and awe in his eyes. " Erik?"
"huh?" Erik snapped out of the lalaland that he was in.
" so, where are we going next?"
" hmm… it is lunch time, I think you should go back to the mansion."
" and you?"
" I will stay here and have lunch with the workers."
" then I am staying as well."
" I don't think it is a good idea."
"I am staying."
" fine."
"fine."
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Christine knew the idea of eating with Erik wasn't a good idea.
The food wasn't bad, but not good either. Some rock-like breads, water, some rices and some fruits.
" mistress, master is a very nice man, at least he feeds us some real food, unlike the others masters." Kahlinma, the young female worker said.
" yes, he treat us nice and like we are humans, you can's imagine what the others masters does to us."
" before I came here, me and my friend, Mekka,worked for a farm near Paris, the man there raped and killed my friend Mekka and no one did something at all." Another worker said, with angry tear in her eyes.
" some doesn't even give us food to eat and they wants us to work like animal."
" oh…"
Christine couldn't eat anything so she got herself some fruits, thinking about asking the kitchen gave her something else when she got home, and she would try to get used to the foods here.
During the meal, Chrisitne didn't relieze that Erik was watching her the whole time.
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after lunch, Chrisitne followed Erik to see his garden. like she always thought, the garden was beautiful, with all kind of flowers.
" monsieur, come quick." a man called.
" what is it?"
" it is Naka."
" Naka?"
" he was a new worker in my farm, what is it about him?"
" momsieus Norwood came and said that Naka steal something from him."
" what did Naka steal?"
" he said that Naka stolen a female slave, Rita from his farm."
" a female slave? but ... it is a human being, how can he steal a human."
" I know that girl, Rita and Naka want to get married, so he asked me to give him money so that he could buy Rita, but the money Raymond Norwood asked was too much, so i told him to wait for a while, so that i could think of something... that fool..." Erik was angry.
" Erik, you have to do something, you can't let ..."
but he was already gone, so Chrisitne didn't have a choice but to follow him.
" ahh , good afternoon, monsieur Khan."
" good afternoon to you, too, monsieur Norwood." Erik looked annoying.
" i believe your slave had soemthing that belong to me." he said cocky.
" i don't believe so. do you have any prove?"
" what is there that need to have prove? your slave wants my slave, so he must have force her to come with him."
" i don't believe so, monsieus. Naka is a good man, he wouldn't do something like that." Chrisitne said, she had never meet Naka before, but according to Erik, he was a fine man.
" ahh, I believe this is not a business that a woman can be apart of." Raymond smirked. " but I would be more than happy to be acquainted with such a fine lady like you. what is your name, milady?" Raymond looked at her with lust in his eyes, he didn't even try to hide it. " I would love to have dinner with you at my place, so, shall we leave now or I will fetch a slave to come to you later?"
" I am Christine Daae, soon to be Christine Khan. I am monsieur Erik Khan's fianceé." Chrisitne said. " so I don't think I will be joining you tonight. i want to stay by my fianceé's side."
" such a pity then." but he still looked at Christine with lust.
" I am sorry, but Rita is nowhere to be found in monsieus Khan's home." the police chief said.
" what? I knew she is somewhere in this place. Find her, that is your police's joib."
" I am sorry, but there is no prove that Rita was here, i did as you wanted, search in monsieur Khan's home, but Rita isn't here so, you will have to go home and make a report..."
" shut up and go find me that slave!"
" monsieur..."
And he was gone.
" man, I thought that man would never leave." the police chief said. " we are policemen, we couldn't do everything. but i am currious. where did you hide the girl, Erik?" Christine looked at the police chief and back to Erik with shock.
" the police chief is my friend, Christine, he knew about Naka and Rita's problem."
" really? 10 000 golden coin for a slave, it was much more than what he spent to get Rita."
" I am sorry, master, mistress ..." Naka looked down guilty. " I shouldn't, but i can't let she in his hands anymore, that man tried to rape Rita ..."
" I know, Naka, I am sorry that there wasn't anything that I could do for you. but where is the girl?"
" Rita is ... in mistress's closet."
A long silent...
" that was... actually a good idea, I didn't think of that place..."
" I am sorry."
" don't be, Naka. but we should really send you to somewhere, where that man can't get his hands on Rita and you."
" I can set you two up on a boat that leaving tonight. to the west American, my brother would be more than happy to have some help at his home." the police chief said.
" thank you, Robert. you go get her and pack your things, you two should leaving here as soon as possible."
" thank you, mister police chief, thank you, master, mistress. For everything you have done for me..."
" we didn't do anything, just go and be happy." Erik said gently.
After Naka and the police chief left, Erik turned back to see Christine was smiling at him.
" what is it?"
" I was right, you are a good man."
" no..." he looked down. " you was wrong, I was never a good man. i was a monster..."
before Christine could say something, he was gone.
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that night, when Erik was alone in his bed, he sat on a chair and looked out to where Christine's room was.
' it is not like I don't want it or like it, but it mean a lot to you and your family, I think you should give it to your son or daughter, in stead of a white woman like me .beside, if anything happen to me, I believe monsieur Khan is capable of protecting me, in fact, I prefer that more.'
Erik though about what Christine sat that morning.
And about what Stephen said. ' she is a very special woman, she will be good to you, my friend.'
' she will not be good to me, she can't stay here.' he shook his head. 'no, her place is Paris. She shouldn't be here… not here….'
Reeeek.
Someone opened his door.
Erik turned back and frozen on his chair.
(TBC)
Note: sorry for the late update, college and all.
Oh, and thank you for all your review ,favorite and follow. And I will answear your question now.
1/ Million, the man ( or woman) who follow me everywhere even when he/she obvious hate my works.
First, the story name wasn't even mine so go and talk to the director of the movie name " jungle fever", not me.
Second, well, it is your lost, no one said anything about hard time imagine what I want, beside, I am not the best, excuse me.
Third, I don't want to be rude, but not your business.
2/ anc3210
I will try.
3/someone:
Thanks , Katie.
4/ The Book FANGIRL :
Thank you.
5/ LadyLunaTwilight :
Hehehe, that was a joke, there is no way I will let that fop has my Christine.
6/ tobi's a bad boy :
Agree, Erik is too cute.
Oh, and for who is confuse, ' Jungle Fever ' is an old romance movie I watched long time ago about a woman who went haft way from France to Africa to married the man she never met before, I though their story like Erik and Christine, so I put the two together.