A Chance of Redemption
Chapter 2
What is love? Why does it trick us so? How can it deceive even the most clever of souls into brandishing false hopes for another?
Alas, Erik did not know. He would probably never know.
How could he have been so stupid? How could she abandon him? He had trained her, loved her, cared for her. He had been her angel. She had promised to be his. Forever. But it was a lie. A cold heartless lie. She had left with another, without so much as a goodbye.
He vowed he would never waste his time on another. Never again would his heart be broken.
As he stared into the cold lonely silence of the abyss before him, he did the one thing he never thought he would do: he cried.
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Some people are born strange. Others have strangeness thrust upon them.
The latter was true of Caroline.
The letter had come last week. It spoke of great things. Of scientific achievements. Of wonders beyond what she could comprehend. Of Erik.
The note spoke of how a patron of literature and brilliant scientist had always been devoted to find a way to help those characters not fortunate enough to have a happy ending. Anna Garland had spent her life attempting to find a way to change their lives for the better. And now she had found the answer.
Anna had invented a device that allowed the user to travel to lands once only dreamed of. Fictional worlds were no longer out of reach. They could be a reality for the user, with a simple push of a button and the flick of a switch. A true miracle.
The request was rather unusual: travel into Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera. Befriend Erik and convince him to travel to the 21st century to start over with life. To have a second chance.
As Caroline looked the letter over a second time, she had one thing in mind.
When do I start?
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