Chapter 16

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"A smile of encouragement at the right moment may act like sunlight on a closed-up flower; it may be the turning point for a struggling life."

Smile! Remember you are never fully dressed without a smile!

Faye POV

I found another inn to stay in that night. I didn't want to travel out at night. I didn't have my knife, thanks to someone. I went into my room, which was small but comfortable. It had a nice view of the sky above. The stars twinkled and were at their brightest. I watched the stars for over an hour. I noticed though this dark fog crept over the stars. Eventually this fog covered the entire sky. I had gotten tired of looking at the darkness; I went to the other side of the room. I picked up one of the books, Othello. It was a gripping tale by William Shakespeare. I was so intrigued by this book, it was so good! I jumped as the thunder and lightning began to strike. The book flew out of my hands and to the other side of the room. That was enough reading for tonight.

I was going to change into my nightgown, but I couldn't find it! Damn it! I must have forgotten it at the other inn. I can't believe I forgot it. I changed out of my masquerade dress and but it on the chair, deciding whether I should bring it along, leave it as is, or sell it for some money to get home. . It's a good thing that Erik bought me other clothes that I thankfully I remembered.

I couldn't sleep. I tossed and turned all night. I felt that I was being watched. I kept looking to the door, then back at the window. No one every time. I couldn't sleep. I wonder what Erik was doing now. I began to cry the feeling of being alone without him hurt me. I missed him. I fell asleep with no one else on my mind then Erik.

Erik POV

She forgot her nightgown…..I smiled. I took that nightgown and held it up to where Faye would have been standing in front of me. I could really see her, she was right there.

I saw her standing right there. I saw her in her nightgown. I wanted to hug her, but reality came on me again. She vanished. And the nightgown was just there dangling from my hands. I felt so stupid; I flung the nightgown on the bed. But then I saw her again. I looked away, I am losing my mind!

But temptation got the worst of me and I looked towards the bed. She was there, eyeing me with interest, toying with her hair. Smiling in that seductive way I always wished how she would look at me. I gave up all restraint this time, I went to bed. I took Faye's nightgown with me. Of all of my other dreams, I finally saw my Faye and knew that she was the one for me. I knew that she was the one I had been searching for all these years. I always have dreamt of Christine, but never Faye.

She was there. She stood there in all her glory. Her beauty was just remarkable, so lifelike. I was mesmerized.

"Erik" she said. So gently and lovingly. She beckoned me to come to her.

She was there, she was really there.

"My angel" I said.

She held out her hand to me.

I took it.

I was home.

We walked on a white-sandy beach. The waves were calm and rolling. The sky was bright blue, the sun was shining and warm. We walked along the shore, feeling the waves beneath our feet. I looked over my shoulder, I saw our footprints behind us, and then whipped away by the waves. Sad, I turn back and she faced me.

She opened her mouth to speak. I put my finger to her lips. Shushing her for the moment. I needed to say something.

"Christine-" I began.

"Erik!" Two voices of angels bellowed at me.

I see a flash and Faye comes into view. But only for a moment. Faye came and left. Christine came back.

I stood there extremely confused.

She rolled her eyes and motioned me to the rocks that were just above the water. She went and sat on one of the bigger rocks. I sat down beside her. Waiting for her to talk.

She changed back to Faye and didn't change back.

"Erik-you know she's gone, don't you?"

"Yes."

"Why can't you let her go?"

"I…I don't know Faye. I've been obsessed with her ever since I saw her. I dedicated my life to her, gave her everything I could, taught her to sing, give her hope, gave her my life of caring for her, worrying about her, and praying that she would look past the mask, to see within. But she never did. She hated me, resented me, pitied me, but never loved me. All that time, she never loved me, she only saw me as her angel, and an angel that came from hell."

"Erik, I'm sorry." She said plainly.

I know. I put my hand on her lap. It felt like it belonged there.

"I just want to be loved, Faye, I just want to be loved." I said.

She got up and began walking to the shore. I got up, and followed her, she laid down upon the sand, I did so as well next to her and took her hand in mine.

"That's all I ever wanted too, Erik"

"I see her in you, almost her same spirit and heart, but slightly different. She was perfect but had one flaw, that you don't have, which I thank God that you don't have it. It's the thing I cherish most of all"

"What's that Erik?"

"Your heart is pure. You accept me, you aren't frightened of me. No one can influence your decisions on who you can love. You follow your heart. You love me. Christine was caring, beautiful and as well as kind but she had no place in her heart of a disfigured monster. She couldn't love someone like me; she needed someone who had youth, beauty, someone who matched her. Then there's you, who found me, ready to die and miserable. You felt bad for me and took me into your home and cared for me. You never cowered in fear from my face. And…I love that. I love you Faye."

She was listening the entire time. And after those words slipped out of my mouth. Her facial expression changed. I couldn't stand it anymore. I needed to kiss her, I gently caressed her cheek as she turned and my lips were on hers. And my lips were on fire! My hands entwined with Faye's as I laid her down upon the sand. How I wanted her! How I wanted to make her mine and mine only. She made my heart whole again and memories of Christine were washed away for good. As we embraced upon the sand and I grazed the delicate features on her faces I hear her say the words that make my heart sing.

"I will love you until my dying day…" she said with a heart full of love, I observed at her face beautiful and perfect soul. I could barely control myself. She made me feel alive and feel that I wasn't the ugly monster I was. I leaned in and she waited for me her lips waiting for the taste of mine…

Faye POV

I woke up suddenly. The dream frightened me but yet it was the best dream of my life. The dream had Erik in it and me. He first thought I was Christine and then… he revealed his true feelings towards me. As much as I wanted to deny the words I had said in the dream where he had been embracing me and kissing me. I couldn't. The dream that his hands roaming all over me until I thought I may die of pleasure. I had to forget about him. What is done is done. Charles was right. Men were scoundrels to women. I had to get out of here. I had to go home. I had to go home…

Erik POV

What a wonderful dream! I wish that had never ended. I laid there in my bed I tried to recall what had happened the last night. Then the horrid memories came flooding back, the escape, the alleyway, the pleasure, the confusion, and then her…leaving me. I began to cry, she was my life now. Getting a hold of myself I got out of bed and went to the table. I would find her…and she would be mine and mine only. She was mine, my angel who gave me salvation. No one else's. She was everything to me now. Nothing else. I began to plot out how I would find my sweet Faye and this time, have that happy ending I've deserved. With the one who loved me with all her heart! Faye was mine and mine alone…

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