The Opera ghost's whisper

I do not own anything

Chap 10

It has been haft year since the accident at the opera house, everything has turned back to the way it should be. Russell's Opera house has been repaired and ready to open again.

I opened the Phantom's Diary and read it again.

There was another line under Christine's last words.

Thank you.

Wherever you are, I hope you will find your own happiness.

Julian Walker.

I wrote it after that night, even when she wouldn't be able to read it, but it made me felt like I had sent my blessing to her on behalf of Erik, wherever she was.

'…. In sleep he sang to me, in dream he came…' suddenly, my phone rang.

" hi, Jully, how are you? Feeling like going to my Opera house tonight? I will have your Box free." Russell's cheesing voice.

" I don't …" after that night, I thought I should avoid the Opera house for a while.

" Julian, it has been six months since the accident at the Opera house, everything is perfect the way it should be. Besides, I have something I want to show you, I am sure that you would love to see what I have in my pocket for you."

" right…. But I am not sure if I am ready to go back there yet."

" Julian, I had my Opera house rebuilt, and no accident at all. She is gone now, I am pretty sure about that. And I don't think she would do anything harm you, you are her beloved Phantom after all."

" but…"

"no but, go to the Opera house tonight or I will not let you see my Julianna." It was almost Rachel's due day, so she was staying at the hospital so that the doctor could check on her child every day. The child's gender was female, and she was healthy, Russell loved to use this to make me do things he wanted, curse him, 'wait until Julianna is old enough, I will steal her away from you, Russie. I thought.

" fine, let me find my tux first."

" Great, see you there."

oOo

" Hey, over here, July." Russell called me. " why were you so late? I wanted to introduce you to Mademoiselle Daring."

" Right, anyway, what do you want to show me?"

" well, first, today, I am putting your favorite show on my Opera house. It is not your birthday, but it is still the first show, please enjoy it."

" really? Thank you, you are a really good friend."

" second, I found this in my basement. It was locked in a very old chest, so I found someone to open it. And I found this."

It was a letter sent by a woman named Christine Daae. It looked very old, the paper had turned yellow, the writing was hard to read.

And she sent it to a man named Raoul De Chagny, three days before Raoul tried to rape her.

' dear Raoul,

I will forever be thankful for what you did for me, but I can not accept your proposal to become your wife two days ago, I am sorry.

Because I fear that we could never be more than a friend to each other, you are once my best friend, the boy who chased after my scarf, and that would be all I saw when I look at you. Please don't wait for me, because I am in love with someone else.

He is not a noble, but he is a very charming and honorable man, he stands high with pride even when everyone looks down on him, he has knowledge beyond this world. he doesn't have what we call a "normal" appearance, but he has a beauty in his heart that shines upon the stars, and the most important thing is, he understands me, he knows that I can be a Diva, when everyone told me that I was just a lost and stupid, useless little girl, he took me under his wings and protected me when no one was there for me, and slowly with his help, I turned into a woman with a free and strong will. He can hear my voice when I call his name, and no matter where I am, he will come and get me. I will never be alone with him by my side.

When I look into his eyes, I see love.

When I hug him, I feel safe and warm.

And when I kiss him, it was like the stars have fallen to the earth, and Angels sing the old song of a fairy tale that comes, true in my ears.

I can't hold back, I want more of him, I want all of him, I want to lock him forever, just the two of us, and most of all, I want his heart, and to know it belongs to me, I can't let it go when I know it is in my hands. And even when he doesn't love me the way I do to him, I still want to be with him, stay close to him. I will never let him go.

Once again, I am sorry that I couldn't marry you.

I wish you good health and best luck in finding yourself a perfect wife.

Goodbye, my friend.

Christine Daae'

" this… was this Christine Daae's letter? Sent to Raoul? But it was in your great grandfather's chest?"

"Yeah. But my great grandfather's name was Randy David, not Raoul."

"…"

"…"

" This is very strange…."

"yes, but I think maybe my great grandfather changed his name and move to American…."

"that sounds right… but why did he have to do that?"

" maybe he was terrified, when Christine's ghost caught me, she said something about keeping her and her beloved Phantom apart. Maybe my great grandfather did something that made Christine angry and he afraid that she would get revenge on him. So he ran away and changed his name."

" I don't know, but it is the past, I don't think we should air it all out."

" I guess, I am just a bit curious."

" Anyway, I want to enjoy the show that I couldn't get to watch on my birthday now, I hope no more accident will happen."

" Yeah, go on, just make sure you stay back after the show, I want to introduce you to mademoiselle Daring."

" Please tell me this is not another attempt to find me a wife."

" no, of course not, I told you before, she is a friend of mine and a huge fan of Phantom, I think she would love to know about the truth behind Gaston's story." Russell said, "especially when it is coming out of the Phantom's mouth."

" fine…" I said, knowing he wouldn't let me be if I didn't go with him.

oOo

The show was fantastic, I couldn't take my eyes away from the stage, until the end of it. He was right, mademoiselle Daring did make a good 'Christine', her voice was so sweet, and the way she sang those high notes made you wondered if she was a professional Opera singer.

It was already late, so all I wanted to do was going home and sleep, but I remembered what Russell told me, and I was a bit excited to see another Phantom fan like me, even more after I got to hear her voice.

And even when I wanted to sneak out of the Opera house, I couldn't, Russell waited for me right outside of my Box.

" you are not going to get away from meeting a new girl, at least meet her, I know you want to fulfill Erik's promise, but dating is not out of question, right? Besides, Erik only wanted you to live your life to the fullest."

" I am not going to run away, Russ, you don't need to say that." I signed. "and I can't date her, she is too young for me."

" What? She is old enough..."

"Fine, I will meet her, but I am not going to the party, it is late and I need my beauty sleep so that I could rise and shine tomorrow."

" hah, I always knew that you need it to be this charming. This way, my lady." Russell said, making a move like he was a polite man trying to show a woman her way out.

If he wasn't going to take me to see a Phantom fan, I would have been choking him to death.

oOo

Russell lead me backstage, where all the dancers and singers were rushing around, changing and clearing. Then he brought me to the front of a room.

A very familiar room.

The old dressing room, which was repaired and was used the new Diva of the Opera house. there was still no name on the door yet.

" It is still new. I don't know why, but our new Diva wanted this room. She said she felt comfortable in it."

" I have no idea why." This room was where the Phantom and the Diva secretly met. But then again, she was a Phantom fan, of course, she would choose this room.

" Mademoiselle Daring?" Russell knocked on the door quietly.

" Please come in." a beautiful and familiar voice came through the door.

"good evening Mademoiselle. I am sorry for bothering you so late, but I want to congratulate you on your first wonderful show, and also, there is someone I want you to meet, he is a very big fan of 'Phantom of the Opera'."

" thank you, Monsieur." She stood up and turned around.

Blue ocean eyes.

Brown hair.

Pale skin.

The woman that I would recognize everywhere. Even after a thousand years.

"Monsieur?"

"oh, I am sorry, my name is Julian Walker, I am Russell's best friend, I heard that you are a big fan of 'Phantom of the Opera', too ?"

"yes, I am. I always think that the author was a bit unfair with the Phantom, all he ever wanted was to love and to be loved by someone, if I was the Diva, I would have chosen him, it is obvious that she was in love with the Phantom, you can't love someone you haven't seen you were a child."

That made me smile.

" that is exactly how I feel when I first read the story. Mademoiselle, how about we discuss more about the characters over dinner?"

" I would love to." She smiled. " oh, I almost forgot to introduce myself, my name is Christianna Daring, nice to meet you, Monsieur Walker."

"well, then, it settles down, I will take my leave now, have fun, kids." Russell smiled and walked out.

"Yeah, see you later Russ," I called after him.

" Nice to meet you." I smiled. " you can call me Julian, Mademoiselle."

"then I must insist you call me Christianna."

She gave me her hand and I hooked it around my arm.

" you know, Julian, when I look at you, I feel as if we have known each other for a very long time, it is a bit silly, right?" she looked down, blushing.

And I smiled.

" I feel the same way, Christianna."

Erik, guess we both won then.

( the end)