"When I see you in the morning it brightens up my day
There are so many thoughts on my mind
So many words I wish to say
I want to tell you how I feel
But the words I cannot find
They are all mixed up with my thoughts
That are running through my mind.
Happy together
Happy at last
I shall never stray from home again
Or give you another nasty glance."- Excerption straight from the diary of Eudora Mulheim.
Eudora's POV
My family was together at last. We were finally one big happy family, and my life couldn't get any better than that. After my parent's wedding, my life began to pass me before my own very eyes. Before I knew it, I was a grown woman, performing on stage as one of the finest ballerinas the New York stage had ever seen. I don't know how I came across the interest, but when I turned ten, I found dancing more fun than anything else. My mother taught me almost everything, and when the time was right, my papa got me an audition on the theater side of New York. I started off in small dancing roles, but soon, I had become the A-one ballerina.
Due to my job being so far away from Phantasma, I had gotten my own place close to the theater I worked for. But I was not alone, I had Dimitri with me. After my mother's marriage, she had tried for more children, but never succeeded. And as the years passed, my papa had come to start liking Dimitri. Because I hadn't a brother to take over for him, my papa had named Dimitri the heir to Phantasma when ever he stepped down as owner.
During the afternoon hours, I would go off to my dancing job, while Dimitri went to be an apprentice for my papa. We had grown up as dear friends, but in the end we had become lovers. One night, I came out of the theater to walk home, and the handsome boy was standing there holding a dozen roses and he got down to one knee. He proposed to me, and when I said "Yes" he slipped a beautiful ring onto my finger.
My mother was excited when she heard the news, and even my papa seemed happy about it. Before I knew it, it was the day of my wedding. I was sitting in my dressing room of the church Dimitri and I had wanted to be married in. I was brushing my hair, when the door opened and my papa entered. He was getting up in his years, and he might have looked older, but his soul hadn't changed a bit.
"You look just like your mother, on the day she and I wed." he happily replied.
I placed my brush down, and blushed at his comment.
"Papa, don't embarrass me."
"You look beautiful, darling."
I stood up in my wedding gown to embrace him, and he did the same.
"Just know, Eudora, that what ever happens in the future, you are and always will be my daughter. And I am proud of you."
"I love you."
"Come, it's time to be married."
He extended his arm to me, and I accepted. My papa walked me down the isle, and happily gave me away to Dimitri. Once I was married, my life was finally complete, and even as the years past, nothing between our family changed. My eight children visited their grandparents and Phantasma on a regular basis, and most of the time my papa could be seen swinging my children by his arm as he happily strolled through the park with his grandchildren. I knew someday, they too would grow up to take over the park. We were one big family, and there was nothing that could ever break us apart…..the worst was over, and the future was bright and wonderful…
Ok that was an epilogue sort of thing. No deaths, no injuries, just one big happy ending! I'd like to thank all my reviewers for the time they put into commenting and giving me tips. Thanks again, and I hope to be seeing you over on my other story "Cloaked Under the Night."