I Belong to You (Phantom of the Opera Fanfiction)

Chapter 22

Chapter 22

There was no way her parents were going to change their minds about Erik, so after leaving them in the living room and returning to her bedroom, Christine sat thinking until the next step she should take became clear. I need to talk to Erik.

She spent the next thirty minutes on her lap top looking up rules for contacting a person in prison.

One of her questions- was she able to visit Erik?

After scrolling through some websites on the Internet for answers, Christine found that prisoners had the right to make a detailed list of people they wanted as visitors, and that each person had to be approved by officials. Well, Erik putting her down as a visitor obviously wasn't going to happen, much less officials agreeing to it...

Next, she looked up the rules for calling a prisoner.

The websites stated that a person couldn't call a prisoner directly but that they could contact the prison and have them give the prisoner a message to call them back. Then, if the prisoner was willing, he could call that person.

Bingo, Christine thought. That's how she was going to contact Erik. She hurriedly looked up the number to the prison he was in before getting offline. Then, she grabbed her cell phone and took a few calming breaths before dialing the number and placing the phone to her ear.

She had to make this sound perfect.

A female's voice answered after one ring and stated the name of the prison with a professional tone.

Attempting to sound just as professional, Christine began, "Hi, I was wondering if I could leave a message for one of the inmates there to call me. His name is Erik Destler."

There was a pause. "May I have your name and relationship to the inmate?"

Christine inwardly panicked. She didn't think they would ask for that kind of information, although it shouldn't have come as a surprise. Of course they would want more than her phone number. Erik would want to know who was wanting to receive a call from him.

This woman would undoubtedly recognize her name when Christine said it, but could she really refuse to give him the message? I guess we'll see... "My name is Christine Destler. I am his wife."

There was another pause. The woman was probably shocked to hear that. But what would she say? "What is your reason for wanting him to call you?"

"I want to know how he's doing. He is my husband, after all." Christine was surprised at her own boldness.

"...Yes.. Alright. What is the number he can reach you at?"

Either the lady was forcing herself not to sound suspicious, or she really did accept her answer. Either way, Christine was going to go with it. She gave her her cell phone number.

"Very well. We will give him the message." They said brief goodbye's and that was it.

Ending the call, Christine could hardly believe how easy it had been. She only hoped the lady hadn't lied and that they really would give Erik the message. If they didn't, Christine wouldn't know what to do... She figured all she could do now was wait.

Erik could sense someone walking towards his cell before even seeing who it was. Undoubtedly it was one of the guards and, quite frankly, Erik couldn't care less. He continued lying on his cot with his eyes closed hoping whichever guard it was would leave him alone.

"You got a message," a male's harsh voice stated while tapping on the cell bars with the stick that seemed to always be glued to his hand. Erik immediately knew which guard it was- a man named Frank.