Erik and Christine: Loves Secret (A Phantom of the Opera Story)

Chapter 36

A few minutes later, Christine shuts her door, locks it, and begins to pack. As she begins to pack, Raoul tries to open the door but realizes she closed the door. "Christine! Christine!" he yells as he bangs on the door. As Christine is packing, Eliza notices as she is making Christine's bed. "Eliza, help me start packing some of my belongings, please," pleaded Christine.

"Yes, Christine," Eliza replied.

At the same time, hiding in the walls of the mansion, Erik heads to Christine's room. "I should go check and see if Christine is alright," Erik said to himself.

As Erik heads to Christine's room, Christine informs Eliza to get some of her bags that are in the attic as she continues to pack. Eliza agrees and leads to the attic through the secret door. However, as Eliza leaves, Raoul picks the lock and opens Christine's room and goes inside. Once inside her room, Raoul slams the door and asks her, "Christine. You're not seriously ending our engagement, are you?" Christine stops packing as she turns her head to look at him then looks back at the clothes on her bed and continues to pack whatever she can in her small bag and doesn't say a word. Raoul is shocked as he blinks several times then rushes towards her and questions her further. "So you are leaving me. Why? Is it because of something I have done wrong? Because what I am doing for you is to protect you and give you everything that you can ever ask for."

"Because this is not what I want Raoul," she shouted as she continued to not look at him. "I want someone to be with me all the time. Unlike you who leaves me and comes back for about maybe a day or two."

"I have stayed longer than that," Raoul implied.

Christine stops packing, turns and yells, "No, you have not, you don't, and every time you leave, you said that it would be the last and that you would spend a lot of time with me. You have broken all of your promises."

"Come on, Christine. You know me better than that. I have always been there for you. Especially after what happened," he says to her in a romantic gesture. "Why would you want to leave me?" Christine turns, walks to her chair, and sits down without saying a word to him.

"Wait a minute. Are you seeing someone else?" He said as he quickly walks and kneels to her. "Who?! Who is it?!"

As they talk, Erik enters Christine's side of the room and peaks and listens to their conversation through a peephole. "Christine. You know that I would do anything for you. And you know that I love you. I always have, and I always will," said Raoul.

"Raoul, please," Christine sighs.

He takes Christine by the hand, then places his hand on her cheek. "Christine. Please listen to me. I love you with all of my heart, and you mean everything to me."

"I know that you love me and I know that you have been there for me."

Erik leans closer to the peephole and thinks, "No, Christine. Please. Don't do it."

"Then don't leave me," Raoul pleaded. "Please. Stay here. Marry me."

"No," Erik whispered.

Raoul leans in a passionately kisses her. This breaks Erik's heart. As they kiss, Erik turns away and quickly leaves. As Erik leaves the mansion, Eliza notices and calls out his name. "Erik?" However, Erik does not hear her.

At the same time, Christine pushes him away and says, "No. I'm not falling for this again."

"You can't do this," shouts Raoul. "Is this because you're seeing someone else? You are, and I know it! You tell me who it is right now!

"Raoul! I'm not having an affair with anyone! And I can't believe you would think that! The only reason why I am leaving you is because I am sick and tired of being with someone who always lies to me! I don't love you anymore, and I never will. It's over." Raoul kisses her one more time, forcefully. However, as he kisses her, Christine pushes him and slaps him hard on the face. "I never want to see you again." She wipes the saliva off her lips and grabs the luggage from her bed.

"Goodbye, Raoul," said Christine as she walks out of the room. Raoul has a tear that falls on his cheek — realizing that he might have lost her for good.