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Monsieur and Madame Thénardier
Marius soon found Cosette. She was walking with her father, as she usually did. Cosette waved shyly to Marius from across the square. Marius did the same. Jean Valjean, noticing the whole deal, pulled Cosette into a hat shop. Marius sighed. What he would have to do to gain her father's approval, he didn't know. But he sure as hell would do what it took.
"You!"
Marius turned around. Monsieur Thénardier waved him over.
"Yes?" Marius asked.
"What's your name again?" Éponine's father questioned.
"Marius."
"Ah. Marius then." Monsieur Thénardier nodded. "You know Éponine, correct?"
"Yes. She's my good friend," Marius smiled.
"Where is she?"
"She's in the hospital."
"Whatever for?"
"She was shot, sir," Marius explained.
"How unfortunate." His expression was straight.
"Uh..."
"What?"
"Your daughter is in the hospital."
"Yes. I'm aware."
"She could die!"
"Life goes on," Monsieur Thénardier shrugged. Madame Thénardier stepped out of a nearby building. She took her husband's arm.
"Who are you again?" Madame Thénardier asked Marius.
"Marius Pontmercy."
"Oh."
"Your daughter is in the hospital, Madame."
"Damn!" Éponine's mother cussed.
"What's the big deal?" Monsieur Thénardier asked.
"There will be a bill to pay!" His wife yelled.
"Oh... I didn't think abou-"
"Don't worry! I am willing to pay it," Marius smiled.
"Thank you," Monsieur and Madame Thénardier said and walked off. Marius ran his hand through his hair. He wasn't really planning on paying it. Not until he remembered Éponine's siblings. Not until he remembered how terrible Éponine's life was.
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La Souffrance
FanfictionWhat if Éponine had lived? Marius has two girls and has to make up his mind. Éponine fights against the king. Set in 1832, Paris, France during the rule of King Louis-Philipe. A Les Misérables fanfiction. (Formated the way that the book is; based on...
