9Erik and Christine spend three romantic weeks together in London. Finally, Raoul began threatening to collect Christine himself, so she, once again, had to force herself to leave her Angel. Nevertheless, it should've been no suprise to Christine when she began to show symptoms of pregnancy.
Christine did not see or hear from Erik for nearly ten years. Over the course of those years, she gave birth to six children: Erik, Phillipe, Pierre, Charles & Andrew (twins), and Maxwell.
Ten years after Christine and Erik's encounter, they briefly met again, which, once again, resulted in the birth of a child, a girl named Paige Marie, who I refer to as myself.
Erik and I found out the truth of our birth father on a cold winter day in 1917 when my mother lie dying. Shortly after she told us, she passed on, promising us that someday we would meet her angel, our father.
That day came in 1919. Erik and I, along with his wife and two children and my husband and infant, were visiting our father (Raoul), who, along with his nurse, had gone into Paris for an auction. I had just put my baby, a girl who I had named Christine after my mother, to sleep, when I heard an urgent rapping at the door. I quickly ran to open it, and, to my surprise, there was a well-dressed man in a white mask standing in the doorway. I knew immediatly that it was Erik, my biological father.
Erik and I visited with our true father for an hour or so, then introduced him to his grandchildren. Erik's children, who were much older than my Christine, were skiddish around the man in the mask, but quickly warmed up. After a few hours, we bid farewell to Erik, and shortly after, Raoul arrived home.
That was the first and last time we saw our father. Several weeks later,both Erik and I recieved a notice of his death. Both Erik and I attended the small funeral, which was held in a small church outside of Paris. He was buried in the same cemetary as Mama andnot too far from her grave. In small letters on the headstone, he had engraved :
No more memories, no more silent tears! No more gazing across the wasted years!"
I looked at Erik, who was looking at me. We both knew that, although the death of our mother and father was tragic, they were finally together for eternity, the way things were meant to be.
FIN
sniff I know, kind of bad. Anyway, now I'm out of school (YES!) so I'll be updating more often. I planned on updating sooner, but it wasn't letting me long in. Anyway, R&R.