Chantel wiped her forehead to get rid of the sweat. She walked over to a nearby chair and flopped down into it, finally relaxing and having a moment to rest. Just then a babies' cry came from upstairs and she let out a groan. She got up and ran upstairs to her baby's crib. She bounced and rocked and tried to make soothing sounds.
"Sara, come on. Please be quiet. Shhhh." She said, stressed out beyond belief.
Chantel tried everything and finally after giving her a bottle, she became quiet and fell asleep. Chantel sighed and looked around. The house was a mess and there was laundry everywhere. She had always kept her places clean, but after she had Sara, her world slowly began to fall apart. She often would think back to her times in the Labyrinth and how she would have been treated as a queen, not a maid. Her heart broke as she had all this time to ponder what she should have done and what her life would have been. This time, she had enough.
She couldn't go back to the Labyrinth, the entrance was sealed, but she couldn't stay where she was. She searched the medicine cabinet in the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of pills. She held the bottle tightly in her hand, staring at the label. She grabbed a cup and began to pop pill after pill, swallowing them one at a time. She began to feel a pain; she couldn't center it in one spot. She dropped the bottle and cup and fell onto the floor in pain. She let out a agonized groan and the world went dark.
Chris pulled up to the house and got out of his car. He grabbed his suitcase from the trunk of the car and headed inside. He put his finger between his tie and collar and loosened the tie. He sighed and opened the front door, hearing Sara crying. Oh, he thought, Chantel is probably taking care of it. He tossed his suitcase onto the couch and headed to the kitchen, but was shocked at what was before his eyes.
"Chantel!"
Jareth held his crystal ball to his chest, tears threatening to flow over. A small goblin quietly waddled over to him and held its hands open. Jareth looked down at the goblin and saw the necklace he had given her. The necklace he could see and watch her from. He picked it up from the goblin's hand and looked off, back into the distance of the labyrinth. As his heart sank, the labyrinth began to change as well. A tan cloud began to hang over as far as the eye could see. Several plants began to wilt and die and the once beautiful lake, became tainted and began to smell.
Jareth decided he needed to watch over his daughter, Sara, and when it was time, bring her home. For years he sent her presents of things, creatures, and even a book about the Labyrinth, her home.
