Ch.20- BPOV

Seeing the Phantom again was like a dream.

"What are you doing here?" I asked

"You really think I would let you go, my Bella. I am your angel of music you voice fuels me."

" No, you really think I'm going to fall into this again. It took me months to get my life back together again and I still have nightmares. I won't do anything for you."

"Just one song. It is my greatest work yet."

" No." His face turned into a smile.

" You were next to a very handsome young man. Full of life, full of youth, it would be a shame if something were to happen to him."

I stopped breathing.

"What are you saying?"

" I am you angel of music. Sing for me or I will take everything that you have ever loved!"

" No you cant."

" Oh, I can. You of all people should know that a man as hideous as I am is capable of anything.!"

" What am I singing?"

" Just a new composition."

"You have a deal."

EPOV

After the lights went back on, Bella and the mysterious man were nowhere to be seen. Did he have something to do with Bella's friends coming here? I don't know, but I was going to find out.

"Edward, we have to find Bella's journal. I saw you reading it and figuring out everything." Alice said." Bella's in trouble."

It's happening again. When he escaped the catacombs of the opera house, I thought that we were going to have a fresh start. Always Bella! The young blonde thought,

After everything we have done for him, he is going to treat us like this. I knew he was composing again I just didn't want to believe that it was for Bella. The older woman thought.

BPOV

Things seemed to feel like they had fallen into place. The Phantom was just like I always remembered him and yet, there was a part of me and I wasn't sure what part that had fallen for him. Did I love Edward sure, but Eric was much more.

" Let's take a break, " I said after rehearsing for half an hour. " I will say one thing, this definitely beats Math class."

" For not singing for about a year and a half your voice is still in pristine condition."

" Can we not talk about singing right now. For the first time in a year and a half I've never felt so much freedom. No one is telling me where we were going or what time things are its refreshing. So how have things been since Don Juan."

"Well, the Girys and I settled in New York for a while and were a success in Coney Island for a while, but something was missing."

" What?"

"You. Bella, are you happy with your young man?"

" I am, but sometimes I feel like I'm with my father instead of my boyfriend. He always makes sure I'm safe but I don't know. I didn't just choose to come with you, I chose something for myself which I haven't done in a while."

" You know you don't have to listen to him"

" What caused you to join me on stage in Don Juan?" His face suddenly looked sad.

EPOV

Alice and I got to Bella's house at lunch time looking for answers.

"What was Bella saying in her sleep before she woke up?" Alice said.

"She said, 'I gave my you my mind blindly.'" Alice picked up Bella's pillow and held up a black spiral.

"Start reading." She said.

August 24

Tonight I dreamed of my old life. The strange events leading to Carlotta quitting, Mr. Andre, Mr. Firmar. The ballet. Raoul being introduced as patron. Everything. The song. Think of me, think of me waking silent and resigned. Remember me trying too hard to put you from my mind. And his voice.

"That's it!" She said.

"Well, two things are familiar. Aren't two of the visiting men named Mr. Andre and Mr. Firmar." They had the answers we were looking for.