Slave to His Whim

VII.

"I cannot believe you. I cannot believe what you did to her." Antoinette shouted as she entered Erik's realm. "You bastard!"

"Honestly Madame, I have no idea of what you are blabbering about."

She stomped up to him and slapped him on his left cheek. "Don't you dare play around. Rape Erik! Why?! Why did you have to do that?"

Erik looked at her with stunned eyes. He growled loudly, realizing that Zuri had told about what had happened. "She dare tell you about private matters between us! That little whore!"

Antoinette slapped him again. "I never want to hear that word out of your mouth again."

"Stop slapping me Madame or else..."

"Or else what Erik? What would you do to me? I cannot believe that you have done something so terrible. Congratulations Erik, I hope you can live with yourself. Zuri is leaving tomorrow. I hope that you are happy with what you have done in order to get rid of her."

Erik growled again as he looked at her. "Good. Finally she has come to her senses."

Antoinette shook her head sadly, "How far you have fallen Erik." She shoved the stack of papers in his hands, "She wanted you to have these papers. She told me to tell you that you could do whatever you wanted with them."

Erik looked at the stack in confusion, "Why would she give me these papers? They mean nothing to me."

"If I were you I would look at them. They might give you some insight to what she was thinking when she came here." She turned around and said, "I hope Erik that you will apologize to her for what you have done. Zuri never deserved that kind of treatment." Antoinette then left him to his thoughts.

xxxx

Erik looked at the stack of papers in his hands and set it on the organ. He sighed as he took up the first paper and looked at it. It was a newspaper article on him and the incident. He flipped through the stack and looked at each paper in boredom. He didn't have to apologize to her. He did not intend to.

As he sifted through the papers he came upon a small black book. He took the book in his hands and opened it up slowly. It was a journal, he realized. Had she given this to him or was it an accident that it was here? Either way, he intended to read it. Maybe it held some clues to her reasons for being here. Erik opened the cover and began to read through the small book.

xxxx

Zuri packed her things silently as she thought of the past few days. She had failed in trying to understand him. All she did was make things worse for both herself and others. She should have known that she would never succeed. She sat on the bed as she watched the clock. The minutes ticked by slowly. She wondered if she would see him again before she left. What would he say if he did come back?

She sighed then stood up and set her suitcase on the floor beside the desk. She looked back up and gasped to see him standing in the corner, arms folded and in his hand he had her journal. "What are you doing here?"

He ignored her question and told her, "You are not leaving until you answer me a few questions."

"First you want me to leave and now you don't. Can't you make up your mind?"

Erik growled loudly as he caught her wrist in his hand and pulled her against his body hard. "I want to know a few things and then you may go. I want to know everything."

"You won't get an answer unless you answer my questions too."

Erik growled again then finally said, "Fine."

"You go first then Monsieur Opera Ghost."