[The Phantom of the Opera] Boundary Bridge

"Enid!"

Eric was the first to react among all the people present. He almost rushed over without thinking, half-embracing her shoulders tightly, his eyes were worried and anxious.An almost intuitive fear of losing hit him, causing his voice to rise unconsciously: "Enid? What's wrong with you!"

But Enid just raised a hand to signal that she was okay—then she had to bend down and cough even more painfully, and both Christine and Shani came over, wanting to express condolences but showing little Very unfamiliar and embarrassing.But Eric ignored them, his anxiety so palpable, his fear so vague and explicit, that he called, "Enid—"

The blond girl straightened up, her face as white as new snow showed a translucent texture under the sunlight through the window.There was a fragile, dying vitality hidden in it, but in the eyes of others, she just turned paler.Enid smiled reluctantly, pushed away Eric's support, and wanted to say something.But suddenly she pressed her lips tightly again, took out a clean handkerchief from her bosom and unfolded it—to cover her lips—and then there was another suppressed cough.

Eric stood aside, watching her with concern, and almost immediately asked the servants to tie up the best doctor.Fortunately, this cough was the last one, and Enid gradually recovered.She panted slightly and coughed lightly now and then.The moment the handkerchief left her lips, she immediately folded it and held it tightly in her hand.Enid looked around and found that everyone looked worried.She forced a smile and said, "It's just an old problem." But she didn't explain further.

Only Eric, who was there, knew she was lying, because it was the first time since living together that she had such a terrible cough-but he didn't expose it.Maybe it's because vague guesses make my heart uneasy, maybe it's just instinctive maintenance.He wanted to say a few more words of concern, but Enid turned to Christine with a smile on her face, and said softly:

"Then Christine, after today's audition, are you willing to take on the role of Princess Sterle in "The Daughter of the Sea"?"

"Of course I would!" Even though she hadn't recovered from Enid's violent cough before, Christine replied instinctively without hesitation.But at the same moment, her lover's voice sounded——

"Let's think about it again." Viscount Shani frowned, which was obviously a polite way of saying restraint.Hearing Christine's answer, he immediately turned his head and looked at her with restraining eyes: "Christine!"

Whether or not Eric is The Phantom, Shaney sees it, there must be some unsettling connection between the two.The ideal situation is that Christine is farther and farther away from them.And Kristen's decision to star in "Daughter of the Sea" was too rash and too risky.What's more, even if he admits that Enid's singing is like the sound of nature, the viscount, as a patron, is still instinctively unwilling to let his lover play a supporting role.With these two emotions intertwined, Raul's reaction couldn't be more normal.

However, Christine pursed her lips tightly, and the brown-haired girl rarely showed some stubborn persistence: "Raul, I want to sing the Sterele, I really want to sing this opera."

The uneasiness in Raul's heart grew bigger and bigger, he tried his best to coax gently: "Christine... there is not only this one good opera, the Paris Opera House is full of repertoires you can choose, and all of them are good enough. A heroine who brings out all your talent and charm. Why are you so obsessed with a small role?"

Christine shook her head resolutely: "You don't understand, Lauer, you don't understand." She looked at her lover with strange and sad eyes, as if she had just met him to some extent today, "You don't understand, Lauer Well, a hundred operas can't do as much as one "Daughter of the Sea". Besides, you've heard Enid sing, don't you really understand what it means? Don't understand what it means to me to play with her What? When I saw the piece, I decided to do it anyway, let alone now after she sang it? Maybe the role is a little different from what I planned, but believe me, Raul, it is a joy to be in this opera a great cause—”

"You're possessed!" roared Raúl. "You're completely bewitched by that ghost—well! You're completely bewitched by him!"

"But I'm going to sing, Raul." Christine insisted, "I'm going to sing, you know what it means to me—"

Enid did not join their quarrel.She just threw out the words, and then watched the development of things silently.Christine insisted on acting in spite of Viscount Shani's obstruction. Shani's concern and worry for her were palpable, but also incomprehensible.He couldn't understand why Christine was so enthusiastic about "The Daughter of the Sea", but in the end she couldn't beat her lover.You can see the ending almost at the beginning, but you still have to watch it.The only thing I can't see clearly is my own destiny.

She saw that Eric regained his passion and love for Christine as if awakened from a dream after the dispute, and joined her camp, which aroused Shani's anxiety even more.Seeing Eric staring at Christine—a desperate fanaticism and obsession, trying to hide it carefully, but it is inevitable to show its clues in front of people who also have this kind of emotion.Yes, Enid thought, by this point she knew exactly what she felt for Eric.

Taking advantage of no one's attention, she unfolded the handkerchief in her palm, which was already soaked with bright red blood.

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On a spring evening, Enid sat sideways by the window.Her blond hair was still dazzling, her blue eyes were still bright, but her face was gradually losing its color.She leaned her head against the window sill, meditating, as if leaving a dream that was about to collapse.At last she leaned against the window and sang.

"There used to be an endless dream, a wandering woman who was always free." Her lips were smiling, but her expression was serene and melancholy, slightly in a trance, "A song hides a secret, reaching the starry sky is so easy. "

"But things have changed, and now the sand flows slowly." Enid pressed her cheek against the window, and she gazed at the sky. "The time of innocence is over, and I know the river will not flow forever."

"The wind of time blows into my eyes, and lonely love kills my heart." She sings, still so carefree, but with a little tear in the corner of her eye, "My flowers are withered, and so are all the others."

"nothing is forever."

"I will never see my fate," she said sadly and quietly. "The end of the story is the truth of everything."

The afterglow of the setting sun temporarily stained her face with an illusory color of blood, but when her dress was slowly removed from here, all the illusory disappeared.Among the tiny floating dust in the light beam, there are only many small and unknown sighs left.

It was the day after Kristen Daye was cast in "The Sea's Daughter," and Enid knocked on Eric's door.

The author has something to say: * Enid: I have a hunch I'm going to be.