[The Phantom of the Opera] The Beast and the Canary

Luis is obviously talking nonsense, and I haven't been backstage at all these days.Christine believed it. She knew that I love singing, but I have no professional vocal training. At most, I can only follow the dance steps to find the beat-at this age, I really don't know anything about vocal music.

She looked at Mrs. Geary worriedly, hoping that Mrs. Geary would stand up and speak for me.The little girl seemed to have misunderstood my relationship with Mrs. Geary, for Mrs. Geary just said, "Go and try, Meg."

Go try it.

I didn't think about whether a little girl who couldn't sing and had no solo experience would make a fool of herself.

I smiled, cleared my throat and walked to the stage.All the lights went out in an instant, the spotlight hit my face, and the laughter of Louis and his friends came from behind.

I was unimpressed, only the Phantom could confuse me.Besides, I don't need to panic.Although this song is not very popular now, it has become a classic after more than 20 years. Even some expensive wives who are tone-deficient can hum a few words, let alone me.

The music started and the band played casually.The conductor took a sip of water, put the baton under his arm, and looked at me leisurely.

Then, his baton... fell.

Not only him, everyone looked at me with wide eyes, after all, my previous singing level is obvious to all.Louis stomped his feet heavily, flushed with anger, and glared at me with his hips akimbo.

The conductor looked around, picked up the baton, and threw himself into the performance as if nothing had happened.

The song ended, and there was a long silence.For a long time, in order to regain his self-esteem, Louis said with a bluish face and said, "Or just her. You can hear her singing so movingly, it can be seen that she has worked hard for a long time."

The theater owner was in a dilemma for a while.I also know that although I can sing well, I am still far behind the popular soprano.After thinking about it, I suggested, "Why don't you ask Christine to try it too. She has a wide range and beautiful voice, which is very suitable for this song."

The owner of the theater sighed in disbelief: "Oh, stop making trouble, this is no joke."

Mrs. Geary was unexpectedly silent, wondering what she was thinking.Christine took my arm and bleated like a little sheep, "I...I can't..."

"you can."

"I'm afraid..."

Upon seeing this, Louis immediately mocked and said: "Some people are so vicious, it's fine to make a fool of themselves, but to pull a good partner to make a fool of themselves—"

Before the words fell, Christine changed the voice of the little sheep in an instant, and showed her little tiger teeth angrily: "Try talking nonsense again!"

Louis: "..."

I:"……"

I smoothed her blonde hair and tiptoed into her ear and whispered, "Go, you'll sing really well, I trust you."

Then Christine regained her weak appearance. She blinked her big watery eyes, lowered her eyelashes and said timidly, "Then I'll try. Don't blame me and Meg for not singing well. "

Louis: "..." Girl, what are you pretending to be?

I put two fingers to my lips and blew her an encouraging kiss.

How could she not sing well?

Except for the Phantom, she is the most gifted singer I have ever met.

Sure enough, as soon as Christine's singing sounded, the scene fell into a silence like frozen in time.

Everyone was shocked.Everyone thought that my singing voice was the highest level of a ballerina. Unexpectedly, when Christine spoke, she instantly let them understand what it means to say "a ballerina who can't sing coloratura is not a good actress".

For a moment, the owner of the theater looked at the ballet group with deep eyes, as if saying: Who else can sing, stand up.

Ballet group: "..."

Louis' complexion was extremely ugly. If he was still a little unconvinced by my singing voice, he really had nothing to criticize for Christine's voice.

At the end of the music, Christine licked her lips and stroked her neck with both hands.I give her a thumbs up.

Without any suspense, the starring role was given to Christine.Holding up the hem of her skirt, she trotted to my side, and said with pink cheeks: "Meg, you can sing very well, really."

I patted her on the shoulder kindly: "Honey, you sing better."

"I forgot to tell you that the reason why I can sing so well is because there has always been a music angel teaching me in secret. Mrs. Geary said that the angel will only show his true face on the day I sing on stage." Said Here, she whispered, "I don't know what he looks like, is he really an angel..."

I couldn't hear what she said later, as if a bomb had detonated in my head, leaving only harsh white noise in all directions.I stared at her blankly, opened my mouth, and couldn't speak as if my throat was blocked.

How can you forget this?

The night after she performed on stage in her previous life, she was taken away by the phantom and disappeared for many days.Even though I knew that this was a very unpleasant and even horrifying experience for her, I still felt extremely uncomfortable and ached.

Christine bent down, looked into my eyes with concern and asked, "What's the matter, Meg? Is there something wrong?"

I forced a smile: "It's okay. Just take a rest."

So much has happened lately.Going back to the past, getting to know Phantom, singing his songs, and gaining everyone's approval by singing solo in public... In a trance, it gave me the illusion that I was composing a perfect life.Christine's words made my heart sink to the bottom again.Some things can be changed, but some things can only be watched as they enter the established track.

For example, Kristen would shine like gold.

Another example, Phantom will fall in love with... her.

Thinking of the last point, breathing suddenly became difficult, and my heart was burning like a fire.I realized it was ugly jealousy at work.

That night, I had a dream.

In the white misty underground labyrinth, I saw Phantom sitting sideways to me, with one foot resting casually on the table, lowering her head and carving something with a knife.Wood chips fell at his feet like snow, and he carved very seriously without raising his head.

I didn't dare to approach, only dared to watch from a distance.With the passage of time, the wood in his hand gradually took shape. It looked like a girl wearing a wedding dress... More and more sawdust fell, and my bad premonition became more and more serious. In the end, a small and exquisite The Christian puppet lay in his palm.

And at this moment, Phantom suddenly raised her head, her gaze icily caught my prying sight: "What are you thinking?"

I take a step back.

He locked the puppet in a drawer, and then slowly put on the leather gloves that were thrown aside: "I guess, you are thinking, why is it not you, right?"

No, no, I didn't think so.

I was about to say this, but when I opened my mouth, there was only a hissing sound.

He approached step by step, pinched my chin with his thumb and index finger and lifted it up roughly, stared at me with cruel eyes like peeling skin cramps, and said every word: "You don't even think about it, how could I carve you."

say no more.

"You can't compare to Christine in terms of beauty or talent. Why should I carve you? Just because I wrote a song for you by myself?"

Stop talking.

"Do you really think that song was written for you?" His expression was calm, but his tone was full of contempt, "Haven't you ever thought that besides you, there is another person who is more suitable to sing it? ?”

It seemed that an invisible big hand was squeezing the heart, and hot tears welled up in the eyes.Because I couldn't make a sound, I could only back away with red eyes, and my chest heaved violently as if I was suffocating.

At the same time, Phantom supported the stone wall behind me with one hand.It turned out that before I knew it, I had retreated to the limit, and there was no way to retreat.

He didn't bow his head, and his extremely indifferent voice echoed above my head: "So, stop having meaningless fantasies. You will never be qualified to sing for me."

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