Isn't it odd when you find out the one person you thought to be the worst in the world turns out to be one of the best? Well, that's how I felt about Monsieur le Mayor... and now all that has changed. I'm so confused...

I'm lying in bed right now. I feel very ill...but that matters not to me. I know I shall see her again. He promised to bring her to me, didn't he? And he wouldn't lie to me. Never.... He wouldn't lie to me. ....Would he?

The day I got fired from his factory was the climax of the misery in my life. All because of that foreman. Was it really MY fault that he wanted to sleep with me, and I refused him? I suppose it was...since it was obviously enough to fire me and cast me out into the cruel world that took not only my one true love away from me, but also my daughter. Now she was with the Thenardiers. They seemed nice enough...but she's so sick. She probably wants her mommy...and she isn't there for her. Instead, her mommy's whoring herself out to men just to get food on the table, but being forced to stave since she's sick and needs medicine. What kind of a mother am I? I can't even....ugh, the pain just.... Why did you do this to me, God? Is this punishment for having a child out of wedlock? Well, you proved your point... In some ironic way, I'm now officially the whore I was when I had Cosette. Oh, I shouldn't say that... I'm sorry, God. This is all my fault. It's my fault she's fatherless....however, Cosette isn't some bastard child. She's the one thing that's keeping me alive. If she dies, I should die myself. What can I do but lie here idly, while my own personal saviour rescues her? I have no choice but to lay and wait.

It's even more ironic that even while my life is a hell on earth, it still has nice people in it. The Thenardiers, for example, who are taking care of my precious, precious baby... Monsieur le Mayor, who rescued me and took me under his care. Rescued me from that filthy life. Once he brings my child here, we can start a new life... I'll get better, then I'll nurse her back to health... the dear Mayor will get me a job, and we'll have a wonderful life together. I just have to wait until she gets here.

But what's that? I hear a door opening.... That officer whom was about to arrest me! What is that scoundrel doing here? Never mind that...he will protect me from that fiend.
I strain my ears to hear. What?? What is he saying?? He...he...has to go get Cosette, and that officer won't let him? Why does this demon seem intent on ruining my already-masticated life?? What did I ever do to him...?

The pain is worsening. But with it comes relief... Happiness....pleasure.... things I haven't felt for a long time. Everything is darkening... Dear mayor, Cosette... I love you both. Please....take good care of her, my dear mayor... Hope fills me... I will see her soon. Even if it's just watching her from the stars...


Author's Note: Alrighty, that scene in the novel Les Miserables made me cry... I probably got a few things wrong, and I forgot Jean Valjean's alias when he's the mayor. So, sorry if her calling him "monsieur le mayor" every other sentence annoyed you. Sorry. Anyway, hope you guys liked it... *sniffle* Sad, no? Please r/r, but be nice! I don't take criticism well. ;_;