Little Talks - Billie Dean Howard x Reader

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A/N: Hi this is my first proper story on here! I'm willing to take any suggestions to help me with my journey here on Wattpad just dm me :) Also I have a One-shot book so if you have any requests then just hmu :)

TW: Mention of death, slight mention of alcohol, mention of suicide, murder, death of a loved one, cigarettes, mental health struggles

"Welcome! You must be Ms. Y/L/N, come on in!" An older woman said as she opened the door to your new potential home. You decided a fresh start to California was needed a few years after the death of your grandma. One day you had this impulse idea to move to LA and because your grandma had left you quite a bit of money and after a few hours of googling, you had found this beautiful home in LA on the website of LA Homes Realty and packed your stuff and caught the cheapest flight out.

"Y/N is fine," you say with a smile as she gently took your hand in hers.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Darcy." she smiled and made way for you to enter. "What brings you to LA?" she asked politely. "Judging by your accent, you're not from around here."

"Oh, I'm from (where you're from) I came here for a fresh start, I like the beaches." You smile and she takes a deep breath.

"Well, this home is a classic Victorian from the 1920s built by a Doctor to the stars, as you can see it is just fabulous," she says enthusiastically and you look up to see some beautiful lights hanging from the ceiling and she takes note. "These are some real Tiffany fixtures." Not knowing what that means, you just nod and she turns back towards the door. "Everything else in the house has been updated. Are we waiting for anyone else?" She asks and you shake your head, but seeing as her back is towards you, you roll your eyes at yourself before answering her

"No, just me." you smile awkwardly, fiddling with the sleeve of your blouse.

"Oh," she shuts the door with a click, "That should be no problem," she smiles sincerely, coming back over towards you, flipping a page on her clipboard "The furnishing is from the previous owners, but if you see anything you like I'm sure the estate will be sure to sell you anything for the right price."

You take another look around with a strange feeling in your gut. When you researched about the place you had seen plenty of news articles and strange websites about the home but in your drunken haze you didn't look into it further, you probably should've. "Um, Darcy?"

"Yes, dear?" she says, taking note of your slight worry, she looks back to her clipboard

You look around again trying to think of what to say, this home is absolutely beautiful and they were asking for so much less than the market price. "Why is this place so cheap? Is there a problem with mold or-?"

"Oh, no'' she says with a weak smile but her face became a lot more serious. "Oh how did my sister do this?" she looked down, whispering to herself. You furrowed your eyebrows at her waiting for an answer "In the interest of full disclosure, I must inform you that the previous owners had packed up and left." she says

"Oh, Why did they leave?"

"I guess they found someplace better," she says awkwardly

You couldn't even fathom why anyone would just leave a house as beautiful as this so you think there must be more to the story. "What about the owners before them?"

"I- I can't tell you that I'm afraid.." she stutters

You are very confused now and many thoughts are running through your head. Maybe they were old and died? Maybe they were murdered?

"I'm going to be completely honest with you here Y/N off the record," she says and this piped your interest, you look at her as she explains "The previous owners before that had passed away in the house," she says with another weak smile