𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦

6- The Strange House (𝙳𝙴𝚂𝙲𝚁𝙸𝙿𝚃𝙸𝚅𝙴 𝚅𝙸𝙾𝙻𝙴𝙽𝙲𝙴)

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~𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇~

Love is climbing into a dark prison just to smuggle in a single spark, for that glowing ember can ignite hope, the Olympic torch of the ages.

~Angela Abraham

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𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟔: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄

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𝚆𝙰𝚁𝙽𝙸𝙽𝙶: 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚡𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚎
! 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 !

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This strange house is giving me chills. As if its walls are holding all the secrets of laughter and love and happiness from the past but now it's just lonely like the people in it. The floor underneath me was old and the air around me was cold enough to make me freeze. I walked into the dark hallway. It leads me to where some sunlight was coming in. As I reached there, a window was opened on my right side and stairs were leading up beside the big window. Lights were out on the first floor. 

I hope I don't get lost in this strange and creepy house. 

"Ma'am?" a voice called right when I needed it the most. I turned around and saw there was standing the same maid all confused "where are you going?" she asked looking upstairs and then at me, while I was standing on the second step of the stairs. 

"Umm, I was searching for you," I said and walked down the stairs "who...lives there?" I asked pointing upstairs.

"Mr Kai and his family used to live up there but nowadays it's just Mr Kai," she told me "and we are not allowed to go upstairs without his permission, Ma'am"

Honestly, this ma'am thing is pissing me right now.

"Is that so?" I looked up again to see something so I can figure out what's up there but it was dark and I couldn't see a thing "Can I have a cup of coffee?"

"Sure, I will bring it to your room"

"No! I mean I am so tired of sitting in my room" I cried "come on! I won't eat you" I chuckled but she didn't and was looking at me so strangely "but please don't call me ma'am again, this thing is so annoying. You can call me Valeria?." 

She chuckled "Okay, Miss Valeria" and then she took me to the kitchen. I sat on the stool beside the black counter. She started making coffee. 

This seems like a nice time to know more about Kai and his family through her but where should I start?

"So what's your name?" I asked she turned to me "it's Emily." "Nice your name is so beautiful" I complimented as her face cherished and she passed a contagious smile "So, Emily how old are you?" her smile faded wasting no time and I suddenly realized the question I asked. 

"No no no, I mean how long have you been working here?" I slept my head in my mind. Stupid! 

"Oh, I was here since Kaiden was a baby" she replied, I sighed in relief and she continued  "he use to run all around the house with Kinsey." Kinsey? That's the second new name I heard since yesterday. "Whenever they both get together there's only trouble in the house and her mother was all fed up of their naughtiness."