Celeste: feathers white roses and sunflowers Book 1

Chapter 3

Celeste turns the knob and walks into her mother's simple yet beautiful home. Outside the home is grey with white trim, a dark wooden door and white climbing hydrangeas covering the front and sides of the home. Inside, the scent of vanilla and oak wood wraps you at your first step into the house and matching dark wood on the floors and walls. Yet it does not give a gloomy ambience, instead it gives you the sense of sanctuary. Celeste was there to pack up some of her mother's belongings to take back home to Connecticut.

The service was nice and was held in a small catholic church, Leo held her hand the whole time while she tried to be strong. Skylah and Luna both spoke about their Grammy while trying to fight back tears. They talked about how their Grammy snuck them candy through the stuff animals that she would send to them for their birthdays and Christmases. And that she even taught them Japanese and they are going to miss her so much. A smile grew on Celeste's face and Leo leaned to kiss her cheek. A single tear dropped from her face as she has one hand on Realta's head petting the sleeping toddler's curls and her other hand still in Leo's hand. Celeste did not speak when it was her turn, instead she squeezed Leo's hand harder and he returned a kiss on her hand and then shook his head to the priest. Celeste did not know what to say or what could she say. She does not know if she can even move her mouth or if words would come out. All she can do right now is breathe, walk and hold Leo's hand.

When Celeste walked into the house, she felt like a little girl again as she takes her shoes off at the door and puts on her mother's pink furry slippers. Walking down the small hallway Celeste glides her fingertips against the walls as she did as a child. Entering her mother's room, it still smelled like her, as of roses, white roses on a raining night. And I do not understand how but had the smell of warmth also. Celeste puts her hand on the bannister and takes a couple of breaths before starting. She then kneeled to the long dresser against the wall across of her mother's bed and starts taking clothes out, still in their neat folds sitting beside her on the floor. As she gets to the third drawer and started taking out the floral skirts something gold catches her eye, a gold string that is faintly to be seen. Celeste takes the rest of the clothing out and pulls the drawer off the track which feels a little bit heavy, this confuses her. She puts the drawer on the floor and follows the string with her fingers and it lifts the bottom board on the top. Celeste catches the lifted piece of the board and pulls it off from inside and had no idea what to expect. Her mother had this dresser since she was a little girl and she use to play in it all the time in it and never noticed this gold string or anything her mother would want to hide from anyone. Celeste puts the lifted board to the side on the floor and closes her eyes before looking inside.

"Please don't be nudes!"

She says to herself, finally looking in she gives a sigh of relief. There hidden inside were three rustic books with beautiful leather work along the spine and on the front, it looks as though the leather formed vines in the shape of a rectangle. It also looks as though something was supposed to be in the middle of the rectangles but looks scorched off. Celeste opens the first book to flipped through the pages, but they are blank to her surprise. All the pages were blank, and this book was about two-hundred pages long and not a sign of ink in sight, Celeste picks up another book and flips through it. Blank. Picks up the third, flips through it, blank.

"Why were these hidden? Mum, what is this?"

Celeste said out loud as she studies the cover.

        "Meow"

    "What the fuck!!"

Celeste screams as her soul jumps out and turns to the direction of the noise. Celeste with such confusion on her face is met with a gorgeous black cat with the most brightest golden yellow eyes.