House of Secrets

Chapter Six

I am Stella Marie Bronestone, at only five months old I was forced into a life that I was not given. My real parents were hidden from me. My aunt who took her sister's identity took me in as her child. She would not let me go outside alone, I never knew the real life world. Rose kept me from friends, boyfriends, traveling. Even working a job to get a car was not a choice for me. Carl, the person who was acting as my dad for years, did not dare stand up to her. He was just as scared as Trinity was that night I was taken from her.

For 18 years I lived a lie, all because Rose couldn't handle the fact she lost her baby. She couldn't face her family or friends, so she created this plan. Making tunnels to hide her sister, then her parents when they would not go along with her plan. She told lies to Ryan about Trinity running off with another man. Carl was acting like they slept together to add to the story line. Rose was getting family photos, and clothes together to shove down the tunnels. She made it like a home for them. A kitchen, bathroom, living area, and bedrooms. Not that Trinity wanted to be down there.

The night Trinity went into labor with me, Carl was waiting at the house. He set up the cameras to catch my grandparents first. He failed when they showed up to be with Trinity. Rose told him to wait, the time would soon come for them to lay the plan in motion. While the whole family was at the hospital Rose got sent to the medical wing, where she gave birth to a still born baby. The heart was still beating though, so they put the baby in an incubator. The Baby girl did not make it. Trinity felt bad and offered to have Rose be my Godmother. Rose was not having it.

Once Trinity brought me home, Rose felt jealous. She wanted a baby to hold and love. One night she picked me up and held me. Made it seem like nothing was wrong. Rose then knew if she wanted a baby to show everyone she had to take one. Who else better than to steal one from then your own sister? Rose waited and waited until the one night where Trinity would be home alone with me. Rose had Carl drug Trinity and move her to the tunnels, Rose quickly thought of calling her parents saying someone broke into the house and took Trinity. They both rushed home where they were greeted by two men in all black clothes. They drugged them and took them to the tunnels. When everyone woke up that is when they were greeted by Rose.

"Since I lost my baby, and you guys wouldn't help with my plan to take Trinity's baby you get to stay locked away with her until I find it right for you to meet her," Rose said before leaving.

Rose would send down food and water to make sure they had things they needed while down there. In the meantime she took over Trinity's identity only telling two people, Amy and Dawson. Making sure her tracks were covered. You see Rose thought of the perfect plan, until I chose to figure out why I heard noises. Dylan became my only friend over the years. I was trapped inside the house, I did not know what it was like to be touched to be a boy, or have feelings for a boy. I was never allowed to leave. Whenever I asked why I couldn't leave the house Rose told me stories about how the outside world was horrible and that I would get hurt.

Little did she realize as time went on I would be allowed to play outside. Dylan, who was my only friend, began to hang around more. Byt the time we were teenagers Rose and Carl knew that if I had to marry someone they would want it to be Dylan. I was never in charge of my own future. Until I was about 17. I was at that age where tv would show you a lot about dating. I started to want that, I started to want someone to be with. I told Rose hoping she would understand and let me out of the house. But she wouldn't do that. Instead she had a strange person come over and show me what it was like to date someone in the real world.

After the person left Dylan snuck in through my window and held me while I cried. She told Carl it was my fault for wanting to see how a real date would be like. When they guy would touch you and you wouldn't like it. Only I knew the plan so I told the person I was not into him. He hugged me and said it was okay. He was 16 and did not want to date for another year anyways. We stayed friends after that. Once Rose and Carl realized I was a lot different than they thought I should have been, they left me home alone with Dylan.