America's Princess (Random Updates)

Chapter 4

"It's not much since I'm not home very often but I hope it will be okay," Olivia said as she dropped her keys onto the table by the door, missing the bowl that the keys were supposed to go in.

"No security?" Victor asked noticing that she didn't type in any sort of code to disarm the house.

"I have the gate," she frowned in confusion.

"You need more than that," North frowned as he looked around. "You live in this large house all by yourself with no security?"

She sighed and cleared her throat nervously, "Ava and Uncle stay here occasionally."

"Oh?" Ben asked curiously.

"Well," she said looking around then dropped her hands to her sides, "let me show you around." She pointed up the stairs, "Three floors, um, eight bedrooms, sorry you'll have to double up if you decide to stay here. But there is an art room, a library, an office, and a gym," she said with hope in her voice.

"We have no problem doubling up," Luke beamed.

"Besides me," Ben chuckled, "I will have my own room, they can double up, Little One, it's nothing new for them."

"So are you really all related?" She asked curiously as she headed to the kitchen and grabbed some grapes out of the fridge. She popped a couple in her mouth then held out the bag.

"Thank you," North smiled as he took some. "Lucian and I are the only ones related to Uncle. The rest are our best friends. We've been best friends forever so Uncle has just accepted them as our brothers. We have a saying we live by."

"What's that?" she asked curiously.

"Family is a choice not blood," they said in unison.

"Family is a choice not blood," she repeated softly then smiled, "I like it." She slapped the counter and stood back up. "Well, it's getting late, and William will have a cow if I sleep in. I don't need to deal with that right now."

"Does he get mad at you a lot?" Uncle asked softly.

"Did you pack some clothes before you hit the road, or do you need the gate code to get back in?" She asked trying to change the subject. "Ava stocked up the place before the concert so there's all sorts of stuff, help yourself to whatever you want. If you want anything specific, just write it on the pad on the fridge and I'll make sure Ava gets it from the store. Here's the code if you need to leave," she wrote something down on the pad, "good night and thank you for coming."

"Little One," Ben said making her stop in the doorway and turn to look at him. "We will be talking in the morning." She nodded and he smirked, "off to bed now."

Minutes after she left the room Luke came back into the kitchen with fury on his face. "What?" North asked curiously as his mind began to spin.

"She has three locks on her door," Luke whispered trying to remain calm. "I HEARD three different locks after she shut the door."

"Why the fuck would she have three locks on her door?" Gabe asked.

"We are not jumping to conclusions, Boys," Uncle said trying to remain calm. "We need more information before you do anything rash."

"But—" Gabe started to protest.

"He's right," Owen nodded, "we need more details before coming to a conclusion. It could very well be her only way of insuring privacy since she has different people coming in and out her house." He said pointing to the calendar that had schedules of housekeeping, make up artists, wardrobe people, videographers, photographers, and others. "We cannot make assumptions right now."

"Oh come on—" Gabe started to say but stopped seeing the looks on Uncle and Owen's faces. "Fine."

"Just go get your spare clothes for now since it's already one in the morning," Uncle said yawning. "Gabe can go shopping later. Let's try and get some sleep, Boys."

"Yeah, that's not going to fucking happen," North grumbled.

Uncle shook his head, "at least try."

They all muttered under their breaths but headed out to their cars to grab their spare clothes. Uncle chuckled as he watched them grumble while they paired up and went their separate ways for the night. He looked around and shook his head, yeah this was definitely going to be difficult and different from any other case they've ever had. Something was going on here, he couldn't quite put his finger on it, but he knew once he figured it out, everything for him and his family would change. He just hoped it was for the better. He sighed and began walking around the house, locking all the doors and windows before finding a spare room and crashing on the bed in hopes of getting a little sleep.