Love Or lust?

Chapter 7: Arrival

We were all quiet as we drove along, all three of us staring out the window, admiring the lush greenery on the pathways. Turned out the driver wasn't One to talk much, which meant that the silence was totally comfortable.

Carpet grasses laid on every house we passed so far, the height of most houses here was imposing, big, beautiful houses decorated this place and when we made a turn i couldn't help but gasp at the beautiful water fountain that graced the outside of a big beautiful building, the words'THE MARRIOT'S 'written in bold letters and I figured maybe it was a hotel.
I hear a honk and turn quickly only to discover that the honk was actually coming from our car,a man runs out of a tiny building and proceeds to open the gate, smiling wildly when we drove past him, maybe he was a friend of the Jacobson's.

Tiny coloured stones decorate the ground, and they were all in the shape of love. The buildings were similar to the ones we came across on the way, but the similarity ended in just the height.

Unlike the ones we came across this ones were all covered with glass like shiny things that seemed to sparkle in the light Sun, all the houses were on a roll and when i counted they were all ten in number. The houses were painted cloud grey and white, and none of the paints looked old, they were new and shiny. The White glistened and the grey was completely spotless.

The driver made an abrupt stop in front of one of the houses, this one had the number 10 written in bold letters on a gold plate which seemed to have been nailed on the wall. I turn to scan the houses quick and figured out that all the houses had numbers on their walls also and the Jacobson's being number ten were the last.

"Welcome" the driver says simply and begins picking up our boxes and taking them inside. I hear faint noises inside, a loud laugh breaking the almost tangible silence. I cringe and turn towards Amelia who is staring intently at the shiny coloured stones on the ground. I know she's scared to go in there and so am I.

I turn just in time to see Diego taking deep breaths with his hand on his chest, he seemed to be trying to steady his heartbeats, great that made us three. He catches me staring and offers a small smile that looked more like a grimace.

"Let's go in"he mouths and gestures with his head towards the driver who was waiting patiently for us, well, here goes nothing

I take a breath just as Amelia takes one and we both step into the house.