House of Seasons

Chapter 2 || 🌳 || Blue Platnium Card

It was getting a little too hot for my liking. I've never liked summer, but what I always used to say to myself was, "The Earth is the House of all Seasons, it controls the temperature like emotions." So, I told myself that again and it made me feel quite better than I've been these past couple of weeks. It was only August, and it was still hot in Illinois. This weekend I spent time going to the mall, cherishing the summer mall before it ends. I walked, my shoes making sounds every time I took a step, I walked into this store. I picked out a few pieces of clothing that I thought were cute, then I headed home. I waited for Chester to pick me up and I saw someone watching me, he was in a black suit and with black glasses. I didn't mind it and I looked away, Chester finally pulled up and I got into the car. "I thought you weren't allowed to drive yet!" I exclaimed as I put my seatbelt on. "Like our parents give a fuck, besides I would have to wait for your fat bitch ass." He replied, he always called me fat and it didn't make me feel better. I was skinny and all at least that's what I thought, my friends said I had an hour glass body. Hopefully they weren't lying. "Can you stop it...that doesn't make me feel any better." I murmur, then he would look at me and roll his eyes. "Sensitive bitch." He would say while coughing to 'try' to cover up what he said. We were on the highway when I noticed a black car following our every move before the car took a exit on the freeway, going a different way. Like I said I don't pay that much to that stuff because I have better things to do than observe everything that is unusual.

We got home and I tried on my clothes in my room. They fit me perfectly and I was only a size medium, was that fat? Never mind I thought before getting into some comfy clothes and reading a book. I've always liked books, and it was a get away for me because no one liked to pay attention to me, nor want to talk to me besides my friends. Zane then barges in "You got something in the mail from-" He hesitated before continuing "S.S." He would hand the letter to me and I would take it, setting my book down. "Thanks, I never knew you went to go get the mail all the time." I smile as I look at Zane, "Thank you for doing that.." "No problem, by the way you're giving me information on who that is. I don't like when my sister talks to someone I don't know." He says in a protective tone before leaving my room. I open the letter, it had that red stamp with the letter S on it, so it took some time to open it. When I read the letter it said "Dear Cleo Grace, this is the family of the Stones. We would like to inform you that you have inherited 67.8 billion dollars in total from Sylvester Stone. We would be honored if you would come to our mansion. The address is 3789, Rose Burry street." After I finished the letter I covered my mouth in shock, my hands were shaking and I dropped the letter. Before I started crying I checked for any conformation that this was true because in that particular moment, I didn't believe a word until I found something, a mini platinum card that I've never seen before. It was blue and it a little note next to it, it say '67.8 billion dollars is on this card, use it wisely.' Then I started crying. I didn't want to tell my brothers nor my family because they wouldn't use any of this information wisely. And I knew this would be bad not telling them but, they weren't my siblings, they were step siblings that I never knew and never wanted to know. So I kept it as a secret.

That Monday I took a day off from school to go visit the mansion. I drove myself there, even though I wasn't supposed to but I did. As I pulled up to the mansion it looked, like an 'old money house' is how I would describe it. I noticed two guards at the gate two burly men guarding the house. I parked across the street and got out of the car, heading to the house. As I stopped infront of one of the guards, he spoke "Step back, we need to know who you are and who you are from." He said in a stern voice before gently pushing me back, he had a gun so I didn't try to do anything. "I-..I'm Cleo Grace! The girl who inherited Mr. Smiths money?" I mumbled nervously, they were scaring me with that gun and they were both very muscular so I did not want to get beat up. The two guards looked at each other before one of them said to me, "You may head in Ms. Grace." And with that they opened the gates, and I entered.