Saving Windfall (MXM)

Chapter Sixteen: Something Hidden

~Daxera's POV~

"Dax wake up," I hear someone say while nudging me. I slowly open my eyes and see Russell standing in front of me with a towel on. "We fell asleep in the tub. It's three in the morning lets go lay down," he says quietly.

I nod then slowly get out of the water as Russ hands me a towel. I thank him then dry myself with it. I sleepily pull on the boxers Russ hands me then walk over to the bed. I yawn then fall onto it while Russ does the same. He smiles at me then pulls me closer to him, cuddling me, until sleep takes us both.

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I awake from the sound of someone knocking on the door and calling for Russ. I look over at him to see that he is still asleep.

"Hold on," I call to the door. I am satisfied when the knocking stops then I begin to shake Russ awake. "Wake up sweetheart. Someone is at the door for you," I say as he slowly opens his eyes. He looks at me funny, then reaches up for a kiss. I kiss him back then he sits up.

"Who is it?" He calls to whoever is at the door.

"It's me, Emma." Russ immediately gets out of bed then walks over to the door and unlocks it. Emma opens the door then hugs Russell as she cries.

"I can't believe Oliver is sick. I can't live without him," she says while sobbing into his shoulder.

"We'll think of something Emma. For now, just try to relax. Dax and I are going to talk to your dad and see what more he knows," Russ tells her. She nods slowly then lets go of him.

"Ok. He is in the basement," Emma says, still sounding upset. Russ hugs her lightly again then walks to his closet while Emma leaves.

"Where are my clothes?" I ask after realizing that I have no idea where my clothes are. Russ smiles and points to his second closet that I had apparently not noticed.

"One of the girls put all of your clothes away," I nod slightly, getting off the bed and walk to the closet.

"I could have done this myself," I complain as I open the closet door. My jaw drops at what I see. All of my shirts have been arranged by color perfectly in a rainbow from black, across the spectrum, to white. "I commend whoever it was who did this... but I am far too lazy to keep it this amazing like it is," I say, making Russ chuckle.

A few minutes after looking through my clothes, I decide on a simple black tee and shorts. I look to see what Russ has picked to wear, seeing that he decided on shorts and a tee as well.

"Alright, let's go see John," Russ says as he opens the door. I follow him out into the hallway, closing the door behind me, then down the stairs.

Russ turns away from the main doors and walks down the huge hallway. I follow as I look around at the interior. I am surprised to see that it doesn't look like a normal mansion you'd see in the movies that hardly looks like someone lives there. Instead, it has a light sky blue ceiling with brown walls and maple wood floors.

The house definitely looks lived in and occasionally I see a few marks, resembling wolf scratches, on some of the walls and floors. From being distracted by the mansion, I walk into Russ then fall to the floor with a thud.

"Careful darling," Russ lightly chuckles, causing me to blush as I stand up. He opens the door we are standing at, and walk down the steps while I follow. "John you down here?" Russ calls. For a second, no one answers as we walk, but then I hear a voice call from below.