Glass

New home

It had been a few hours since Casey had woken up from the sedative Emma had cunningly drugged her with, it had also been a few hours since Casey's anger had hit an all time high.
She was still angry but it had subsided, she was angry at different people for different reasons.
She was angry with Stevens for relentlessly hunting Dennis and the others down and for coming up with new ways to make things hell for her and Emma.
She was definitely angry with Emma, for many reasons, although it all boiled down to her drugging her and then refusing to come with them, Casey was now worried about what had happened to her now that she was easy prey for Stevens.
Finally she was angry with The Beast for leaving Emma behind, when she woke up and realised Emma wasn't with them she had begged him to go back, pounded on his chest with her fists when he refused trying to persuade him to save her, but he just shook his head and refused, saying their safety came first and that Emma knew that. That's when she got really angry and started screaming and throwing plates, glass cups, anything she could find at The Beast until he picked her up and threw her into another room, locking the door behind him.
Now Casey was pacing up and down the room, not feeling amused by the de ja vu she was feeling. She felt a bit sorry for acting like that but after everything Emma had done for her she felt guilty that there was nothing she could do to save her.
The room she was in was a lot nicer than the one at the zoo, it had a window with a view overlooking lush green fields, the room itself was spacious and warm and had an old fashioned appearance, like something from an old victorian scene, just slightly modernised to keep up with the times. Casey couldn't picture Emma living here at all, mind you, Emma didn't strike Casey as a settling down type of person, hence why she probably didn't talk about this place before. She did wonder how Emma ended up with a property like this though, she didn't think she would go out her way to buy a house like this.
Casey was brought back to the present when the door opened gently. Casey turned to see  Hedwig's mischievous face peeking through the door.
"Hedwig is that you?" Casey asked making sure it was the nine year old boy.
"Of course, it's me, don't, don't you recognise me?" Hedwig asked with a pout.
"No, no of course I do" Casey reassured him and he smiled relaxing a bit "how've you been Hedwig?" She asked.
"I've been okay, it's been kinda lonely lately etcetera, everyone's too busy to play with me , so it gets kinda boring" Hedwig stuttered
"Well we could play a game if you want" Casey offered.
"Really,  you want to?" Hedwig's eyes lit up then as he started getting excited.
"Sure, what do you want to play?" Casey asked.
"Can we play hide and seek, it's gonna be really hard for you to find me cos this place is huge etcetera" Hedwig explained "your it start counting, no peeking etcetera" Hedwig yelled as he ran off to hide.
Casey started laughing before giving him time to find a hiding place. She left the confines of her luxury prison cell and went to look for Hedwig, who wasn't lying about the size of the house. It was huge it was set up just like the other room but was more magnificent the more she looked, complete with a spiral staircase and an incredible glass chandelier, this really didn't strike Casey as Emma's sort of place. She turned her attention back to finding Hedwig, she walked into the study, which had a small desk and computer set up, she checked under the desk but he wasn't hidden under there, Casey sighed before leaving and shutting the door before her quietly.
Casey went downstairs into the living room which was a nice dark red colour with gold around the edges of the floor and ceiling. She nearly walked into a glass table which was set up by the sofa, on it was a glass photo frame. The picture was taken somewhere on a beach, the people to Casey's surprise was a very happy Emma with her arms around a beautiful auburn haired girl with stunning emerald eyes, she seemed to be laughing at something when the picture was taken, that must be Laura, Casey thought. Emma was the happiest Casey had seen her, there was no emptiness in her expression like there usually was and she had a huge grin plastered on her face. She looked younger, like nothing worried her, Casey would have loved to have known Emma back then.
"That's the detective lady isn't it?" Hedwig's voice asked startling Casey a bit.
"Aren't you supposed to be hiding Hedwig?" She asked recovering from her, heart attack.
"I got bored, hey where is the nice detective lady, I wanted to be her friend etcetera?" Hedwig asked
"We had to leave her behind, Hedwig, she got hurt really bad" Casey explained.
"She's gonna be okay right?" Hedwig asked with a worried voice.
"I wish I knew the answer to that" Casey muttered.
Hedwig looked at her as they stood there in an awkward silence.
"Aww, I gotta go now, Mr Dennis wants the light now" Hedwig moaned.
"That's okay Hedwig, I'll see you later yeah" Casey smiled
"Okay, yeah sure, maybe we can play the new games, I found in the room I claimed"
"Yeah sounds great Hedwig, I'll see you later" Casey said impatiently, as much as she liked Hedwig, she wanted to see Dennis again so they could have a proper talk, hopefully  without any interruptions this time.
"Okay bye Casey" Hedwig said before giving the light to Dennis.
As Dennis, ran upstairs to grab some of his clothes he managed to pack before the ambush Casey stared at the picture one more time before settling on the sofa. Dennis came back inside, neatly dressed and joined her on the sofa.
Casey leaned into him as he wrapped his arms around her, they stayed like that for a long time before Dennis broke the silence.
"Your worried about Emma aren't you?"
Casey nodded before answering "I just feel guilty about leaving her there, I mean she risked everything to save us and I couldn't return the favour"
"It's not your fault Casey, Emma knew the risks and yet she still put us before herself, I'm sure you'll find a way to help her but right now she needs you safe" Dennis comforted her "besides it's hard to rescue someone if your sedated" he grinned as Casey playfully punched his shoulder, pretending to be hurt by his comment, before he brought her in for a kiss.
Casey forgot about everything that was bothering her when he did, putting her hands behind his neck as he put his hand in he hair to deepen the kiss. Dennis started unbuttoning his shirt, when Casey put her hands over his, breaking the kiss. He looked up at her, sensing he'd done something wrong.
"What is it?" Dennis whispered
"Nothing, I just think we could do this somewhere more comfortable" Casey answered in a soft tone. Dennis heaved a heavy breath as her request, in that voice, made him hard very quickly.
"Well, my room is just upstairs to the left, oh and Uhh it has a huge bed" Dennis replied nervously but excited at the same time.
Casey smiled before saying "Oh yeah, I think that'll do"
Dennis smiled back before lifting her up and carrying her to his room.

Authors note
So finally Hedwig made a full appearance, I've been waiting to write a chapter with him for a long time. So I  need your advice here guys I'm wondering whether I should do a prequel based on my character Emma Price, comment me your thoughts on that or this one I'm open to ideas.  Anyway enjoy the chapter and thanks for reading 😆.