Roxy

chapter 27: out with the old

We stayed in the hallway for about an hour. No one said anything. Everyone was sobbing on the floor. Well except for Ronan, he was on a wheelchair.

James left us a while ago saying he would be back, but I really didn't care.

The maid I yelled at came back giving Raelynn back to Ruby. But Ruby begged her to take care of her for a while, knowing she didn't have the strength to. The maid nodded and walked away with Raelynn.

I however, haven't moved for the past hour. I was lying on my side facing the wall. I felt a presence behind me but I didn't bother to turn around.

"Roxanna" I heard James voice and I immediately became irritated.

"What" I spat.

"I need to show you something."

"Does it have to be now." I said, irritation dripping from my voice.

"Let me put it this way. The sooner I show you this, the sooner we will be able to start planning our revenge against Fernando Del Castillo." He said making me sigh and get up.

I looked around and saw Ronan's head hanging low in his wheelchair. If not for how I felt right now, I would have laughed at the fact that he was wearing a hospital gown.

At the left corner of the hallway I saw Rolland on the floor leaning against the wall. His knees were to his chest and his head was hung low as well.

At the other end of the hallway I saw Ranger sprawled all over the floor facing the ceiling.

They look so broken, why would life do this to us? Ranger, he is so young. He's only ten for Pete sake. He was hardly blinking. I can't find Ruby anywhere.

"Don't worry about them, they'll be fine. Let's go." James said walking away. I looked at my siblings one last time and followed James. We passed an indoor balcony that was overlooking the lower floor.

I hadn't really had time to admire the house we were in. It was absolutely breathtaking. The pillars that were so high up from the ground floor to the roof. The chandeliers that hung literally everywhere.

The beautiful and unique paintings that were on the walls. The beautiful golden doors that led to some room. The cream colored walls and red carpet on the floor.

James noticed me looking around."It's yours."

"Huh?"

"The mansion it's in your name, along with a few other things I want to show you. We'll have a tour of the house later. Right now, I want to show you something very important." He said as we descended down the spiral staircase.

We finally reached the ground floor and I followed James to the front door. It was absolutely huge, a tractor can fit through it with ease. I saw two men wearing uniforms at both sides of the door. Once they saw us coming their eyes widened and they rushed to open the magnificent door.

As we were passing I noticed them bowing. I gave James a questioning look.

"What are they doing?" I asked.

"They're showing respect to their new Queen." He said making me even more confused, but I didn't have the strength to question further.

We walked out of the house and the sight in front of me was absolutely gorgeous. There was a lot of stairs descending the huge mansion. You can see all the way to the magnificent gate from here.

There were two driveways, one leading to the front of the mansion. The other was leading to a smaller building at the side of perimeter. The driveway was separated by  beautiful fountains leading all the way to the front of the mansion. On either side of the driveway were surrounded by beautiful trees.