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Colt said to Alec. He glanced down and saw me holding onto Alec’s arm like it was my lifeline. Colt frowned but didn’t say anything.
“Sure.”
Alec nodded. He steered me to our car and opened the door for me.
Sliding in the driver’s seat, he put the envelope on the dash before starting the car. He didn’t ask me anything or even try to get me to talk. Instead, he started the car and followed Colt. Instead, he put his hand on my thigh as I watched the packhouse fade away.
Was made our way through the little town that has been growing until we got to the outskirts. I remember very clearly as a child how overgrown the brush was in this area but now it was cleared out. A small driveway was partially hidden when Colt turned down it. Alec creeped along as we looked at the amazing scenery around us. Thick, lush trees that hadn’t been touched by man filled the hole around until it opened up and a beautiful two-story house sat in front of us.
The paint was chipping but the structure looked good.
Alec stopped the car as short distance away so I could see the whole thing and take it in. It looked like it weather had got to it.
A white screen sat in front of a wooden door. I noticed the brushes and different tools off to the side as I got out of the vehicle and started walking towards it.
The bushes had been trimmed and new flowers were planted in the flower beds. No doubt Penny wanted to get out of the house for a little in the middle of the day. There was even a decent size tree with a little baby swing hanging from a branch. The swing was stained from sitting rain water and years worth of neglect but knowing my mother put it up there for Colt and I to use one day was warming.
Colt and Penny didn’t talk but just watched me walk around as if I was taking it all in. The trash bags were filled with scrapped off paint, rags with spider webs on them and a very distinct smell of bleach around them. There was cu shions with mold growing on them next to the trash bags. Looking on the porch, they must have replaced the moldy ones with new ones. What caught my eye, Penny chose a fabric that was almost identical to the one that mom had chosen.
If I had any tears left to give, I probably would have. However, I was just going through the emotions at this point. Walking up the steps, Colt opened the front door for me. Penny had already walked in and was standing in the living room. There was a closet to my left. The wall extended and the T.V was mounted to the wall. The livingroom opened up to my right. It was a good sized livingroom with two dark grey couches facing eachother and two matching black recliners directly in front of the T.V. A glass coffee table sat between the couches. An off grey rug extended between the two couches but came up short for the recliners. The wood floor appeared to be original with the tiny slats.
Everything had wear spots like it was used but still in good shape. My first impression was homy. It was the type of house you could walk into and put your feet up on the couch without worrying anyone would be upset. Pictures were on the wall. I recognized our mother’s parents from other pictures dad showed us. Since mom was the only child, I assumed the dated baby pictures were of her. The mantel had pictures in a gold frame of who I assumed was mom growing up. One from when she was around nine months and then when she was many five or six. The next was her high school prom and finally a picture of her and dad with a swollen belly. They looked so in love.
“I kept everything as I found it. I wanted you to see it before we made any changes to it.”
Penny said, pulling my attention away from the pictures.
“If there is anything you want to take with you, just let me know.”
Colt said as he came up beside me. He took the picture I was just looking at and held it in his hands.
“I’m not getting rid of anything but I’ll put them in a safe place.”
“You’re right. This is just how I would have pictured it.”
I whispered as I looked around. I kept noticing more things the longer I looked. The white ceiling fan that had a gold pinstripe design to it. The curtains were a solid sheer white that covered the wooden blinds. Even the faded white paint on the walls that desperately needed touched up.
“Over here is the kitchen with a small bathroom in the hallway.”
Penny said as she left the kitchen. The doorway was larger than a traditional/doorway but still just a doorway. The kitchen was an L-shaped layout with cabinets lining the left wall, just after another doorway that lead into the hall. A large island sat in the middle with three stools and a small table pushed against the right wall.
I could see and smell the wood refinisher that Penny used to clean the light stained oak cabinets. The golden handles were shiny. Even the floral wallpaper that covered the kitchen was faded but cleaned. The wooden floors extended into the kitchen and from what I could see, down the hall. More pictures of mom and dad or our grandparents hung on the wall. There was one with a large number of people in it that I wasn’t sure who they all were.
“That is mom’s family.”
Colt said coming up to me.
“Dad told me who everyone was: Not sure I’ll
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her parents and siblings.”
“There are like twelve…”
“Yeah, grandma had eleven siblings. The women moved on with their mates. Penny has been trying to track them down to see if we have any other family out there.”
“Did dad not know?”
I looked at Colt.
“He wasn’t sure. It wasn’t a priority for him at the time and when things started falling into place, he had to seal this place up so it would be safe.”
It was all I could do to nod. Things must have been really bad for him to felt the need to preserve this place. The front door opened and Jacob walked in. As soon as his eyes locked on mine, I ran up to him and hugged him tightly. He returned my hug, wrapping his arms tightly around me. It had been so long since I seen him and it just dawned on me how much I missed him. I missed our friend group. I missed getting pizza at the parlor, or going to the club.
“Hey, Ice.”
Jacob laughed as he let me go.
“It’s been a long time since I seen you. I tried to give him a smile.
“I know. You have been… busy.”
Jacob reached around him and pulled Sherry against him.
“Sherry. It’s good to see you.”
I immediately felt bad for hugging Jacob. I knew she had a rough time accepting him and I’m sure seeing him hug another girl wasn’t easy. Especially one that she only had met like twice.
“I’m good. I really like being here and Jacob and I have really come a long way in this short time.”
Sherry looked up at Jacob.
“I’m sorry for your loss.”
She said after a moment and looked back at me.
After a moment of silence, Penny spoke up.
“Would you like to continue to tour?”
Alec was just standing in the corner with his hands in his pockets, just letting me take it all in. Jacob walked up to Alec and shook his hand as I followed Penny down the hall.
“That is a bathroom.”
Penny turned the light on. It was directly behind the kitchen wall. It was a basic bathroom with the same wooden floor. The vanity was light blue with a white counter top and a blue sink.
The toilet was light blue and so was the tub. She had it decorated in a water theme with she-shells and sea-horses on the shower curtain.
“Here is the master bedroom with on-suit and this is the stairs.”
There was a door next to the bathroom
When penny opened it, it revealed a massive bedroom. There was a four-poster bed with white lace hanging down. The bed was made with a white down comforter. There was probably a dozen pillows of front and center and was all hand stitched.
Picking it up, I smelled it. It didn’t have a smell to it.
“Do you want to keep that?”
Colt asked.
Looking at it, I traced the letters.
“No, it should stay here. I’m not a Jeffrey anymore.”
Setting it back down, I saw double doors. It was open enough that it was a closet and I’m sure the bathroom went under the stairs.
Colt opened the door to the stairs. Only Penny and Alec followed me. I noticed Jacob and Sherry sat down on the couch, as if to give us space. The L-shaped stairs opened up into a living area. There was a couch and few rocking chairs with pink and blue baby toys. Matching playmates sat along the wall with matching teething toys or rattlers. The only difference, one was blue and one was pink. There was huge windows that over looked a backyard and into the forest.
The wooden floors kept going but was covered by a large colorful rug. It had the rainbow on it, the numbers and different toddler stuff on it. It seems our mother was making this our play room. Her excitement caused her to get things that we didn’t need yet. It was like looking at a could-have-been life.
“There are bedrooms down here.”
Colt said as he walked out of this room and into a hallway. We followed him to the first bedroom. It was covered in a light pink with a dark stained wooden crib against the far wall. A changing table and dresser each claimed a fall with decals of different flowers on the walls. The crib set was pink and purple flowers with a matching blanket hanging off it. Like the rest of the house, a large rug at in the middle but continued the floral theme mom apparently picked out for me.
“Those boxes are clothes and blankets that she had picked out. I boxed them up for you to take if you want. You don’t have to but if you wanted to use them on your own child, you could. I left this blanket here just because that is how she had it but obviously, all the bedding and crib is yours. Everything in this room is yours.”
Penny said, quietly.
I was so numb I wasn’t sure what to say. Kids was the furthest thing from my mind that I didn’t even think what I might want. However, I knew I didn’t not want the option.
“How about we take everything and we can put it in our storage and when we have kids, you can decide what you want?”
Alec came up beside me and put his hand on my lower back.
“Okay.”
I was thankful he stepped up and answered for me. I wasn’t sure what to think, say or even feel.
“My room was pretty much the same just blue.”
Colt said as he walked to another room. I followed him but instead of flowers, he had a wolf or animal theme. Decals of a large wolf sat behind a wooden toy chest. His room was mainly blues, grays and blacks but the furniture was the same.
“There is a bathroom across the hall and a guest room at the end. That is the room I have been staying in.”
Penny said.
I didn’t realize how late it had gotten when I heard Colt’s stomach growl. Penny looked at him and smirked as he put his arm around her.
“Are you going to Florida to see what the key reveals?”
Colt asked.
“Yeah, when things get figured out here we will.”
“Hopefully sooner than later.”
Colt walked out of his old bedroom and down the hall. I followed him but stopped one last time in my room.
“Do you want me to carry theses down?”
Alec asked.
“Yes, please.”
Alec and Colt both grabbed a box and headed down stairs. There wasn’t anything on the dresser so I assumed Penny put all that in the boxes. Grabbing the blanket, I followed them down.
“Jacob, go get the other box.”
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