The
next morning found Catriogwyn at her Great-Aunt’s estate, waiting for the
attorneys to arrive. She got out of her rental car that she'd picked up earlier
that morning, and smoothed imaginary wrinkles out of her dress. She’d arrived
fifteen minutes early so she could get a look at the house and the grounds,
just in case Prudence had, indeed, left the property to her.
The
front yard needed a little work, but it seemed that someone had been doing
their best to continue some kind of upkeep. She slowly made her way through the
front yard and stood in the middle, looking at the house.
It was
in pretty decent shape. Painted white with blue shutters, it looked in better
condition than the yard. Every shutter was in place, every board on the porch
looked almost new. Someone had obviously taken great care in making sure the
house didn’t fall apart. She briefly wondered who it could’ve been, then
decided she probably didn’t want to know. She shook her head and made her way
into the backyard.
The
back was a completely different story than the front. It needed severe weeding
and mowing. There was what appeared to be a grapevine trying to take over,
fighting among the overgrown grass and plethora of weeds. As she climbed
through the jungle that was pretending to be a yard, she took notice of the
rose bushes peeking over some extremely tall weeds. There were so many
different colors, she felt as if she was walking toward a rainbow that she
could touch.
©Blood Lust by DJ Shaw (coming Feb. 27th)
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