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winked at me and then laughed as the gate
opened and we began our way into the estate. The hedges were
immaculate, I stared out the window trying to make out the hundreds
of animals and designs that lined this perfect driveway, Carna
tapped my knee and I looked up at my first sighting of the Grace
estate. It took my breath away, large fountain in the front with
two statues of naked male gods beside it. The house seemed as long
as a football field and looked to be four stories high in places
with a widow’s walk clearly visible from the ground. I suddenly
felt very small and insignificant. My nerves got the best of me as
I spun my ring feverishly and said the first thing that came to
mind.
    “ Do I need to find a golden
ticket to get in?” Carna laughed and tapped my knee
again.
    “ Believe it or not Ella
this is technically my first time here as well so I think we are
all a little awestruck at the moment.” Technically her first time
here, what the hell did that mean? I was getting more confused by
the minute, and spoke again before thinking.
    “ I thought this was
the family home,
how is this technically your first time here?” She winked at me again and
took a deep breathe.
    “ Ella you are going to
learn so much over the next few days I can only tell you that our
ancestors were not nice women, we have had to keep many secrets and
that’s why this house has been empty for so long, not until now did
we think it was safe to come here to stay. Only my mother remembers
this place as a child and even that was for a short time.” I opened
the door so she didn’t see my panicked face as my imagination began
to run away with me, she had said before that she didn’t know much
about this place, but now was telling me that she had to keep
secrets, and technically this was her first time here? I took a
deep breath and kept spinning my ring as I was almost run over by a
goddess running at me, she looked like she could be Carna’s twin
only her hair was longer and she had much larger breasts that
almost popped out as she ran at me. From behind me I heard Selene
yell out.
    “ Mom, don’t hug her first
Dammit!” That didn’t stop who I could only assume was Kali from
nearly tackling me and kissing my forehead.
    “ We are so happy to finally
meet you; I have dreamed about meeting you for years but never
believed it would happen.” She spun me around taking me all in as
she embraced me again. “You have made this family so happy Delilah,
and now we are whole again.” She took a step back again just
looking me all over, making sure she saw me correctly the first
time, focusing mainly on my hair with wide eyes; she smiled as she
hugged me again with tears in her eyes.
    “ I have missed your mother
so much, I am so sorry you lost her honey.” To be honest, besides
the bitch in the backseat I couldn’t figure out why Mom would ever
leave these amazing and loving people, or keep them from me but I
guess that’s what I had come here to learn. I grabbed my bags and
we all walked toward the large double doors to our new home for the
next few months. I dropped my bags by the door and we all stopped
walking, the main room was bigger than the house I grew up in, a
giant double staircase was before me and the world’s largest
chandelier hung between the two. The windows were the size of a
luxury car, and the woodwork looked hand carved, everywhere I
looked I saw more of the same. To my left was a sitting room that
was so intricate I couldn’t imagine actually sitting my ass in it.
To my right was the biggest dining room I had ever seen, with floor
to high ceiling windows and elaborate drapes. This house had to
have over twenty bedrooms easily from the size of it not to mention
we could all see the pool out back through one of the giant
windows. This was heaven, I was officially in heaven. I smiled and
Eris put her arm around me.
    “ I can’t believe we are going to live
here, that this is our families and we are living