Stephan bought enough food to feed an army. “There is no way you’ll eat all that.”
He shrugged. “I know, but I don’t know if I’ll like some of it so I got a bunch to try.”
Shaking my head at his wastefulness I ate my cheeseburger and fries.
Brand drove us to a new estate. “I’ll show you the neighborhood first, before we go to the house.”
“Sounds good,” I said. Stephan grunted next to me.
The houses around were big, but not as massive as the ones we’d been looking at. We drove for a good ten minutes before Brand parked in front of a house at the end of the cul-de-sac. It was single story house, dark beige on the outside with a two-car garage. The front door and garage were brown. The fence was high but blended in well. The white gates with the lush green garden surrounding it made the house straight away feel more homey then a prison. I liked what I saw so far.
I was eager to see more. I got out of the car only to be stopped by Owen. “Stay close. I haven’t swept this one.”
I resisted the urge to roll my eyes.
“Owen, no one knew until about just over half an hour ago we were coming here.”
“Princess, a lot can happen in that time.”
I sighed, not only did I hate the name they had for me, I knew I’d never win if I argued. “Fine. I’ll stay close.”
Glancing around I looked for the realtor we’d been with, but I couldn’t see his car. “Where’s the dick we’ve been with? I knew he would have had to get the keys, but we detoured twice with food and looking around the neighborhood.”
Brand and Owen chuckled. Stephan came to me and wrapped his arms around me gathering me to him. “The car pulling up now will be the real estate agent. ”
I turned to see a red sports car, not the black BMW. Had the guy changed cars? A woman in her late forties or early fifties got out of the car, she wore a black suit. She came over with a smile on her face.
“Hi. I’m Susan Randal. I believe my associate showed you the other properties.” She held her hand out to me first.
I liked this realtor.
Shaking her hand, I smiled. “Nice to meet you. I’m Jade.”
“Hi, Jade.”
Stephan shook her hand. “Hi, Mrs. Randal, I’m Stephan, Stephan Silverman. The two men with us are our security.”
I glanced over to see both Owen and Brand give a slight nod of acknowledgement.
“Nice to meet you, Mr. Silverman, and please call me Susan.”
“Thanks, Susan.” I smiled at her.
“Well now that the introductions are out of the way, let’s go look at the house.” Susan pulled keys out of her pocket and used them to open the gate.
Owen went first and we followed him. The garden was established with large shrubs and a colorful garden of flowers. The front yard was a decent size.
“The house is just over five years old and the previous owners have only just moved out as they moved overseas.” We followed Susan. She opened the door and again Owen went in first.
We entered into a hall with grey tiles. The walls were beige and darker skirting boards. We walked down and it veered in two directions. We went right and came to a huge open plan kitchen, dining room, and behind us a lounge room. Then we walked further down passed the nice size kitchen with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, and white wooden cupboards to a decent size family room. Going back we took the other route coming out to a door and hall, opening the door we stepped down into a large dark room with only one window, it was the entertainment room. My excitement grew the more I saw. This house was wonderful. We left the entertainment room and walked further down the other hall and saw two decent size rooms, a study and the last bedroom was huge with an en suite, and walk-in wardrobe.
Susan talked about the house but I didn’t really listen. I was too busy dreaming, the house was perfect. I let go of Stephan’s hand and explored. The more I looked the more I fell in love. This was my dream home. This house was more than I could ever hoped to have. I loved it.
Without realizing, I was bouncing around leaving everyone behind me. The house had a homey feeling. You could move into it and it wouldn’t feel like a show home. Going back to Stephan I grabbed his hand and Brand’s pulling them to the back door. I couldn’t wait to go the outside. I prayed it had a backyard for Fido. They both laughed at me, but I didn’t care.
Owen was outside and he smiled when he saw me. The yard was huge, circling the entire house. The neighbors were a good distance away but close enough I knew they were there.
“Well take it.” I heard Stephan say. “I’ll pay asking price and give them an extra ten percent if we can have early settlement, and they’ll be extra for you if you can have the paperwork to us ASAP. There’s a lot that needs to be done in time for us to move in.”