Chapter 14
The night went by so fast and morning arrived, soon after Bradley’s alarm began to ring, Audrey hated when his roommate’s alarm woke him up so he decided to ignore it and sleep back.
He didn’t expect to sleep for so long after the alarm rang as he woke up around 9:00am, immediately he woke up he smacked himself for waking up so late and hurriedly went to the bathroom to have his bath. Immediately he dressed up, he put a call through to Stephanie but she didn’t pick up. “Maybe she hasn’t woken up yet” he thought.
So he decided to use the opportunity to book a flight from the airline’s website. He decided to make their flight for 4pm that day, after he had done all that he decided to get some breakfast for himself and use the opportunity to check up on Stephanie.
“Knock knock” he said
” Who’s there” Mirabel asked
” It’s me ” he replied
The door was then opened for him, on entering Stephanie’s room he was shocked to see only Mirabel in it
“Where’s Steph” he asked.
” I’m sorry she stepped out for a bit, she got an urgent call from home ” Mirabel said.
” What do you mean she got a call from home, do you mean she flew to Boston this morning without telling me” Audrey began fretting, in his mind Stephanie had decided to hide from him because she was scared of meeting his family.
” No, no you are misinterpreting me Mr lover boy” Mirabel teased ,” she got a call from home to check up on her aunt who lives nearby, she’s a bit down so she was asked to give her some drugs” Mirabel continued.
” And I know you guys are going to Ohio together that’s why I’m here packing her bags and that’s probably why she didn’t pick your call because she left it here” Mirabel reassured him
He felt relaxed after he heard what Mirabel had told him; she didn’t run away after all.
” So when is she coming back?” He asked
“Very soon, before noon you will see her. By then I would have finished packing her things,” she said.
“Thank you very much, you’ve been such a good friend to her and I really appreciate it” Audrey thanked Mirabel. .
Instead of leaving he decided to stay behind and wait for her so he could ensure she was safe and alright.
30 minutes later, Stephanie stormed into the room looking all tired and worn out, apparently she had been running as she thought that she had missed the flight that Audrey had booked, it worried herself so much because she didn’t want to disappoint him and she wasn’t even sure what time he had booked the flight.
As she entered the room she was shocked to see Audrey already waiting in the room , she felt relieved.
” Wow you came early ” she said in surprise.
” I’m sorry I had an errand to run for my parents”she continued
” It’s fine, I understand Mirabel already told me about it, she’s such a good friend ” He noted, she smiled .
” Thank God I hadn’t booked the flight earlier, anyways our flight is for 4pm which means we have to leave here by 3 ” he added.
“Alright” she said
They both then decided to leave the room that moment and not wait for 3pm as earlier said since Mirabel had earlier packed her clothes and she trusted Mirabel’s judgment when it comes to clothings.
They arrived at the LaGuardia airport at exactly 3:30pm in preparation for their flight to Ohio by 4pm.
“All passengers scheduled for the 4pm flight to Ohio should proceed to the departure lounge immediately” the announcer declared.
They immediately did as instructed and ensured that they obeyed her instructions to the latter. Soon after the plane took off and Stephanie slept off as she was very tired.
They finally arrived at Cleveland – Hopkins International airport in Ohio which also caters for local flights and he called his family to tell them that he had arrived in town.
His father immediately sent his driver to pick him up from the airport.
On getting to the Brown residence, Stephanie was amazed at the magnificent edifice that stood in her front; she didn’t imagine Audrey’s house to be so big and mighty. She felt maybe it’s just a house that belongs to all werewolves in their conclave since she usually read in books that they live a communal life.
She wondered how the interior would look if the building was that magnificent and beautiful.
“Come in” Audrey said, he was amused by her expression
” Ooh I’m sorry but your house is so beautiful, I mean this is more than what I expected” she said.
He laughed because it sounded funny to him, nobody had really complimented how beautiful his father’s house looked, maybe because the people who visited his home were mostly rich people and business associates of his father so they really never got fancied by the building because they had more than that.
“Stop flattering me and come in, ” he said and chuckled.
” Ooh alright” she said.
Immediately they entered the mansion, both of them were greeted by the butlers who had been with them since they were kids.
“Audrey my boy!” Butler Johnson shouted and screamed as he ran to hug his favorite child.
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“I’ve told you to stop calling me Mr, I’ve stayed with your family long enough for you to stop referring me to as Mr” Butler Johnson chided.
” You know I can never stop showing you that respect, you’ve always been there for me and my brother even when things weren’t right between us, you helped us patch it up, so i will continue calling you Mr sir” Audrey said.
“I’m fine my boy, you didn’t tell us you were coming back my boy, we have missed you in this house, Derrick your brother has just been so full of trouble” he said and laughed.
Audrey knew that in as much as his Butler wanted to hide it, he knew that he preferred him to his twin brother, he knew how much of a trouble Derrick could be so he didn’t talk more about it.
“Oooh I see there’s a girl, who is this beautiful damsel” Butler Johnson noticed.
All this while Stephanie was admiring the house she had just entered into, she loved how the pictures fit perfectly into the frames, how the colors of the house were mixed to make it all beautiful, the beautiful decorations hanging all around the house, she had taken in everything within her environment that she had forgotten all about the two men who were hugging like they were never going to see each other again.
It was when her presence was noticed that she was brought back to reality.
” Meet Stephanie” Audrey said while squeezing his hand into hers.
” Stephanie, meet my Butler. He has been with my family for years and I cherish him a lot,” he continued..
“Oooh Hi Stephanie, nice to meet you” the butler replied.