Haunted Desire

s home. It looked nice and everything was nic

smiled at him. He had gone to a store and gotten clothes for me. Be

id cheerily and pa

stop the tears, but they just flowed. Mr

inner soon" he said, and wagged a f

I said with a lau

and I nodded. We headed up the stairs, and he led me to a room. He opened the door and made a mock bow

and helped me unpack my things and arranged

s go eat" he sai

n smiled at me. "I like to annoy her", he explained, and we sat in the dining room. A middle

e told me a lot about you" she said, and I risked a glance at Mr Darwin and he grinned. And

n said and wrapped

t through. I nodded. "Thank you mom" I whispered in her ear and she smiled w

ed she was a real menace when she wanted to be, accordi

he nodded and smiled at me. The door opened as if on cue and Dorothy steppe

firm line and her eyes suddenly pointed daggers. "And who is this?" She asked coldly

with us" he said, and Dor

t?" She said and h

. "And her room is next to yours. Be nice" she said,

he said and stormed away. Mr Darwin s

now her manners. Don't put anything she says to

wants cookies?" Mrs Darwin said, lightening up t

g fresh from the shower

ed it to her side of the table and popped three into her mouth. "Oh is t

y. I could hear the warning in hi

e!" She said, sh

u Dorothy" I said

d dug into her cookies. Mr Darwin watche

d you mom, making cookies for some stupid stranger." She said and

e hell out of you" she said, and

stranger?" She said

t's me and you. I don't care what they th

ting tired of being bullied everywhere I ever stepped foot on, right from kindergarten to when

dark eyes met mine and studied me before she nodded with a smile and resumed eating. Mr Da

ing that they were staring, but instead she turn

was the last t