74 First Day Back Home (1/2)
The Steel family were happy to go back home.Avery decided he needed some time off to spend with his girls so he left everything to Eli and Robin.
The first thing they wanted to do was clean out the house.Everything that belonged to Agni had to be removed and placed into storage.Avery let the staff have the remaining week off, ordered pizza and started to have fun running around the house with the kids.
When they made it to Laila's room a horrible truth was revealed.There wasnothing in the room, it looked exactly like it did they day she moved in.Laila looked shamefully at her feet and turned red when Olivia opened her closet.”Laila what is this about.” Olivia asked as she pointed into the closet.Laila clutched her arm, refusing to look up ”We told you Olivia that monster controlled everything we did.” Loreley said with a sigh.
Olivia looked at the twins with complete confusion while Avery hugged the twins from behind.”But how does that make sense!I mean you have three set of clothes in here and one of them is your uniform!How can she control...” Olivia started to say but Avery gave her a look that stopped her in her tracks.
Laila looked up from her feet and tears were flowing down her face ”I only want to keep the dress! We can throw the other's out, I never want to look at them!Just let me keep the dress dad bought!” she cried.Avery's heart broke and he kissed the top of her head and squeezed the twins tighter into his embrace.
Loreley snuggled into the embrace and in a low, almost in audible voice she explained. ”That demon never wanted to see us out of our rooms or have a way to see others, so other then our uniforms to go to school, we were never allowed out.So 'it' figured since we didn't need to leave we didn't need to have clothes.”
Olivia's jaw dropped, she was shocked to the core and tried to make sense ”No you had clothes when we went on vacation and... and you only wore pj's at home... and oh my god I never noticed.” Olivia said as she stared at her sisters.”Rented and any clothing we did receive was immediately taken away, except what you and dad gave us.”Loreley said wearily.
Olivia looked back and into the closet and dropped to her knees.She looked back at the twins ”Loreley is that why you love designing fashion?” Loreley shrugged ”Part of it.I could only dream of what I couldn't have but at them same time I love sketching new designs, the way the scissors cut into the fabric and the work you put into the assembly... it's just wonderful!” Loreley said as some of her spirit came back into her eyes.
Olivia looked at Laila and softly asked her ”And you... why become an ECE teacher?” Laila started to blush as she wiped her tears away ”I could never protect my younger sister when she needed it the most and she had her child like innocence and smile stolen from her.So I want to try and help as many kids as I can and teach them to speak up when something is not right.”
Olivia nodded to their explanations and felt a little guilty that they were able to have so much passion for their future careers while she just picked one that would make her father proud and bring her closer to her mother.Olivia shook the stupid from her head and was determined to come up with a better career path, one that she would one day feel passionate about.
Avery grabbed the twins by the waist and brought them up into the air.Each girl screamed as the reached for his head for support.”Enough of this!We are starting over again but this time around we have more family members!So let's learn from the past and not dwell on it and strive for a brighter future.” he said happily as he threw Laila and Loreley onto Laila's bed.
With a huge grin he looked at the twins ”First thing is first, you had no real childhood... well lets make up for that lost time, so go ahead jump on your bed!I am going to get some cake from downstairs and a couple of glasses of milk.So when I come back I better hear some laughter!”Avery said before he ran out the door.
He quickly poked his head back in ”Start jumping already!Olivia no jumping for you!” he said sternly before leaving for a moment then he poked his head back in ”I mean it young lady I'm watching you!” he said as he brought his two fingers to his eyes the to her before running down stairs.
Olivia laughed and jumped onto the bed.Laila and Loreley were confused.Olivia smiled ”We're kids!We are supposed to break the rules now come on before he comes back!” she shouted as she coaxed the girls to jump on the bed with her.
Avery stood outside of the room with the cake and milk for a while before he dramatically started stomping his feet ”Ok who is ready for cake and WHAT THE F*CK!” he yelled in shock.Laila, Loreley and Olivia all looked at different spots of the room clearly avoid their father's gaze.
”I was gone for ten minutes and oh my god Laila who drew on you with markers?Loreley why is their feathers in your hair and everywhere on the floor?Olivia what the f*ck happened to the bed?!” Olivia made a guilty puppy face as she tried to look at her father ”Well... the bed just broke on it's own.” Avery almost dropped the tray he was carrying onto the floor.”What do you mean the bed broke on it's own?!”