I gripped Rose's hand as we sat in silence in the car for the drive back to the mansion. Incredibly I was already thinking of the mansion as 'home'. I snuggled into her as much as I could on the way back and I even breathed a sigh of relief as the big house hauled into view. I paused and realised that I was fucking glad to be back at the mansion. I was even happier that Rose was beside me.

The driver silently let us out of the car and helped us carry our bags back to my room. I dumped my bags on the bed next to Rose's and gave her a huge hug. I was so glad to see her back in the mansion with me. A second later as we relaxed the phone rang. We were to come as we were to the main hall and not to be slow. I shivered a bit as I wondered what we had done. I couldn't think of anything but I'd begun to learn that at times it just didn't fucking matter.

With some trepidation Rose and I presented ourselves in the darkened room as the dimmed lights offer low illumination. I stood very still and very, very quiet next to Rose as we both waited for further instructions.