Chapter 48
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June shows you around.
"Well, I guess they're getting along," you say as the chatter of the two moms fades in the distance.
"Leaving us to carry the bags up," Sarah remarks.
"She already packed them by herself, we might as well handle the unpacking," you say, already bending to pick up a bag.
"Fiiiine," Sarah says melodramatically, but she does grab a bag too. June takes the last one and shows you to the master bedroom. Her mother's things have all been moved to a different room, so it doesn't take long to find a spot for everything yours brought over.
"Great!" June exclaims when everything has been put away. "Want me to show you around now? Only the parts that aren't boring, I won't drag you all over the place."
You agree and a mini tour starts. The first stop is June's bedroom on the other side of the stairs, where she tells you you're always welcome to come in and winks. After that she takes you up to the attic, which is where her stepdad keeps his collection of stuffed birds. Creepy, but also kind of cool. Then it's down to the basement which houses a home theater, a game room separated into an old school section full of pool tables and pinball machines and a modern section with several consoles and an expensive VR setup.
On your way outside you pass through the kitchens, where your mom has already started on dinner - to the hired chef's dismay and Mrs Hathawer's amusement. You leave them to it and continue on until you come out the back of the mansion. You're greeted by an expanse of perfectly trimmed grass, a pool full of sparkling blue water... and a shirtless, fit young man using a pole to fish some leaves out of the water.
June catches his attention and introduces him as Juan. He seems surprised that she knows his name, and is even more surprised when she starts flirting with him. You wonder how she treated him before you changed her personality to slut her up. It can't have been too bad given how he's already flirting back, she probably just ignored him.
You and Sarah stay out of it, letting them get to know each other while you look around the yard. It's big, obviously, but there's not much to it. Beyond the pool it's mostly grass and a bunch of bushes cut into geometric shapes. You get bored quickly, which June notices. She gives Juan a little kiss on the cheek, promises to talk to him again soon, and pushes him into the pool with a splash.
He comes up sputtering and yelling, which doesn't impress June as she grins back impishly. "Sorry I got you wet, but you made me wet first."
Then she leads you inside to continue the tour. Apart from Juan the poolboy and the chef whose name you didn't catch, you also meet a cute young maid with black hair called Matilda, a middle-aged window cleaner who goes by Andy, and an obscenely old butler who introduces himself as Charles Woodwhite. You're not sure how he'll react when June explains that you own the place, but apparently he serves "the master of the house" and not Mr Hathawer specifically. Which means you have a butler now. Awesome! Your first order is to change the lock so June's stepdad can't get in when he comes back from his business trip, and your second is for Charles to take it easy. He looks like he'll keel over and die of old age any day now, you're not going to speed that up by overworking the man.
The tour is mostly over when you hear a bell that, according to June, means it is dinner time.
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Written Ownership
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A lucky protagonist discovers that they have the ability to claim ownership over anything or anyone by writing their name on it.
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