Me and my Mom [Male POV]

The only people in the car are me and my mom, a mid 40s dark haired chubby woman wearing a purple business casual blouse and a modest pencil skirt. She was going to simple come by after work but I had begged her to take me with her and she relented surprisingly easily.

As we pull up to the massive wrought iron property fence I glance around the property while mom gets out to remove the surprisingly brand new padlock before driving our way up the hill. The woods between the fence and the grounds itself is surprisingly eerie once you get more than a few trees in and then abruptly becomes rather picturesque.

"Soooo...how did you get access to this exactly?" I ask as the SUV makes it's way up the steep road that makes a winding path through the rather creepy woods.

"Oh, I got contacted by the owner whose looking to move to the west coast, apparently he's decided to move to some place more warm." Mom lazily answers as we start to see the front yard atop the hill, a massive expanse of green grass in front of a gilded age monstrosity. While over all the structure looks old there's somethings that look like modern additions that they had made an attempt to fit the style, such as the multi-car garages.

"Huh, so I guess we shouldn't touch anything."

"Actually he said treat it like it's our own for the 24 hours and if we find the "master key" then he joked that we could keep it." Mom gives a mischievous grin and I know full well she's looking forward to sleeping in the owner's bed.

As we pull into the courtyard I can make out a two large multi-car garages attached to the mansion, but mom pulls up between a rather ornate marble fountain that is missing its center piece and a set of steps leading up to the main double doors of the house itself, dirt paths lead to the north and south yards, with the southern path having a sign reading "Beware of wild animals".

Hopping out of the car I meet mom in front of it as she flashes me a grin before planting her hands on her hip, "So what do you say, split up and check outside and in at the same time or go together?"