dribs-and-drabbles · 2 years ago
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Death stairs found in the wild!! They exist outside of Thai QL!!!
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I saw this house for sale near where I live sometime in summer or autumn last year but 'lost' the listing before I could show y'all the pic. But now it's back on sale (no surprises why I guess) so I can finally share with you the horror that is this staircase. @respectthepetty @gillianthecat @absolutebl
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chosenkeepersworld · 3 years ago
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The Curses We Inherit - Chapter 6
Original Work
Date Posted: June 30, 2021 (Tumblr)
Word count: 1, 757 words
A/N: Work is unbeta'd but I do hope you'll still enjoy reading it. Comments are always appreciated! And if you can't wait to read what happens next, this story is also up on Wattpad (under username ChosenKeeper0971) but with way more chapters, I appreciate your support there too!
Thank you so much and happy reading :) Masterlist / Part 5
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Sunlight streamed through the slit between the curtains, stretching toward the bed.
Danika groaned and squeezed her eyes shut tighter when the light hit her face, whining the blonde lifted the blanket over her head as she turned on her other side. Her head was pounding and the young woman could feel all her muscles ache. Her mouth felt so dry it was like there was sand in her mouth. Danika stretched her arm but froze when she felt a warm body next to her.
Panic coursed through her and the young blonde yelped and tried to scramble off the bed, but tripped when her feet got tangled up with the sheets.
"What are you doing?" a sleepy voice asked
The young O'Brien twisted until she could face her bedmate, she knew that voice well enough seeing as she spent an entire day yesterday with her.
"What am I doing?" Danika exclaimed "What about you? Why are you in my bed?"
Jacqueline sat up and yawned "The drinks last night really did a number on you didn't they"
"What?" it was not often that Danika would drink so much that she would get a hangover and forget the events of the night before.
Jac sighed "Alright let's start from after we left Krysa's shop"
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The sky was darkening when Jacqueline offered to drive Danika back to her aunt's house. Aileen had called her niece earlier to inform her that there was a business emergency and needed to return home. The blue eyed woman, overhearing the conversation and concerned for Danika's safety, volunteered to bring her back.
"You really don't need to bring me all the way home" Danika said, fidgeting in her seat.
Jacqueline backed out onto the main road "Absolutely not! You are my friend and I should at least make sure you get home alright"
Danika fell silent.
Friends. Majority of the blonde's life was propriety and phoney smiles, friendships were never easy or sincere. There was always a motive to someone's actions, it was exhausting to a child.
But now, there was this stranger with an easy smile and open expression offering friendship. A true and real friendship.
Maybe it was the exhaustion or the overwhelming feeling of loneliness that's been present since her childhood but Danika could only feel something light settle in her chest. She quieted, smiling in her seat as her new friend drove on.
They arrived at Aileen's home by dinner to which the older O'Brien invited Jac to, insisting all the while that the brunette should have something in her stomach before she went home. With that Aileen left them to rest and wash up before the meal, Jac was too stunned to make any protest.
The events of the day had been exhausting and Danika was in need of a good wine on days like this.
Much to the youngest O'Brien's relief her aunt felt the same way, or just took a look at her niece's face and thought she could use a drink.
Once the wine was poured Danika snatched up the glass and brought it closer to her face, sniffed delicately at the pale lemon colored drink then sipped. Danika closed her eyes and sighed in pleasure.
At the sound Jac and Aileen exchanged smiles before drinking the wine from their glasses.
Time and wine flowed as the moon rose higher and higher in the sky. The youngest O'Brien resisted, insisting on drinking more, trying her hardest to drown her emotions.
It wasn't difficult getting the glass and the fourth bottle of wine away from the drunken girl but Jacqueline, just as drunk or arguably more, had difficulty moving her limbs properly.
The two burst into Danika's bedroom with Aileen behind them, tipsy but still aware enough to get two young women into bed before collapsing into her own.
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It was officially day three of the young heiress' trip but she still had no leads and she was losing time. Danika was restless, during breakfast she was constantly fidgeting, playing with her food and refilling her water every time she took a small sip.
"Do you want me to talk to her or do you want to do it?" Jac whispered
Aileen sighed "I'll talk to her. I have an idea on what might be bothering her."
As the older woman stood up a ringing could be heard from from the entrance. "I'll get it" Jacqueline hopped out from her seat and headed to the front door, allowing the O'Brien women to have some privacy.
Danika lifted her head when she heard the taller girl speak but Jacqueline was already out of the room.
Silently, Aileen went over to her niece and set down two sets of cups and a steaming pot of tea.
Aileen poured the tea in both cups and pushed one toward the younger woman.
"Whenever I was feeling...off, my mother could always tell and would make tea to comfort me" she lifted the cup to sip at the hot drink "After dinner, and after you went up to your room, Jacqueline and I had a few drinks and she mentioned that you're looking for a 'very fancy necklace'"
Danika froze, her eyes were wide as she stared up at her aunt's face. The younger O'Brien had always kept her reasons for coming to the island to herself. Danika knew that the reason would be considered ridiculous to a lot of people.
"My mother told me the story too, Mo stoirín" Aileen reminded her gently. "She told the story every chance she could, during bedtime, dinners, family gatherings. It's impossible to forget. A prince makes a choice, the woman who loves him dies because of those choices and a friend who loved her curses him and his descendants' loved ones to die, forcing his entire line to feel the same way she did. Now that I think about it, it is not an appropriate story for children" she said thoughtfully, a sad, far away look entered her eyes.
Danika looked away, turning to watch the trees sway in the light breeze. She had forgotten that it wasn't just her who had lost someone important, everyone in her father's family had lost someone too. Her mind drifted back to Sean and Cara starting their own family and shivered.
The young woman turned back to her aunt "Do you believe it?"
Aileen took a long sip of her tea "Why does my opinion matter?"
"Don't you think I'm being ridiculous? Still believing in fairy tales after all these years" Danika asked
Aileen sighed "There are times when I do believe and there are times when I don't, but my opinion shouldn't matter. What's important is what this little quest means for you. Will you finally find peace after everything?"
Danika fell silent again, there were still things she had to think about.
Loud footsteps could be heard racing down the hallway and Jacqueline was back, panting "Hey, uh Danika you need to come with us right now. We might find a potential lead to that fancy necklace you're looking for"
The blonde could only blink "We?"
Outside, Danika was surprised to find Krysanthe standing by Jacqueline's car, the short blonde smiled shyly at the two as they came closer.
"Good morning Danika." she greeted "I hope you're well this morning"
"I'm..." Danika paused, trying to find the right word "fine-ish" she then frowned "Why don't you come inside to talk. Jac said you had a lead"
"Actually, I need you to come with me. The lead is back at the Antique Shop"
A little later the trio arrived at the store. Krysanthe quickly unlocked the door and went in, Jacqueline and Danika followed her inside.
The store was actually quite large inside, the first thing people would see upon entering the establishment was the counter and register, the rest of the store were the different items displayed for customers. There were two other doors in the store, one on the other side of the store and one behind the counter.
"What made you change your mind?" Danika asked taking in the contents of the store, there were a variety of items, and while the young heiress couldn't be sure of the details she could tell by the quality of some items that they should be more expensive than the price displayed.
"Jacqueline forwarded a picture of the necklace and honestly I have personal interest in the necklace." Krysanthe admitted "The necklace has been in this shop since I was a child, when I saw it something just came over me. I kept going back to look at it whenever I could even though I was prohibited from going anywhere near it.
"One day the owner of the store found me really close to touching it and essentially locked me out of the store for almost a week. By the time she let me back in here, the necklace was gone." Krysanthe continued as she went behind the counter to unlock the door behind it.
"Follow me." Krysanthe took a step forward before stopping to face Jacqueline.
"Touch. Nothing." the shorter girl said with a hard glare.
Jacqueline gasped dramatically, putting her hand on her chest "How dare you assume I would cause any damage just by touching-"
Krysanthe raised an eyebrow "You caused almost eighteen thousand euros worth of damages in my flower shop just by touching the display"
Pink stained the brunette's cheeks, she laughed sheepishly "Oh right, I forgot about that"
Behind the counter was a small office, the room itself had minimal decor but there was a desk at the center of the room with four metal cabinets behind it. On the desk was a computer and a few personal items.
Krysanthe made quick work going through the drawers of the cabinet before pulling out a folder, she sifted through the papers before pulling one from the pile.
"Alright, so there was a meeting set up earlier this month for the necklace, the buyer came and they discussed the terms of the sale" Krysanthe's face fell as she read through the page
"Does that mean we can't get it now?"
The shorter woman flipped through the pages and her face brightened "The buyer wanted the necklace for an auction" the dark blonde grinned "We still have a chance"
Danika moved closer, peeking over the woman's shoulder "When's the auction?"
"It's..." her green eyes scanned the paper, her eyes widened and her face twisted in distress "Three days from now" Taglist: @mel-writes-with-her-dragons @dustylovelyrun @woodhousejay
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