All in the mind of Allison Iraheta in "Sanctuary Love."
Allison, 22, a small town real estate broker, moves into a new town, looking for work in a real estate business. She moved into a perfect new house in a perfect, new town, and finds a perfect job as a real estate accountant. She starts working for a handsome real estate broker, and neighbor, named Adam Lambert. Little does she know, her perfect house, her perfect town, and her perfect boss has secrets hidden. Deadly secrets that may make her run for her life...
Chapter 1
I woke up to the sound of rain, slapping the window glass in the light, cold breeze. I slowly rose up from the covers and stood upon the cold, hardwood floor with bare-feet. 'Another day, another long day,' I thought to myself. I looked around my old, battered room where closed up boxes were stacked up, ready for moving. I walked slowly to the window, hearing my heels slap on the hard-wood floor, and looking out the window. I noticed two women in yellow raincoats, blue umbrellas, and yellow rain boots, talking and laughing about with each other. I smiled to myself and proceeded to change into black skinny jeans and a plain green shirt. I put my purple, silk nightgown in the laundry hamper that was about to be taken by the movers later that day. When I walked into the kitchen, my phone rang. "Hello?" I answered.
"Hi, Allison. It's me, Lauren." I smiled to hear my best friend on the last day I will be in town, "Hi. Why are you calling in.." my voice faded while I looked at the clock, "11:30 in the morning?"
"Hello? It's 11:30 in the morning!" my friend laughed, "I just called to let you know, the movers are going to be over there at 12:45. That means, be ready for the big move, Alli."
"I know. I can't believe it's already the day. I'm surely going to miss you, Lauren." I frowned, 'Three years since I've been living here...already,' I thought to myself. "I know!" I heard Lauren, "listen, I'll be over there in...ten minutes. Got to go everything about the new house you just bought." Lauren is a real estate associate while, I work as a real estate accountant. Lauren has been assigned to work as my real estate broker for my new house. 'I'm lucky,' I always said. After a few minutes, Lauren and I ended our phone call with each other. I sighed while leaning on the kitchen counter that was made out of dark granite and pale, wooden doors, "I have to reach the plane in three hours...long day," I said to myself.
I heard the doorbell, and without getting close to the door to open it, Lauren came running through, "You will not believe this!" Lauren shouted.
"Lauren, hush! This is an apartment building, people can hear you!" I said, shutting the door.
"Sorry, but you will not believe what I had just found out." Lauren said, practically jumping.
"What?..What did you find out, Lauren? Calm down before you jump through the ceiling." I said while laughing to myself. Lauren smiled her bright, flawless smile that can catch any guys breath, "It's about your new neighbor. He works as a real estate broker and he asked if you wanted a job at the real estate business. FYI: He is the manager, too. So, what do you say? Real estate is what you do."
I thought about it for a minute, "I don't even know this guy...I would have to meet him first." Lauren nodded her head, "I know. Just letting you know the options."
"Well, thanks. So, what about this house? You said you needed to tell me some stuff about it?" I watched Lauren take out some papers from her black, colorless suitcase for work, she handed me some pictures of the house and my neighbor she was talking about earlier.
I looked at the pictures of the house first. The house was made of oak wood and worn out bricks. It had many broken windows, window sills, and shutters. The gutters were falling off and were green colored. There were many dead tress and grass around the perimeter of the house, and the ceiling of the porch was broken. It had a deck on top of the house and had four chimneys. The house had five levels and a deck on the second. The wood was black colored by the top window. "Good God," I started, "It looks like I bought a haunted house." Lauren laughed at my reaction, "I know. There was a fire there a couple years back. That's why you see a lot of burnt wood around the windows. This house has been vacant ever since. The thing that shocked me, even though it has so much wood, it didn't burn down. It got me wondering..." her voice faded.
I shook my head and ran my fingers in my hair, "People probably think I'm crazy for buying this house.." Lauren took the picture of the house out of my hands and set it aside while pointing to the one about my neighbor, "Except, he said he would help you with anything you need." I looked closely at his features, he had black hair, dyed, he had high cheek bones, a sharp nose that looks flawless, baby-blue eyes that can see right through the soul, and a smile that can so easily get you hypnotized.
"What's his name?" I asked.
"He didn't tell me. He lives right next to you. You can ask for yourself."
"That's what I was planning to do..." I said rather, oh so quietly.