Chapter 2

I arrived at the small apartment my Uncle and I shared around 1 am. Hunter had moved out a year before so it was just me and uncle Remy. I could tell by the muffled snores coming from his room, uncle was asleep. I stepped into the cramped community bathroom in the hall and jumped in the shower. I scrubbed vigorously trying to get the gross feelings of the FOS guy and the vamp, Henry, off my skin.

After I got out, I slipped into my favorite long pink bathrobe and brushed my teeth. I took a long look in the mirror and sighed. Hunter better come through with all the dough he promised me for doing the little gig. Usually when Hunter helped out the vamps they paid him very well. He had promised me a percentage of that wad when he had told me about it.

I crept to my bedroom and shut the door silently. Although, I am a grown woman my Uncle had a tendency to forget that I could stay up late and come home in the wee hours of the morning. I really should move out. I thought absently.

I changed into a pair of pajama pants and a big comfy shirt which had been one of Hunters old p.e. shirts. I slipped into bed and thought about the vampire Pam and her reaction to my name.

She had stared at me with her mouth agape and wide eyes. In a blink she had regained her composer and smiled brightly. "Well, we will have to be seeing you a lot more I think. You and your cousin have been quite helpful tonight. We appreciate it." And with that she was gone. She moved so fast that I couldn't have told you which way she had went.

I turned over on my side thinking hard what that might mean for me and Hunter. I thought maybe I might stay up longer pondering this but sleep crept up on me without me even noticing.

I woke up at 8:30 that morning to my alarm clock screaming at me. I slammed my hand down on the damn thing to shut it up and sat up in bed. I slipped out of bed throwing some clothes on and made a stop off at the bathroom.

As I entered the living room which was also a kitchen I looked around at the small apartment my Uncle and I shared. The furniture was old and had seen better days but that hardly mattered to me so long as it worked. I walked into the kitchen and rummaged around in the fridge for breakfast. I came up with milk so I decided that cereal would be simplest.

As I sat down to eat at the table I noticed a large white envelope sitting on the table. It read Kira Stackhouse in big bold letters. I picked it up as I slowly chewed my cereal. No return address…That's weird. I turned the giant envelope over examining it and decided that I really wanted to know what this monster-lope was about.

I used the end of my spoon to open the letter and pulled out a stack of papers which had been neatly folded to fit into the envelope. I sat back in the chair and started reading.

Dear Ms. Stackhouse,

I am pleased to inform you that you have been awarded an inheritance of 500,000 dollars, a home, and 20 acres of land. You are required to live in the home in Bon Temps, Louisiana in order to keep the money according to the will. I will be more than happy to go over the terms of the will with you once you arrive in Louisiana.

Signed,

Mr. Cataliades

My mouth was open. I could tell because my tongue was getting dry. I don't know how long I had been like that but I figured it had started when I read 500,000 dollars. Bon Temps, huh? That's where my mother was born. I didn't know I had any other family living besides Uncle and Hunter. I suddenly felt sad because there was family I had never met but they knew of me. Not only did they know of me but they decided that I should take their home and money and land! I couldn't suppress the smile that spread across my face. My own house…

Uncle Remy came home about 5 pm. I had already made supper and it was sitting on the stove warming when he came in.

"Smells good." Uncle said with a smile.

"It's all done and I just made some tea it's in the fridge."

As he assembled his plate, I poured two glasses of tea for the both of us.

"Didja see the letter that came for ya?"

"Yea…" I said slowly. I had been wondering how I was going to tell my Uncle that I would be leaving. According to the other stack of papers there was a plane ticket and instructions as to who I would be meeting once I landed. According to the instructions I needed to be on the plane tomorrow.

"Bad news?" My uncle asked looking up at me. I could see the young man he had used to be. The man my Aunt Hadley had fallen in love with. He had medium brown hair which was flecked with gray and dark eyes which held a few crow's feet.

"No…actually" I said slowly handing him the top letter. My uncle leaned back in his chair and read silently. His eyes grew wide and he looked up at me.

"I'm gonna miss you girly." He said with a smile and that's all it took and the dam was broken. I hugged him around the neck and cried like a two-year-old.

"Now you stop that hear?" My uncle said somewhat sternly. "I was gonna kick you out soon anyway." He held my shoulders so that he could look me in the face when he said this. I could tell he was trying hard not to cry himself. My uncle had a big heart, he had raised Hunter and I all by himself. He had never remarried and had only a few girlfriends in between. I honestly believed that he didn't remarry because of how weird Hunter and I were. I felt terrible because secretly I believed we ruined his life.

"Liar." I said sniffing and wiping my eyes.

"Only you and Hunter would know." He said with a small smile. My uncle had come to terms with what Hunter and I were. I suppose he would have to…eventually. "So when you have to meet up with this Cataliades guy?"

I sat down in the chair beside my uncle and looked at the table. "Tomorrow."