A/N: Don't complain, I'm updating. I'm sorry it took me so long, life's been . . . well a little bit complicated. But I got a bird today, and that cheered me up. I named him Domino! He's so adorable! He sits on my finger and I love him! Anywho, I was listening to Nickleback and the song came across and I had to think about this story and I got inspired to write some more. It's my parent anniversary, so I'm home alone with nothing to do. Anywho, enjoy and welcome my new family member! This is for Domino! but I don't own, don't sue!

She waved goodbye as she got out of the car and to the door. The evening had gone far better than expected and for that, she was happy. For once something had gone right and that was good too, it's just the thing that went right was something she couldn't hold on too. It's like, if she got to close she was going to burn. And man, was she flirting with it. She hadn't exactly fallen for him or anything, but damn, was he hot. She finally got the good case.

She eyed her 'house'. It was kind of hard to see cause the there was no street lights, but the glimmer of the moon was enough for her to tell that the house was, well the biggest house she would ever step into. You know, like get lost in your own house while looking for the kitchen and your afraid to ever look for it again, so you order out all the time. Truth be told, she'd probably need a map to get around, at least for the first two weeks, or a big poster on the walls that say 'You are here' and have a small arrow pointing out your destination.

She turned and saw that Sawyer's car was already half way down the street. She shrugged and walk to her front door. 'Here goes nothing,' she mumbled under her breath. Before her hand could turn the knob the door opened. Her eyes winded as she peered in the door.

"Hey!" A woman smiled in a sing-song voice as she spun the door open.

"Hello?" Ana raised her brow.

"I'm Maria, your housekeeper. Didn't anyone tell you that I was going to be here?" She asked, her words dripping in Spanish accent. Ana shook her head.

"They didn't tell me anything 'sides the address," She shrugged. Maria shut the door once Ana was inside.

"I'm here to protect you as well. A friend of your mom's," She winked.

"Should've figured," Ana rolled here eyes.

"I'm also here to keep an eye on you, you know, make sure nothing happens between the two of you besides kissing."

Ana couldn't believe it. The nerve. Did her mom really think that she would do that with a complete stranger, who, for all she knew, could be lying about his name, and everything around it, like herself. Was she really not trusted that much?

Ana cursed under her breath, but continued. "Yeah, if you don't mind, I just want to get to sleep. Anything else or anyone else, I should say, that I should be aware of?"

"You do have a cat, her name is Isabella."

"Sure, that it?"

"I think so, oh and remember, I've got eyes in the back of my head, so don't you go sneaking out anywhere," She laughed.

Ana rolled her eyes before heading upstairs. Who did her mom think she was? Letting her go on this mission was a trust bond, but sending someone else in to watch her, was exactly like her mother being there herself. Not like she wasn't calling every hour just to make sure she was okay. Normally Ana wouldn't have minded as much as she had, but that was only because her mom's so called friend was supposed to be there to make sure Ana didn't have sex with the man. That was what pissed Ana off so much. She didn't even know the guy that well and she would not be as shallow as to sleep with the guy who was a con-artist.

Ana plodded down the hall as she reached a double door that was white oak with fancy swirls that were painted gold on the rims. Was this supposed to be her room? It was all too much. Ana shrugged as she pushed the two doors open and gasped when she saw exactly what lye behind the doors.

There was a king sized bed with a blue satin comforter. The bars of her bed were a deep gray, a color of which was rarely seen, at least by Ana. Everything else was great too, but the bed had taken her by surprise. The size of the room was nothing to compare with anything else she had ever seen. She could fit a whole circus in there, maybe a bit of exaggeration, but it was still huge.

She walked over to a dresser that had already, conveniently had all of her clothes packed away. She saw a door to her left that was a normal sized door. As she turned the knob a light immediately blinded her and Ana sequenced her eyes. This . . . this was her closet. It seemed to go on for miles. Again, exaggerating, but it had at least 500 different ways to mix and match the close, not counting the dresser. There was a 360 ((A/N: Don't know how to get the degrees symbol up there, so that's what the star is for)) Mirror at the very end. She could see herself in it, still in the same outfit as earlier, but with a different face. It was filled with anger and spite, something Ana had seen more lately than normal. Earlier when Sawyer drove her home, she checked her face in the mirror, and maybe it was just the buzz, but she seemed happy. She didn't think anything of it at the time, but now, it just seemed odd.

She shut the door, refusing to go in it again until she had to change. With one more thing to search, Ana put a light sweater on that she had taken from the closet and peered through her room with wondering eyes. She slowly walked to two curved doors, when put together made an abstract shape. Her sweater was covering everything but the tip of her fingers as she turned the knob, barely nipping the cold that the knob had given off. She walked out, exhaling with her breath showing. Winter was coming weather anyone was ready or not and quite possibly Ana was the only one to know this, but Ana was probably the only one who had to wear skimpy clothes without a choice. Not that she cared as of now. The only thing really important to her was that she felt alone as she stood on the balcony of her huge house. Big house, empty heart.

A/N: I'm sorry, I know it's not much, but it's all I've got, I kinda miss writing some Resident Evil fictions, so I think I'm going to continue that one and I already have some chapters that I need to type, so we'll see. I'm trying as hard as I can to keep up with updates and let me tell ya, it's hard!

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