Across the Hall
Chapter 12
While riding through America 2 Riddick looks out of the car window while holding Dayla's hand. When they get to Dayla's aunt's house they quickly get out and unload the taxi. Dayla's aunt lived in the historical neighborhood, the house was 3 stories and had about 7 rooms and 3 bathrooms, and it had been in the Solange family for centuries. Dayla slowly walks up the stairs to the porch; Riddick places a hand on the small of her back. She hesitantly rings the doorbell; swiftly the door swings open to a shorter older version of Dayla. Her face went into an astonished look before grabbing Dayla in a strong embrace. "DEE DEE!" she squeals. Riddick and Jack look at each other with confused smiles then whisper in unison "dee dee?" Looking over at them Rita walks over to embrace both in a deep squeeze, knocking the wind out of them both. "Let me guess, you're Richard." Rita says as she releases them. Turning to Jack she looks her up and down before touching her hair "And you're Jaclyn, aka Jack." Jack and Riddick give her a smile. Hugging them once more she squeals again "It's so good to meet you two!" She quickly wipes around and starts gathering up their bags. "Look at my manners. Please come in and make yourselves comfortable." Rita says. They stand there for a minute, not sure what just quite happened. Dayla turns to them, "She's just a little excited to see us." "Excited? I thought she was about to pee her pants." Jack says quietly, causing them to all laugh. Rita comes popping out of the kitchen with cold drinks. "Please, sit, sit, I wana take a good look at all of you." She says. "Firstly I just wana say that I'm so happy that you could come and stay with me. My name is Rita Solange and I'm Dayla's aunt. But I'm sure you already knew that. Please call me Rita, there's no need for formalities here" Rita walks over to Dayla with a big teethy grin. "Oh my sweet Dayla, you're so beautiful." Dayla looks down to blush a little. Rita takes her hand and stands her up. "Look at you. Your hair, it's so long and straight." She says as she runs her hand through it then looks over to Jack and Riddick to say, "There was a time when this one was little that we couldn't get a comb through it without her screaming her head off cuz it was so curly." Rita turns back to Dayla and looks her in the face "And that pretty face, hasn't changed a bit. You know you were always a beautiful baby. There was never a doubt that you'd be a beautiful woman." Huggin her one more time she breaks from the hold to run to the kitchen once more. "Oh I forgot then cookies for after dinner!" she shrieks as she runs. "Wow! She's really nice Dayla." Jack breathes. "I know, she's always been like that. She gets it from my grandmother." Dayla gets up to go the kitchen. "I guess you guys can go upstairs and pick out a room to stay in. I'm gonna stay down here and talk to rita." She says, "Are you sure? You don't want me to go with you?" Riddick says. She smiles at him slightly "I'll be fine Riddick, go and find a room." Nodding he tells jack to help him with the bags.
Dayla walks into the kitchen and sits at the table. "Aunt rita?" "mmm hmm?" "Can we talk?" Taking out the cookies she slowly walks over to the table and sits down next to Dayla. "You wana talk about it now, don't you?" Dayla looks down "If you don't mind, I'd like to" Rita places her hands over Dayla's "Ask me anything Dee dee" sighing deeply Dayla looks at rita "Where are they?" "You're mother died after you left. The pain of what she did overwhelmed her, so she killed herself from the grief." Swallowing hard Dayla chokes out "and my father?" "He's living somewhere in Timberton with his new wife" Dayla sits back in disgust while trying to hold back tears. "OH Dee dee don't cry. Your father, my brother, is a pig. He doesn't deserve your or my tears." "He didn't even try to find me after he heard I ran away?" "No, he said that you weren't his responsibility anymore and as long as he had the money he didn't have to worry about you." Rita trails off. "How much?" "How much what?" "How much did they get for me?" "10 million" Dayla's eyes widen "What?!" "Yes" "And with his new wife I guess I won't see a dime of that will I?" Rita starts to smiles before saying "Not necessarily." Dayla looks confused as she looks at her "What do you mean?" "Your mother left you something. She left you half of it after her death." "oh my god!" Rita's smile widens "I've been keeping it for you. I knew you'd come back. After you left and she died the money came to me , I didn't spend it though. Cuz I knew, I just knew you'd come back." Dayla moves closer to Rita "So are you telling me that I have 5 million dollars" "Yes, Yes I am" Dayla's head starts to swim. Seeing this Rita gets up to fan her "Lord child are you ok? I didn't mean to make you light headed" "No it's ok, I just need to lay down I think." Helping her up the stairs to Riddick's room, Rita explains everything to him. Leaving thme in their room to talk Rita goes back downstairs to the Kitchen and picks up the phone and dials. Looking around to see if anyone is around she speaks in a slight whisper "Yes, is this Ethan? She's here, but we have a problem. She brought company...."
Chapter 12
While riding through America 2 Riddick looks out of the car window while holding Dayla's hand. When they get to Dayla's aunt's house they quickly get out and unload the taxi. Dayla's aunt lived in the historical neighborhood, the house was 3 stories and had about 7 rooms and 3 bathrooms, and it had been in the Solange family for centuries. Dayla slowly walks up the stairs to the porch; Riddick places a hand on the small of her back. She hesitantly rings the doorbell; swiftly the door swings open to a shorter older version of Dayla. Her face went into an astonished look before grabbing Dayla in a strong embrace. "DEE DEE!" she squeals. Riddick and Jack look at each other with confused smiles then whisper in unison "dee dee?" Looking over at them Rita walks over to embrace both in a deep squeeze, knocking the wind out of them both. "Let me guess, you're Richard." Rita says as she releases them. Turning to Jack she looks her up and down before touching her hair "And you're Jaclyn, aka Jack." Jack and Riddick give her a smile. Hugging them once more she squeals again "It's so good to meet you two!" She quickly wipes around and starts gathering up their bags. "Look at my manners. Please come in and make yourselves comfortable." Rita says. They stand there for a minute, not sure what just quite happened. Dayla turns to them, "She's just a little excited to see us." "Excited? I thought she was about to pee her pants." Jack says quietly, causing them to all laugh. Rita comes popping out of the kitchen with cold drinks. "Please, sit, sit, I wana take a good look at all of you." She says. "Firstly I just wana say that I'm so happy that you could come and stay with me. My name is Rita Solange and I'm Dayla's aunt. But I'm sure you already knew that. Please call me Rita, there's no need for formalities here" Rita walks over to Dayla with a big teethy grin. "Oh my sweet Dayla, you're so beautiful." Dayla looks down to blush a little. Rita takes her hand and stands her up. "Look at you. Your hair, it's so long and straight." She says as she runs her hand through it then looks over to Jack and Riddick to say, "There was a time when this one was little that we couldn't get a comb through it without her screaming her head off cuz it was so curly." Rita turns back to Dayla and looks her in the face "And that pretty face, hasn't changed a bit. You know you were always a beautiful baby. There was never a doubt that you'd be a beautiful woman." Huggin her one more time she breaks from the hold to run to the kitchen once more. "Oh I forgot then cookies for after dinner!" she shrieks as she runs. "Wow! She's really nice Dayla." Jack breathes. "I know, she's always been like that. She gets it from my grandmother." Dayla gets up to go the kitchen. "I guess you guys can go upstairs and pick out a room to stay in. I'm gonna stay down here and talk to rita." She says, "Are you sure? You don't want me to go with you?" Riddick says. She smiles at him slightly "I'll be fine Riddick, go and find a room." Nodding he tells jack to help him with the bags.
Dayla walks into the kitchen and sits at the table. "Aunt rita?" "mmm hmm?" "Can we talk?" Taking out the cookies she slowly walks over to the table and sits down next to Dayla. "You wana talk about it now, don't you?" Dayla looks down "If you don't mind, I'd like to" Rita places her hands over Dayla's "Ask me anything Dee dee" sighing deeply Dayla looks at rita "Where are they?" "You're mother died after you left. The pain of what she did overwhelmed her, so she killed herself from the grief." Swallowing hard Dayla chokes out "and my father?" "He's living somewhere in Timberton with his new wife" Dayla sits back in disgust while trying to hold back tears. "OH Dee dee don't cry. Your father, my brother, is a pig. He doesn't deserve your or my tears." "He didn't even try to find me after he heard I ran away?" "No, he said that you weren't his responsibility anymore and as long as he had the money he didn't have to worry about you." Rita trails off. "How much?" "How much what?" "How much did they get for me?" "10 million" Dayla's eyes widen "What?!" "Yes" "And with his new wife I guess I won't see a dime of that will I?" Rita starts to smiles before saying "Not necessarily." Dayla looks confused as she looks at her "What do you mean?" "Your mother left you something. She left you half of it after her death." "oh my god!" Rita's smile widens "I've been keeping it for you. I knew you'd come back. After you left and she died the money came to me , I didn't spend it though. Cuz I knew, I just knew you'd come back." Dayla moves closer to Rita "So are you telling me that I have 5 million dollars" "Yes, Yes I am" Dayla's head starts to swim. Seeing this Rita gets up to fan her "Lord child are you ok? I didn't mean to make you light headed" "No it's ok, I just need to lay down I think." Helping her up the stairs to Riddick's room, Rita explains everything to him. Leaving thme in their room to talk Rita goes back downstairs to the Kitchen and picks up the phone and dials. Looking around to see if anyone is around she speaks in a slight whisper "Yes, is this Ethan? She's here, but we have a problem. She brought company...."
