We drove out to the house that we saw was on sale on the internet. It was a very beautiful house. It looked like a mansion. It was three stories high and had a long drive way. It was a tan color with a brown roof. I could see from the ground that I could get on the roof from a balcony at the top. There were tall, climbable trees all around the house. A huge fenced in area was in the back. I couldn't even see the end of the property. There was plenty of room for Tao and maybe a mate later in life. There was a swimming pool with a diving board and slide next to the back patio. There were three horses running in the field. One black, one paint, and one dark brown. I looked at Erik and smiled brightly. This place was a dream. We went up to the door and rang the doorbell. An older woman came to the door. She smiled and welcomed us in.

"Hello. Are you here to look at the house?" Erik nodded. She smiled brighter.

"Well, you may look around. I'll take you on a tour. I will be leaving most stuff that I can't bring here. I hope that doesn't bother you."

"Oh no ma'am. Anything that you leave will be fine. We have a big cat and we need room for it."

"How wonderful! Will it be all three of you or just you two?"

"Just us two."

"That's wonderful. I hope you like it. I've been wanting to sell this place and move to a retirement home for months. Come, I'll show you around." she started to slowly walk to what appeared to be the kitchen. We were amazed at all she had.

The kitchen had granite counter tops and brown floor boards. They were nicely shined and very well taken care of. There were pots and pans and dishes, bowls and cups inside glass see through cupboards. The stove was an old fashioned gas stove.

We moved on to the living room. It was more modern with a big screen TV and surround sound stereos around the room so you could hear it no matter what. The entertainment center was maple wood and glass covers where the movies and cds were kept.

"My son used to live here before he died. I never changed what he had though I don't use them much."

"I'm sorry for your loss." I said slowly. She nodded a thank you and went on. The couches were black and the recliner was a massager. The lamps were up on the walls but the room was well lit.

The upstairs were where all the bedrooms were. The master bedroom was the most beautiful bedroom I had ever seen. The bed was a king sized bed with a mahogany bedpost. The fireplace in it was big with stones surrounding it. The comforter on the bed was a picture of wolves howling under the moon. The lamps were once again on the wall but this room was more dim than the others.

We moved on to the work room. The computer was rarely used according to her and the bookshelf had some of the greatest books of all time on it. The desk was fairly used too. There were some papers on it but not many. There was a metal cabinet with some supplies in it in the corner.

The next room over was a music room much to Erik's delight. There was an old fashioned piano and a music stand and chair in the corner. There was a bookshelf with books on music and instruments in another corner and a window was on the farthest wall, looking out to the backyard where you could see the horses playing.

There were three rooms that had nothing in them next but when we went up to the next story, there was an empty room that looked like it would be perfect for a game room. It had enough room for a TV and some game systems, another spot could be a pool table. There was even a spot where you could put a bar or something to serve drinks to guests.

The next room could be a play room for kids. The room after that was a great room for storage or something.

We went back down to the second floor and I thought the room next to the master bedroom would be where I could keep Tao. It was very big and had enough room to put a cage and a bed. Maybe some toys or something.

We went back downstairs and headed to the back door. Outside, the pool was bigger than it looked. It was a ten foot pool on one side, went down from 10 to 4 all the way to the other, and a Jacuzzi on the side where the slide was. The land looked to be about one hundred and fifty acres. The horses were running down a patch of grass next to a pond that had a dock. She explained to us that there were catfish and different kinds of fish throughout the pond and the stream that was on the other side of the property. There were trees all around the place and small bushes and flowers.

We walked back inside and smiled.

"This place is amazing. I didn't see anything that I didn't like." I said to both the lady and Erik.

"I didn't either. How much is it Madame?"

"Three million but for you, I'll change it to two million. You seem like a nice couple. And I hope you don't mind that the horses will stay here unless you don't want them."

"No that will be fine. We can take care of them." Erik said quickly. I smiled. He was going to let me keep the horses and the tiger.

"That's wonderful. Now, the black one is Lightning, the paint is Tonka, and the dark brown one is Cocoa."
"ok. I think we can remember that. Now, would you like cash or check?" asked Erik.

"Whatever is easier for you." she smiled. Erik pulled out a checkbook and wrote it out. He ripped it out and handed it to her.

"I guess that's that. When do you want to move in?" she asked him kindly.

"Whenever you find a place to stay." he said after thinking for a minute.

"I have a place reserved on the other side of LA. I'll leave as soon as I get all the stuff I want to take." she said as she led us to the door.

"Thank you ma'am. We'll get out of your hair and here is my phone number. Just call whenever you are ready to move and I would be more than happy to help."

"Oh thank you so much young man. I would appreciate that. I'll call in the next few days. Goodbye."

We went back to Lindsey's car and got in.

"Oh Erik. That place is wonderful! Did you like it dad?"

"I thought it was a very lovely home. I can help with the horses too. I grew up on a farm."

"That would help. Let's go home and maybe go plan what all we need for the new house." Lindsey smiled as he pulled away and we went back to the Hyperion Hotel.