Suddenly her phone rang. She checked the caller ID. It was Ric. "Shit" Steph swore. She pressed the 'answer' button. At once she heard Ric's voice, tense with worry.
"Where are you Steph? What happened? Did I do something wrong?" His voice grew more anxious with each question he asked.
Steph, staring straight ahead at the road in front of her, said slowly "Im going for a drive, nothings wrong and no you didn't. Last night was wonderful. Now unless you want me to be pulled over by the cops for talking while driving, you're going to have to hang up. Oh by the way Ric, if anyone, and I mean anyone, rings the bell or anything, don't answer the door. Just stay inside. Actually, go into the closet in my room and push on the wall there. It will slide aside to reveal a secret room. Go and wait for me in there. You will be perfectly safe in there. Just don't open any windows or turn the air conditioning system on. Make sure that the wall closes behind you and that you shut the wardrobe door and lock it. Once inside, you will hear a clear panel slide and lock, then a panel disguised as a normal wall will slide and lock. That panel is the sound proofing, the clear panel is the bullet proof, bomb proof and attack by any means proof glass. You will know when I am home because I will come up the internal stairs and open the secret door. I'm also the only one who knows where it is besides you. Not even Johnny knew about it. There are a mass load of DVDs and CDs in there for you, literally every DVD and CD ever made. There is also a fridge, small bathroom and a small bedroom. Make yourself comfortable." She said in a quiet voice and hung up.
Ric stared at the phone for several minutes then did as he was told. On his way up, he stopped and retrieved all the car keys then closed the painting securely and made his way up the stairs as quickly but quietly as possible. On his way through the bedroom, he stopped to pick up a photo of him and Steph that Lucas had taken last year. He was amazed that Steph had kept it. But the photo beside her bed was different. It was one of her and Johnny. He realised that being married to someone for as long as Steph and Johnny had, took a lot of time to get over and that there would always be the lingering feelings and emotions whenever the subject was raised.
After locking himself in as per Steph's instructions, Ric walked over and scanned the DVDs. There were literally thousands! Suddenly, a voice spoke from out of nowhere. "Welcome to the Secret Room. Please make your selection of the DVD library or the CD library now." Ric did as requested, and found that the DVDs must have been on some kind of slot/slide machine thing, as there was a collection bin marked 'Please Take Here'. Once his selections had come through, he took them over to where the TV and stereo system were set up, and popped a DVD in the player, fetched himself a beer and some chips and sat down to watch and wait.