Going home
I said goodbye to Cassandra and thanked her for taking care of me and teaching me how to handle my magic. She told me I was welcome back any time and I thanked her again. Ghastly and Tanith had taken my things out to the car as I was saying goodbye. I walked out the front door and looked back at the two story house. It was beautiful sandstone, with white doors and raised rose gardens out the front. I was going to miss this place, but I missed Dexter and all my friends more. Ghastly and Tanith looked at me and understanding was flowing from them as if to say take your time. I got in the car and we drove to Roarhaven, which took about five hours. The sensitives liked the country side as it was relaxing and less destruction happened when you lived away from people like Skulduggery and Valkyrie. I didn't mind the drive back but I could tell that Tanith was getting a bit bored.
We finally got there and we went to an apartment building that I had never seen before, it must have been built while I was away. Then I came to the realisation that I had missed out on a lot of things that had happened while I was away. I would have to ask Tanith to fill me in on some of them later. We pulled up outside said building and Tanith and Ghastly got out and got my things from the boot. I wondered if they had moved and then realised that I was twenty eight. Twenty eight year olds lived along, which was reasonable and I liked the idea.
"We have arranged an apartment for you Legacy." said Ghastly, "The first two month's rent have been paid for so that you have time to get used to living there and to get a job." As he said this, an intense wave of guilt washed over me and it came from Tanith. I looked over at her to see that she was looking down at her feet. "I haven't even seen in side and I love it. You didn't have to do this for me you know. I could have arranged something…" I was grateful that they had done this for me, and was keen to look around. But there was something I wanted to know first. Where was Dexter? He said he loved my hours before I went through the surge. You don't just forget about the feelings you have for a person, they never go away. They stay with you, each new experience changing who you are; I can see it in people's auras.
I pushed the urge to ask where he was aside and we went upstairs as I was nervous to ask about it, afraid that I be hurt by the answer. We took the elevator up ten stories and that reminded me of Dex and how his apartment had been on the tenth floor of his building. We got to the door and the number was 44. I opened and stepped into a lounge room that had cream coloured walls and a feature wall that was painted red. There was furniture on one side of the room and a kitchen on the other. The hallway was in between and it reminded me of the way Dex's apartment was set up.
I walked forward and went down the hall way, opening doors as I went, finding the laundry and the bathroom, the toilet and my bedroom. My bedroom was filled with all of the things that I had had at Tanith and Ghastly's house. My books were arranged neatly on the shelf to my left and my desk was next to that. My bed was made with blue sheets and a doona. I walked back out and into the kitchen, looking at the fridge.
"Do I need to go shopping for food?" I asked as I looked in some of the cupboards to find that they were filled with utensils and stuff. "Nope, we took care of all of that for you. Look I hate to do this but we have to go. I have a meeting with the other elders at the sanctuary and Tanith has to go and meet Valkyrie. We'll call you. There should be a new cell phone with all the important numbers and addresses and things in your desk draw. See you later." And with that they left me to my own devices.
I wandered around the apartment, looking at all the things that were there. The couches had a floral pattern on them and were comfortable enough. There was a laptop sitting on a stand where you would think a television would go, but I never really watched TV so I was grateful for that. There were various items around the place that made it look more comfortable like a furry red rug in the middle of the couch area, a painting of a rose garden hanging on the wall and a vase full of lilies sitting on the kitchen counter.
On closer inspection I found a note attached to them. I opened it up and read it aloud. "Dear Legacy, I regret that I am not there to great you at this time. Seeing you soon, love Dexter Vex." What could that mean? I could feel regret and excitement and guilt emulating from the card which meant that Dexter had only just left it here otherwise his emotions would have faded by now. God, I missed him. I decided to go and see if I could find that phone that Ghastly had talked about, wanting to know if Dexter's number had been put in there.
I got to my desk and opened the first draw to find letters; Letters upon letters that friends had sent me over the years. I had left with no notice and had said no goodbyes, but the dates stoped around five months after I left. I wonder what story Ghastly made up to tell them where I had gone. I finally found the phone, buried under a couple of the letters and off to the side. It was one of the latest iPhones and didn't have a pin number so I could get into it easily. I went into the contacts list and scrolled down until I got to D. His name was there and his address was the same. I decided that talking over the phone would be awkward and that the note in the flowers made it weird so going face to face would be better. I could read him better this way.