A/N: ok I am a total review addict so I need more reviews plz!!
Sry I was gone so long guy!! Ma computer was down!
It
was almost a month after I won, every time I had an outing to do I
would take the girls to furnishing stores and just say were looking
around, and asked them what they liked. I wanted to plan their
bedrooms in a new house I bought that sat on a 5000 acre ranch. I
didn't buy a house we couldn't manage, but I knew we would live a
comfortable lifestyle for the rest of our lives. I didn't know
exactly how to tell my parents, I didn't even know if I was going
to… I just wasn't sure of anything anymore.
"Why the hell
have you been taking so long in town lately?? The girls tell me
ya'll are stopping at stores that don't do any good to be
stopping at?" said daddy
"I'm not dad, well... I just like to look around... is that so horrible?"
"What are you thinking? What? You trying to take all the time you can outta the house? That it!?"
"No daddy, I like being here with the kids and you, I do. I just like some time to myself too..."
"Well it aint gonna be that way anymore. When we send you into town you go to where ya need and you come home. That's it. End of story"
With
that it was extra hard for me to do my planning. Finally I got the
chance, my dad went away for a 2 day fishing trip at Head Lake. I got
everything done that I needed. I made visits to the house to make
sure everything was ready. It was.
"Mom, I need to talk to
you"
"what is it??"
"Mom... I won the lotto last month,
on a trip into town I got a ticket then it lost then... well long
story short. I won!"
"Well why didn't you tell us?"
"Mom... I'm taking everyone... everyone except dad. I have a new house on a gorgeous ranch mom. It has amazing security; I made sure everything was ready. Please come, you don't need anything I have everything at the house, please come"
"I don't know about this Gabriella..."
"At least let me show you!"
"Okay... Well just me and you will go over; you know your father will be home in 2 days"
"Okay let's go!"
I took my mom over to the new house; it was about an hour away from ours. We pulled up in the long driveway, where I had a real working gate with a code, it ran the whole house part of the property, around the barn and the house and 3 fields. The rest was closed in, in a regular fence. We drove up to the house, my mother gasped.
"Its beautiful, how did you do all this? How much did you win??"
"Don't worry about it mom we are set for the rest of our lives"
I showed her around in the 11 bedroom mansion. It was beautiful. It was recently built by the previous owners; they bought the property then built a brand new house. It was all colored stone exterior with big white pillars at the front door that supported a balcony in the master bedroom (my room). There were 4 trucks in the driveway, one for my mom, one for Zeke one for Ryan and one for me. They were parked outside the 4 car garage. I took her in and right away the entrance opened up with beautiful hardwood floors. The spiral staircase was black and hardwood steps. The entrance opened to the left for the sitting room, and beyond that a huge kitchen with beautiful marble countertops and gorgeous white tile floors. There was another living room, a games room and a big dinning room, and 3 bathrooms downstairs. In the finished basement it was a rec. room with games and a big TV and gamming systems. Upstairs there was a bedroom for everyone, no more sharing. And 2 spare rooms for company. It was an amazing house with a really well kept yard. My mom would never have to work again. She could spend her days by the pool which had a waterfall and at the top and big hot tub. She could spend her days in the garden, ridding. Whatever she wanted.
"Gabriella this is beautiful, but what about your father, he's going to find us Gabby you know he will"
"No he wont mom, were unlisted! We're an hour away. This house has a top of the line security system, there's a gun cabinet for hunting and him. Loaded, ready, and registered to me and you. There are locks on every door in this house. Even if he does find us there is no way he can get into here, the fence is steel and it surrounds the whole property around the house and barn."
"I know... But you don't know your father like I do..."
"Mom I still have to wear a back brace because he broke 3 of my ribs, on my birthday. I know dad."
"I know… I just... I considered this you know... but he always held me back, let's go..."
So
they left. Gabriella
didn't know what to do. Her father was coming home tomorrow night.
So she sat her mom down and they had a long conversation about
it.
Gabriella told her mom there was no way she was leaving
without all the kids. Her mother finally came around and let her take
them that night. It was almost 8 and Gabriella's mom was going to
drive one car, and Gabriella would drive the other full of kids.
They
didn't tell them exactly where they were going at first; they told
them it was a surprise. They got to the house and everyone jumped out
and didn't understand what was going on. Gabriella told them all to
go inside and look around. So they did. Each of them found a room
with their name on the door. as they ran around the house exploring
and looking around she finally called them all down to the living
room on the main floor.
"Guys, this is our new home... i didnt
tell you, but that day i played the lottery, i found another ticket.
And we won! The whole thing, you guys are going to live here with me
for now. But there is one thing, no one, and I mean NO ONE! Is to
tell dad or anyone else where we are. The only one who knows is mom.
And no one else is to know for now okay?"
They all agreed
simultaneously. Gabriella told them all to go up to bed, because they
still had school tomorrow morning. She found them a new school about
20 minutes away. They would go in the morning and register. She also
had them change their last name so they would be untraceable to their
father. Gabriella knew she would have to talk to the principle and
tell her this, but she knew it wouldn't be a problem. She did her
homework and talked to the principle at another school that was about
25 minutes away.
She put baby Martha to bed after her last bottle
of the night, and went to bed. But sleep eluded her that night, it
seemed no matter how hard she tried there just was no sleep tonight.
She kept thinking about what would happen to her mother when their
dad found out what had happened. After she woke up and got everyone
to school the next day she decided she would go over and talk to her
mom to see if she could change her mind. She pulled up and Martha
started to cry.
She saw her mom approaching the car,
running?
"HURRY UP!!" she jumped into the car, "go, drive
Gabriella!! Your father just called he's going to be home any
minute! GO!"
She did as she was told and floored the petal. They
drove for almost 3 hours before they stopped.
"What's going
on mom??"
"your father called, saying he might stay another
day, I told him that was fine, he asked to talk to you and when i
said you were out he said he was coming home now, and he was calling
your cell phone?"
"I got a new phone?? Its okay, he won't be
able to reach me anyways mom. Listen, please reconsider. You deserve
so much better mom PLEASE! Please come with us. Today, it was the
best morning. I woke up and for once didn't worry about what I was
going to walk in on when I opened my door! Everyone was at school ON
TIME! And everyone was fed and clean and had nice clothes on, please
mom, we need to know our mother is okay"
"I know... darcy i
want to so bad..."
"Then do it! You say you want to? You've
always said you wanted to get out, well here's your chance mom! Take
it! we have to go pick up the kids, Zeke will drive Ryan home"
"okay,
I think it would be good to see them, I miss them already"
"you
don't have to you know?"
For the rest of the car ride to the
school, about an hour and a half... it was silent. Gabriella could
tell her mother was thinking hard about coming to live with them.
Finally they arrived.
"Mommy!! Are you coming home with us!?"
Sharpay
"yah mom?? Are you!" Taylor
"yes, I couldn't
stand to go one more night without you babies" mom
I was so
thrilled! I didn't say anything but Taylor sat up front on moms lap
and Sharpay and Kelsie sat in the back with Martha.
That night
was the best night of Gabriella's life; her whole family was together
in peace. Except her father, but that didn't bother her. They had a
great night; they went out for dinner to celebrate. They watched
movies and went horse back ridding. They had never had so much fun as
a family. But a strange feeling came over Gabriella like she knew
something was going to go wrong. That night her fear was confirmed…
A/N: next ch. coming soon