A Single Mom Meets Someone New Ch 74

Gillian sat at on the counter in the kitchen eating a bowl of fruit loops. 

“Some things never change.” Bette walked into the kitchen. 

“You neither.” Gillian handed Bette the box of fruit loops. Bette smiled. 

“Big day tomorrow.” Bette pulled a handful of cereal out of the box. 

“Mmhmm.” Gillian ate the last bite of cereal. 

“You know we have missed you.” Bette said. Gillian didn’t answer. She drank the milk out of her bowl and slid off of the counter. “Are you okay?” 

“I’m fine.” Gillian sat her bowl in one of the sinks. 

“Are you sure?” Bette said. 

“Yes, Bette I’m fine.” Gillian said and walked out of the kitchen. 

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“Fruit Loops babe really.” Tina said rolling over after Bette kissed her. 

“Gillian gave them to me.” Bette said. Tina sat straight up. 

“What? Where is she?” She asked. 

“I don’t know she left me in the kitchen alone I almost didn’t find my way back here.” Bette said. 

“What did she say? Where has she been?” Tina asked. 

“We didn’t really get a chance to talk.” Bette answered. 

“Well she has to be in this castle somewhere. I’ll find here.” Tina pulled a hoodie on over the old Madonna tour t-shirt she was wearing. 

“Tina I think you should wait till morning at least.” Bette said. 

“I can’t sleep anyway I might as well go look.” Tina said. 

“Okay but leave bed crumbs so you can find your way back.” Bette rolled over and fell asleep. 

Tina slipped out into the hallway and began her search. She tried to think about where Gillian would create her safe haven away from everything else. She tried the rooms that she knew used to belong to Gillian when she was little but no luck. The rooms had remained eerily the same. 

She found a hidden door at the end of a hallway on the opposite side of the castle. The last time she was there it hadn’t been renovated and wasn’t used at all. Tina remember how Gillian used to love to play on that side when she was little. She wondered down a narrow hallway at the end was a door. A narrow stair case led up into darkness. Tina headed up. Lights on the stair case lit as she stepped on each step. She reached the top and opened a door. The side of the castle looked much as it did before. Like an old castle would but only it looked like someone lived there.