Rags to Riches. Really? (1st book of Really? Series)

Chapter 28

After Beverly and Suzie finished showing me the bathroom and the rest of my room, they stopped at the bedroom door and paused.

"Do you need anything else?" Suzie asked while she cocked her head and raised an eyebrow in question. "Or do you want anything else?" she asked. "I can get you anything you want if you want it or whenever you want it."

I bit back a tight smile and shook my head. "No, thank you," I said and shifted my bag from one shoulder to the other and grabbed my bag tighter. "I am good." I looked at my siblings and raised an eyebrow in question. "How about you? Do you all need anything from them?"

My siblings looked at each other before they looked at them and shook their heads.

"No, thank you," River said with a tight smile on her face. "We do appreciate it, though."

Beverly and Suzie looked at each other before they looked at us. "Well, if you do need anything, then let us know," Suzie said, and Beverly nodded in agreement. "You can contact us by pressing the button near the door. We'll come in a flash."

"Of course, thank you," I said and gave them a tight smile, and they gave me a welcoming smile while they dipped their heads. I cleared my throat and grew serious while I glanced at my siblings before I looked at them. "Do you think you can see when Ramont is going to collect us?" I asked and raised an eyebrow in question, having a feeling that they wanted to do something for me. "I know that we will be leaving here shortly, but I do not know when."

"Of course," Suzie said and nodded in confirmation, and Beverly nodded as well. "We can do that." They smiled and bowed again before Suzie opened the door and let Beverly walk through the door before she started to walk through it as well.

Suzie paused and bowed one last time, a smile appearing on her face while she looked back at us. "We will be back, Yo- Mira," she promised. "Excuse us."

And with that, she walked the rest of the way through the door and closed it behind her, letting me breathe a small sigh of relief and relax every so slightly because I was grateful about being alone with my siblings and no one else.

Thank God...

***

River cleared her throat before she shifted on her feet while she looked at me, and I turned to look at her with a blank look on my face while I raised an eyebrow in question. "Are you ok?" she asked and cocked her head while she stared at me, furrowing her brows in confusion and worry.

I hesitated before I slowly nodded and moved a hand through my hair and across my face, biting back a tired sigh. "I am," I confirmed, even though I wasn't sure if I was or not before I cleared my throat and shifted on my feet. "Ok, I am going to need you all to go to the bed, sit down, and close your eyes or go into the bathroom."

"Why?" Jenny asked while she cocked her head and stared at me. She frowned and furrowed her brows further while she stared at me with a small frown on her face. "What are you wanting to do?"

"Nothing much," I said and shook my head before I cleared my throat and shifted on my feet again, hating the fact that they were still standing when all I wanted to do was find a place to hide my bag and the paperwork that was in it. "However, I don't want you all to know."

"Does it have to do with the bag that you have been carrying and have not put down?" Georgie asked and glanced at my bag before he looked at me.

His eyes grew wide, and realization dawned in his eyes while he stared at me. "Is it the bag?" he asked, his voice barely above a whisper.

Was it the bag with all of the information that you had gotten from your secret life..?

I hesitated before I slowly nodded. "Yes," I said. "It has everything that I need and use for my "other" life. It's also why I don't want you to know what I am going to do with it."

I tucked my head closer to my chest while I stared at them, silently telling them to drop the subject and let it go because they did not need to be super aware of the double life that I lived.

They looked at each other before they looked at me. They didn't say a word before they did what they were told to do and went over to my bed, laid down, and closed their eyes, facing away from me.

I breathed a small sigh of relief and looked around my room before I walked over to my closet, deciding the best place would be in there.

"Holy shit," I said, my voice barely above a whisper while I stared at the closet in shock and awe.

Rows and rows of clothes, shoes, and jewelry sat out in front of me, and I couldn't help but grab my bag handle tighter.

I could steal all of this and sell it to make a new life for me and my siblings without the other stuff...

I grabbed my bag strap tighter before I shook my head and pursed my lips in annoyance, knowing full well that I wasn't going to do that, even though it was right there for the taking.

They weren't mine anyway...

"Mira?" Georgie asked from the bedroom. "Are you ok in there?"

I shook my head and cleared my throat, pursing my lips in annoyance. "Uh... ya, ya, I am fine," I said. "Stay where you are, is that understood?"

"We are," they said in unison.

I sighed and shook my head again before I started to go through the closet to see if I couldn't find a place to stuff my bag, not knowing if anyone else would be going into the closet after me.

I felt dirty being in this pristine and well kept place, hating the fact that I was here and not where I belonged, which was the messy house with its worn down features.

But I didn't belong there either...

I sighed and shook my head before I finally found a spot where I hoped that my bag would be safe and stuffed it there, deciding that I would deal with it later.

I could put the papers, money, and clothes in separate places... I thought and pursed my lips in annoyance. But that would be harder on me if I need to leave quickly.

I pursed my lips further before I sighed and shook my head while I made sure that my bag was hidden, standing.

However, they will be fine right here hidden away behind a piece of a wall that seemed to move and a lot of clothes that I have never owned in my whole entire life.

For now...