If Only..(Part 1 And Part 2 Included)(Under Edit)

Chapter 8 - Will You?

After a few hours drive towards the country side, the car pulled over near a worn out small house, in the middle of an isolated neighborhood. The faded color of the walls and spiderweb marking their territory over random parts over the door explained that no one has been there for years. Madeline's eyes enlarged as she kept looking at the house, clueless, while still inside the car. Madeline found herself failing to move her eyes from the place and also failing to fit in an explanation to this act. As, Rex flounced open the door of her side, she jolted back to the present. She looked up at him to see a subtle mark of pain registered over his face.

"Come with me." he proposed in a gentle tone and stretched his hand towards her.

Madeline bought herself the time to decide for the best and looked up at him. Rex sensed her discomfort and nodded at her in an assuring way. She took in a gulp and placed her hand into hers, gathering few strings of her confidence. He guided her out of the car and they made their way towards the house. 

On unlocking, the door creaked open. Rex left her hand and sauntered inside, while Madeline stood at the door.

She looked around to find simple furnishings, covering spaces in the small interior. The whole of the place was covered with dust, maybe shielding some good memories, which yearned to come out, at the presence of Rex.

Rex stayed in his own bubble, scanning through every detail of the house, and walked around as if it was his own. There was a guilt within his eyes.

"What is this place?" Madeline asked

Rex shifted his glittery gaze, towards Madeline, "My home."

Her eyebrows arched up, in a pity. She has never seen him broken. The tears at the corner of his eyes, broke her in some extend.

Rex shook his head to himself and closed his eyes taking in a sharp breath to open it back to normal.

"The place I grew up. My Parents home." he replied in a low voice.

She creased her eyebrows, "I don't understand."

Rex looked at her and smiled, "A place which was a happy home till the parents were killed in cold blood, leaving two young boys, alive to see it all."

His words left Madeline shuddered in her place. While Rex kept studying through her, she let out a shaky breath and looked around the same place, but now with a terrifying story backing it.

"W..when did this happen?"

"I was 10" letting out a sigh, "I told you, I will tell you a story." shrugging, " Now you know it all."

"I'm sorry..!!"

Rex walked up towards her, "It's been years, honey. Time has changed. So, did the situations."

Madeline shifted her gaze towards the worn out wall.

"Follow me."

He turned his heel and walked into another room. Madeline trailed him, studying through the surroundings, till she reached another room. It was a bedroom, with wooden walls.  Rex moved the past the room and twisted the knob of a weakly held door. He looked over at Madeline before pushing it open. As, the door swinged outward, a gush of wind travelled inside the room, along with a subtle smell of damp mud.

Rex turned towards her with a smile, "And, here comes the biggest surprise." and signalled her to follow him.

As she crossed the threshold of the door, the gloomy ambience of the house got altered with a heavenly atmosphere. Trees standing unnoticed over the muddy banks of a gushing backwater. The gargling sound of the water, along the almost inaudible sound of the air, sounded no less than music. The moonlight casting a blue shadow over the leaves and the twinkling water made the place look like a scenery straight out of a mythical story. All her gloom was washed away, by the beauty of the place.