Haunted House 35: Owned

[aldersprig]

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The towel dropped down and the house shook for a second.  Mélanie jumped; Jasper reached over and put a hand on her arm.

“That’s a laugh.  It’s okay, it just means your joke worked. I mean, I hope it was a joke.  And… you’re right and wrong.”

“Sir?” Mélanie found that that worried her more than the house shaking.

“It’s to your credit, not mine, that you get along with the house.  I’m just really glad that I found you. We’ve had a few, ah. There’s been a few false hopes and a few that were obvious bad fits from the first day, but you — I think you will be happy here with us.”

Happy here with us.  Not well-behaved or even well-suited.  Mélanie found she wanted to smile, so she did, slowly but genuinely.

“I think I probably will be too, sir.  Jasper. And House… Does House have a name?”

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Comments

[clare_dragonfly]

Ooh, I wonder if he will offer her freedom. And if he does, if she'll take it.

[sauergeek]

I am glad to see that Mélanie — with a bit of help from the house — has finally gotten through to Jasper. And, in turn, that Jasper has finally gotten Mélanie to understand, and rather importantly answer, his own question.

Now to see what they both do with that information. (I also expect the house to have opinions.)