Sacrifices

Connections

                                      (New character added up top is the best similar looking picture I could get)

                         (Carla POV)

                                                           After getting ready early I thought about going on a morning jog but decided against it not wanting to feel that weird paranoid feeling I felt the other day, so I decided it would be best to just do nothing maybe I never took time to myself really to just do nothing. Be nothing it could be good for me, having time to myself wasn't rare but when it had nothing to do with work that was another story. Slowly making my out of my room I went downstairs to see that Clotilda had already gone to school and Scarlett's car missing as evidence of that.                                                                                                                                                                                     Turning away from the window I jump closer to it seeing Maud and Polina standing behind me looking confused like they wanted to ask me something but  didn't want to disturb me."When did Clotilda leave I wanted to say goodbye or to make her breakfast, did she take her lunch with her at least."I said trying to not sound concerned about something so small but it was a genuine concern for me."Yeah, she has her lunch and she ate breakfast, everything has been cleaned it's fine. We just thought you needed time to sleep more it's fine she wanted to go an hour early that's all."Polina said calming my slowly flaring nerves, but that calmness didn't stay for long because they brought up something I didn't want them to know."So what's with the weird hidden, also destroyed room in the basement."I turned to them I warned Maud so many times to not touch the basement unless she didn't have a choice but to go herself and to just let me go, I didn't want them down there it wasn't safe and I didn't even feel comfortable going down there."I told you the basement is off-limits I know it wasn't your idea so what did Polina tell you to make you go down there and to go snooping through my stuff at that."I said disappointed which seemed to get to her turning away upset but understanding she messed up."It was my idea, not Polina's I'm sorry, I need some equipment from there, and I had the key still with me, and I didn't want to worry you. I'm sorry I should've told you and not let you find out like this."She said looking disappointed in herself and worried how I'd react it was off limited and even letting Polina go snooping in my things.

                        After they explained they didn't go snooping on purpose it was just meant to be apparent from the way they put it but less cliche at least, Maud went looking through a random pile for the right things and Polina went somewhere deeper in the room to help her. When she saw part of the wall looked almost higher than the rest as she was looking through piles of old things that seemed to have just been thrown to the side almost in a pile purposefully to cover what was behind it. In the end, she couldn't help but try to peel at the paint and found a screwdriver and just went at it. Pulling and peeling away what seemed to be a light plaster and 2 lares of paint to a door with a lock that could be opened with a quarter and having a card on her, she got in easily. Knowing what she was going to say I'd rather just go back down there with them and explain in the room itself, why it was destroyed but not fully cut off from the house as a whole or revamped. Reentering the basement and walking down those wooden and metal stairs was almost like deja vu, feeling the cold air hit my face the step of my flat-heeled shoes hitting each step echoed in the almost emptied-out storage. Walking past the old dusty memories that sat around me as I walked deeper before finding what I was seeking, the door. The wall was ripped where I had covered it and the junk that sat in front had been moved a few feet away from the door I slowly opened it taking a deep breath stepping into the tattered and discarded room. Trophies upon trophies laid on the floor, broken glass mirrors, the whole room was trashed the rancid smell of old liquor and clean supplies lingered as I stepped more into the room taking it all I. How did I forget this was even here? What I did. In the far back of the room sat a large golden and black trophy case sat on its side the glass broken, the gold worn and breaking away in chunks, a scratched-up metal bat sat in front of it, blood on the rapped up handle. Walking deeper into the room I slowly touched the wall, stepping on broken glass, and pieces of metal, suddenly stepping on a torn apart picture me and Sebastian standing side by side his arm around my shoulders.                                                                                                                                                                                                       I reached down lightly picking it up rubbing it between my fingers ash and dust fell off the torn and partly burnt photo before dropping it back on the dirty floor that was covered in glass"So what happened here, did you do this. I mean you don't even kill spiders, you catch and release those 8 legged monsters. Or did this have to do with Sebastian"Maud said turning to me, I wasn't rude or aggressive in any way around them so I can understand why she was so confused this wasn't like me, how could I do so much damage to something that could mean so much to me."It had nothing to do with him but in a way it did, but I did this, I don't know why honestly, I think this happened after I had told Sebastian I would take Clotilda in, it was a weird time I got out of control I guess. Just went at everything I could really."I said turning away embarrassed about having to admit that. Having a clear head and bright path was just something I showed all the time it was my image of who I was, and if I didn't have that if what everyone expected was gone. Who was I?"I didn't think you would, you know be able to do this its more than surprising for anyone well more or less Polina and Kendal. Wait omg we were finding the supplies for when she arrived and she's probably locked out in the wind now."Maud said almost panicked not explaining why she called her when we had business to talk over not them, as she went for the door when from the direction of the main basement door came to the voice of a woman asking almost checking if it was them downstairs it was Kendal. Going upstairs finding her waiting she said she saw the door open so she wanted to make sure it was us since the front door was also unlocked but Scarlett's car wasn't there like she thought it would. Maud went for a handshake but before she could grab her hand she was pulled into a hug by the shorter lady her beautiful natural brown curls that were coming from under her hat pushed their way out almost having the hat fall to the floor."So should we start on why I'm here detective Larrson?"She said a smirk on her face as she let go of Maud, rolling my eyes at her knowing she was going to be like this, she was always overly energized when I helped Mrs.Jayson with her training after I start working with her. I couldn't escape their eyes though the surprise and confusion hit hard like they were slowly watching someone they knew for so long slowly unwrap and change all over again."Yeah, we should get to that, I wanted to go over the disappearances in the area and about the rumors on the toxic wildlife. I think it had something to do with some drug ring and trafficking members that found some weird crystals that they were turning into some new drug also didn't they bring up finding some weird deformed animal but it ended up escaping."I said almost checking if she brought the evidence for us to go over but after saying that thing about the animal I could see Polina get pale and almost worried."Yeah, I have it but I need to know how did you get yourself on this case again. Mrs.Jayson was pissed when you dropped it last year." Getting noisy on how I got around her without much backlash even though it's been almost two years you'd think she would forget but guess not, still mad."I have connections to get around her radar and she needed help.You know I did find 5 of the victims while under pressure and handing a clingy child so I got off easy. But now some of those *ssholes have been found near the Angles Nation forest, not near the manor but too close for comfort.I can understand if I was alone but I got a kid."I said wanting to get my point across."You don't have to make it sound fancy just say mansion ok be honest."She said almost annoyed but I already know it was because she always thought she was Mrs. Jayson's favorite even if it was a fantasy in her head."Ok, let's get to business the lab in the basement still works let us look at the evidence there."I said going for the stairs as she walked behind me the other two going to follow, but not minding and going deeper down the steps not knowing what was waiting for me in those files she held.