Darling | chase davenport

Chapter Eight

Chapter Eight

"Hey, guys, check this out," Davenport tells us as we entered the kitchen area, there was a painting with a blanket it over it. "I picked this up at auction today, and it only cost me a million dollars."

"Wha--? For a sheet? Boy, I guess I'd better start saving up if I'm gonna be a ghost for Halloween." Adam commented and I let out a small laugh as we gather around the mysterious painting.

"It's a painting, Adam," Davenport corrected. "By a very famous artist named Von Schtopp." He then revealed the painting and honestly, it looked like a bunched of pretty colors mingled into one.

"Hm. I wish I would have been there to "Von Schtopp" you from buying it." Leo remarked and I giggled, we fist pumped.

Davenport narrowed his eyes at Leo and I. "What is it?" Adam asks.

"It's abstract art, Adam. It's whatever you think it is." Davenport explained.

"I think it's a crying woman." Bree says.

"I think it's a storm at sea."

"I think it's a bunch of pretty colors,"

"I think someone just blew a million bucks." Leo commented, looking at the painting.

That's when Davenport's phone went off. "That's me. Davenport Industries. Hello? Uh-huh. Oh, boy. All right." Davenport then hangs up. "Looks like I've got to put out a fire at work."

"What happened?" Chase asked, taking his hand in mine making me smile.

"Betty from accounting got her head caught in the positron collider again." Davenport explained and I scoffed.

Oh, Betty.

"Ohh!" Leo says knowingly.

"That's gonna be messy. Can you guys put that in the art vault for me?" Davenport asks, he didn't see me raising my eyebrow. He trust five teenage kids with a million dollar painting?

"Wait, you have an art vault?" Leo asks, amazed.

"When are you guys gonna learn? I have a everything." Davenport chuckled. "But whatever you do, do not touch the Davenportraits."

"What's a Davenportrait?" Leo asked.

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We were now standing in the art vault, and there were lots of disturbing pictures of Davenport up here. "Am I screaming out loud or just inside my head?" Leo asked.

"I'm just gonna say it: Davenport is one weird dude." Chase commented and I nodded.

"You're figuring that out now?" I asked my boyfriend, he rolled his eyes but kissed my forehead.

Adam then puts the painting on the stand. "Ah. Voila. The Van Schto-" he was about to sneeze, on us and my eyes widen.

"Ew, gross, gross, gross...!" Bree says, turning away.

"Turn around! Not on me!" Leo exclaimed, Adam then turned around and sneezed and his lasers glitched out and there was now a hole in the painting making my eyes widen.

"Adam, what did you do?" Chase asked, moving to see the painting, our eyes were wide.

"Oh, I think that sneeze accidentally triggered my heat vision!" Adam figured.

"Big D is going to freak out!" I exclaim, chewing hard on my bottom lip.

"Let's not panic. This hole is barely noticeable." Chase tells us, which was true. But then Adam being Adam, sneezed again making the hole bigger, making it ten times worse! "That, however, is incredibly noticeable!"