Chapter 3: settling in

inside of her uncles home there were several bedrooms. there was her uncles and Gina's master bedroom, some rooms that belonged to the kids, a few rooms were filled to the brim with random stuff, and downstairs was a basement. the basement used to be there for partys before their children so there was a pool table, an old silver jukebox, a neon light that spelled out " stay golden " and an empty built in bar. delilah had been worried that the atmosphere would be creepy but luckily it wasnt. instead she felt peaceful below the chaotic pace of the boys upstairs. after unpacking the few boxes she brought along, she watched as her uncle and cousins carried down the new bed he bought her. delilah could only laugh when she discovered that the bedding set was decorated with the power puff girls,her favorite cartoon as a child. Gina was at work but delilah knew it must have been her that picked them out. delilah kept in mind that she must remember to thank gina when she got back. when they left she started to unpack and decorate her new space. the only one that stayed was her little cousin named Caden who sat at the bottom of the basement stairs and watched her quietly. out of all the boys she found him to be the most endearing. maybe it was because he had Gina's features with a round freckled face, honey blonde hair and bright blue eyes she found caden adorable or maybe it was the way he trailed behind her like a lost puppy. he never spoke to anyone but her. at least from what she could tell from her visits but he was a smart boy that loved puzzles and read chapter books at the age of 5.