Piper was going to have to get used to smelling him, he wasn’t going to give up, hadn’t been before, but she had no hope of brushing him off now. He fully intended to bring her in and raise that boy in his pack, keep them both safe in the pack-house.
Brandon’s room was full of things, he wanted for nothing, had everything he could possibly want. There was a snowboard up on a hook on the wall, a pair of ice skates hanging just below it, he had baseball gear in one corner of his room, had a soccer ball and basketball in a bag inside his walk in. the boy had a large king single bed and a shelf of track and field medals, that made Bradley smiled, touched them all, read them all first or second place he was fast it seemed.
There was a study desk under the window that looked out over the back yard and next to the window was a large pin board with lots more photos. The boy had travelled with Piper all around the world, it seemed, there were pictures of him and her at the Eiffel tower in France, near Big Ben in London, the Sydney Opera House in Australia, on the Great Wall of China. He shook his head. This kid had been to so many place not even he had been.
There were a few of them snowboarding, and recently he realised, likely on the long weekend, she had gone away, it seemed. He plucked a photo from the board and turned it over. There was nothing written on it, but he looked like he did now.
Opened the boy’s computer and turned it on. Password protected, he sighed.
“Try Aspen.” Coop smiled at him as he leaned on the bedroom door frame.
“What are you smiling about?” he asked him.
“You, just touching everything, can’t seem to help yourself.”
“Ha Ha,” Bradley muttered, but the man was right, he did want to touch everything, typed Aspen in and it worked. Sat himself down in the boys chair and went through his photo gallery. Sure enough, there were more photos and he could see they were just down loaded this week.
So definitely recent, there were quite a few of just him, and a few of him and Piper smiling up at the camera. They did look happy in every photo. It made him sad to know he’d missed out on so much, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Walked into the third bedroom and found it wasn’t a bedroom but a studio in which she could work from home, found a ripped up dress hanging off a mannequin in the back corner of the room slightly behind a decorative privacy screen. The mannequin had also seen better days, he noted. Though the rest of the room was immaculate, it looked very similar to her store studio, including the comfortable high-backed winged chair.
Touched her computer on the desk next to the door. It was also password protected. Neither he nor Coop could c0ck it, wasn’t Brandon, Harper, Whitlock, wasn’t Bradley or the pack’s names. Wasn’t Jewel or Talon either, they weren’t going to be able to c0ck it, they didn’t know that much about her.
The house was neat and tidy, even Brandon’s room, though full of stuff was in an orderly manner, seems Piper liked to keep things in order. The place he noted had minimal furniture, there was no clutter at all other than the photos, and a few framed magazine covers with her name on them in her studio. There was nothing at all.
Bradley frowned and looked around at the downstairs. There was nothing, not even a vase. Basic furniture only. No art prints on the wall, not even souvenirs from their trips and they had been all over the world.
Turned and walked back up the stairs, looked at the open-spaced living area, it had a gaming vibe to it. Likely Brandon’s space, the boys’ room was full of stuff. Her room, however, when he went back into it, nothing on either of the bedside tables bar a phone docking recharging station. There were no prints on the walls in here either, it was a bedroom without clutter no real personal touches, just those photos, there was nothing here that said who she was at all.
Walked into her en-suite and looked at the dual sinks, there were just the basic items needed toothbrush, toothpaste, a hair brush and deodorant and one bottle of moisturiser. No clutter in here either, now he had seen many female bathrooms, they were covered in products, make-up and hair dryers and straighteners, curlers, perfumes and all sorts of other things.
Opened the draws, only the top one had anything in it make up, neatly stacked, so she could see what was in there. Opened the cupboards found only a hair straightener and a curler. Just bare basic needs.
Turned and headed into her closet, it was loaded with clothing, from gym wear to casual jeans and tee-shirts, to a few summer dresses, then there was a section of suits, work wear, he guessed. Even owned several evening gowns and cocktail dresses. Plenty of clothes for all occasions.
He did note 3 large suitcases on the floor along the back wall, all just simple and plain. Frowned as he looked about, Brandon had everything he could possibly want or need, Piper had nothing, it was weird.
“What’s wrong Brad?” Cooper asked him.
“It’s odd, like Brandon lives here, but she doesn’t. It’s all Brandon and nothing is about her at all. Like she doesn’t..” he shook his head, he didn’t know.
“Maybe the less stuff she had the less time it takes to pack. Maybe thinking ahead, to run again…as a rogue, might have to run sometimes, so she doesn’t see a point in collecting anything.” he offered up.
“Could be, but then why is Brandon’s room full to the brim?” Bradley shook his head. “It’s weird, like she doesn’t want others to see who she really is, when she has visitors.”
“She might not.” Cooper sighed “Been on her own, Brad, for a very long time.”
“Not healthy for wolves to live alone.” he sighed, not good they were social creatures, she’d isolated herself from her own kind, had good reason to, but all he could see now in her own home, was that there was still nothing personal about her. It felt lonely, he realised. Her part of the house was cold and lonely, wondered if that was how she really felt.
“No it’s not.” Cooper agreed. “Come on, we should go before she comes home.”
“She’s going to smell me in here regardless.”
“I know, you touched everything, even her stuff.”
Coop was smiling again. “Come on, let’s go check on Brandon once more before deciding on a plan of action to take “
“She’s going to run, once she realises, I know about Brandon.” Brad sighed heavily.
“She won’t go far, got three businesses to run Bradley, she knows your stalking her, hasn’t left, just trying to limit exposure to you, and once she finds out Hadley is your little sister, things will be different between the two of you. I’m sure of it.”
Piper POV
Piper heard the male Canadian accent in the store, and felt Harper bristle inside of her mind right away. Heard him state his name was Timothy Avery and that he wanted to see Piper Harper.
She got up from her desk as quietly as possible and headed for the back door, was about to step out of the building when she heard him, sounded fully amused to her ear at that “Tell Pipe, not to leave, my men are out back.”
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