7/8/2023 0 Comments Baron spencer viciousEven the floor was so dark that it looked like I was hovering over an abyss, a fraction of a second from falling into nothingness.Ī ten-bedroom house, three people living in it-two of them barely ever there-and the Spencers had decided to house my family in the servants’ apartment near the garage. The interior designer must’ve been a medieval vampire, judging from the cold, lifeless colors and the giant iron chandeliers hanging from the ceilings. The best amenities money could buy…and except for the tennis court and sixty-five-foot pool, they were all in black.īlack choked out every pleasant feeling you might possibly have as soon as you walked through the big iron-studded doors. I couldn’t for the life of me understand why people with so much money would spend it on such a depressing house. She failed to mention it belonged to the man with the toughest heart in the world. “You know this is the toughest floor in the world?” That first time, Mama had elbowed my ribs. That day, I stood rooted in place on the same ironwood flooring that never creaked. I’d only been inside the mansion once before, when my family first came to Todos Santos.
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