[color=#b97703]“Okay, it’s a [i]little[/i] more reasonable than a million,”[/color] Cas rolled his eyes at Iris’s exaggeration. He had to admit it was a lot though. There were twenty-five rooms if one only counted the bedrooms and bathrooms alone. He didn’t even want to do the math to include the rest of the mansion. When he was a kid, he’d run through the whole house to count how many rooms there were, but it had been so long since then that he’d forgotten the total number. He was pretty sure it was somewhere around forty though.

When she asked about the photographers again, he shrugged. [color=#b97703]“Who knows?”[/color] he adjusted his grip on the bags to make sure he wouldn’t drop anything. [color=#b97703]“They’re pretty annoying though. My dad forbade them from trespassing on our property a long time ago, but they still stalk us from the outside. They’ve got these fancy cameras that can zoom in over a long distance, so we don’t have a lot of privacy if we want to go outside.”[/color] He casted her a joking smirk. [color=#b97703]“It’s not completely awful, I guess. Just means no skinny dipping in the pool.”[/color]

Leading her inside, he held the door open so she wouldn’t have to struggle too much with her crutches. The [url=https://photos.zillowstatic.com/uncropped_scaled_within_1536_1152/ISe8f5d5sggy581000000000.jpg][color=598527]entry[/color][/url] on the other side was already elaborate. A crystal chandelier hung over a decorative tile floor with expensive furnishings that lined either side. Even the most basic of rooms oozed money, but it was nothing compared to the rest of the mansion.

[color=#b97703]“It’s even better,”[/color] he said confidently when Iris talked about the home theater. Having seen the luxuries of the Maydestone house every day his entire life, he didn’t look twice at the space around them as he led her to the room that his father had chosen for her to live in while she stayed at their place. [color=#b97703]“My car is nice, but the theater was [i]made[/i] to have the best quality showings you can get. You’re gonna love it.”[/color] Every room he led her through was even more richly decorated than the last, but he didn’t bother looking at it.

Eventually, he brought her to a long hallway that was lined with doors to the first-floor bedrooms. It was right underneath the level where his room was. [color=#b97703]“I like a lot of movies,”[/color] he mused, answering her question as he led her to the room on the end of the corridor. [color=#b97703]“I mostly watch action films, but I’d say I really like suspense and horror too. Anything that give me an adrenaline rush, you know?”[/color] Most of the time, the thrills he got from movies and TV were the only kind he could get. He’d meant it when he’d told her he led a boring life. In a way, watching exciting and scary shows filled a gap he was missing.

[color=#b97703]“It’s kind of ironic, since I don’t like gory stuff in real life,”[/color] he shrugged, thinking about how he’d reacted to her injured leg the day he’d found her. [color=#b97703]“But it’s different when I know it’s not real.”[/color]

When they reached the door to her room, he pushed it open to reveal a quaint bedroom. It was on the smaller side compared to the ones he and his father used, but it was still fairly large. The bedroom was set up with a full-size bed, a desk, a couple lounge chairs and a fireplace. Off to the side, a door led to the connecting bathroom. It was similar to his own with a glass-front shower and a tub with a TV built into the wall. Overall, the room would be more than enough space for one person.

[color=#b97703]“Here we are,”[/color] he said, stepping inside and turning back to her with a smile. [color=#b97703]“Better than the hospital, right?”[/color]