Chapter 1
I was standing at my back door looking out into my tiny garden if you could even call it that and could feel the excitement bubbling inside of me knowing that I only had to endure a few more days here. I had been living in the busy bustling city my whole life and hated it. My dream has alwasy been to be nestled out in the wilderness in my own personal slice of heaven. Away from the noise and constant bustle of this place. Everyone here always seemed to be in a rush. When all I wanted to do was slow down and breathe in the fresh air.
Id finally saved up enough money to buy my dream home , a one bedroom house on a huge piece of land with a endless forest at the foot of the garden . It was perfect and I was itching to move in with my two best friends , well only friends my faithful dogs Jasper and Storm. Id alwasy been a loner for as long as I can remember, alwasy preferring the company of animals . They never screamed and shouted or lied to your face and most of all they were fiercley loyal.
I couldnt wait to let them run free in their new home they were going to love it . As I looked around my current home at all the boxes packed and ready to go I sighed with contentment at the thought of my future just me and my dogs .
Three days later I was watching the city disapear in my rear view mirror and I knew in my gut id made the right descision. After my last living relative died and left me a chuck of money to add to my current savings id been working tirelessly to scrape the remainder of the money I needed together . When I Found the little house online I knew it was perfect and didnt even bother travelling the distance to view it instead purchasing it immediately over the phone.
The town it was located in was tiny but had everything I would need without having to travel too far for supplies. The best part was that all of the houses there were miles apart from each other so I didnt even have to worry about nusisance neighbours .
The butterlies were dancing in my stomach again the closer I got to my new home , I was finally going to see it in person. Jasper and Storm were happily hanging there heads out the back windows tongues flailing in the breeze, if dogs could smile I would say they were beaming. I rescued them three years ago after they were going to euthanised and have tried to give them the best life possible after they suffered years of abuse from the previous owners. Humans are seriously fucked up if you ask me , how anyone could hurt a inocent creature for there own enjoyment is one of many reasons why I prefer to be on my own with my animals. Im single and definately not ever gonna be ready to mingle . I dont even care if i die a 28 year old virgin. Dont get me wrong I find men attractive and I love a good rom com or snuggling up with a romance novel but those men are perfect. Charming and strong and alwasy say the right things. They swoop in and rescue the damsel in distress and im definatley not a damsal. In the real world the men ive interacted with have always been disapointing so ive never taken things further than the first couple of dates. Now its been so long ive decided to give up entirely . I prefer my own company at home with my dogs.
When I pulled into the driveway of my new home the sun was starting to set in the sky creating beautiful pinks and oranges on the horizon , making my new little home look even more idilic. Instead of lugging everything out the car I decided to just grab the essentials and head inside to explore. The unpacking could wait until the next day the house was already partly furnished after all. I opened the back doors and the boys piled out trotting up to the front door woth me . I swear they were just as excited as me at the prospect of our new life.
I opened up the blue front door and slowly walked inside buzzing to explore my little haven. As I walked around I was happy to find it looked as perfect as it did in the pictures id seen. It had a open plan kitchen lounge with space for a dinning table not that I needed one I thought to myself. There was a beautiful old brick original fireplace perfect for snuggling up on cold winter nights and huge patio doors looking onto my huge garden . Upstairs there was my bedroom and a generous size bathroom . I mean what else did I really need. I opened up the patio doors to let the stale air out and the fresh air in and tepped out into my garden. The boys were following closely behind excited to explore out in the huge space that was now all ours. I have to say this was my faveourtie part of the property , the garden seemed to go on forever. My last garden was more like a postage stamp in comparison to this. Yes we were definatly going to be happy here.
