Post by HV Admin on Aug 5, 2009 20:03:41 GMT -5
In the year of 1949, a large hotel was constructed in Seattle, Washington. The man who owned the building was Carter Voyde, a man known for his kindness and intellect. A retired lawyer, Voyde was well off financially, but he was bored with his life. So he decided to have a go at the hotel business. He opened Hotel Voyde to the public and soon, the hotel became his pride and joy, his life.
He took care of the place as if it were one of his children, and in a sense, it was. But even after all the tears, sweat, and blood he offered to his greatest possession, he knew that someday, he would not be around to care for it any longer. And that someday could not be far off, as he reached his mid-seventies. Even if he was alive for many years to come, he could only be capable of managing the hotel for so long. So he turned to his grandson, Adam Voyde. He did this for two reasons. One, Carter and Adam had a great relationship and Adam did enjoy being around the hotel, even at the age of twenty-eight. Two, Adam had a six-year-old son. Carter hoped that Adam would take over the hotel and eventually pass it down to his own son, as Carter wanted the hotel to remain in the family.
Adam accepted his grandfather's request, a few years before Carter's death by heart attack. He took the death hard, but was determined to keep the hotel in it's prestigious condition. He spent a lot of time on the hotel, though not nearly as much as it's original owner. Adam still had the rest of his life to consider, his family. He managed to keep his obligations to the hotel and to the rest of his life from conflicting, and in fact, brought them together.
His son, Erik, also spent a lot of time at the hotel, and learned to love it as much as his father and great-grandfather. But unfortunately, the hotel's success would be diminishing very soon, very suddenly.
When Erik was eighteen, both his parents were killed in a car accident. He inherited everything, including the hotel. Especially the hotel. But he was young and facing a lot of hardships. Sure, it had seemed possible a few years ago, a few months ago, maybe, but now, he couldn't deal with sustaining the hotel and it's glory.
But he was not done with it, yet. Instead, he turned it into a home for teens with nowhere else to go. He had plenty of money from inheritance to keep the place running that way, and so, Hotel Voyde became a shelter for the troubled.