Undead and Unreturnable by MaryJanice Davidson

Author:MaryJanice Davidson [Davidson, MaryJanice]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Group USA, Inc.
Published: 2010-02-28T23:00:00+00:00

“It’s pretty good,” Jessica said. “Because the newsletter is new, I guess you had to make up the first few questions?”

“Yeah.”

“Well, pretty soon you’ll start to get real letters, so that’s okay. But this isn’t too bad.”

I started to cry.

“Jeez!” Jessica said, putting the paper down and hurrying over to me. “I had no idea you were such a touchy edit! It’s great, it’s really great for your first time. Lots of—uh—lots of good advice.”

“Sinclair moved out of my room,” I sobbed.

“Well, honey, I don’t know that he ever actually moved in.”

I cried harder.

“Uh, sorry. Did you guys have a fight?”

“A big one. The worst one.”

“Worse than when you thought he was putting the moves on your sister?”

“I wish that’s what it was,” I wept.

“Okay. Is it something you can tell me about?”

“No,” I sobbed. Sinclair’s humiliation was still fresh; the last thing I was going to do was spread it around.

She had poured a fresh cup of tea for me—we were in the kitchen—and now sat down in the chair next to me. My feeble letter lay on the table between us. I’d been desperate to distract myself from the fight. Thus, Dear Betsy.

“Well, honey, is it something bad you did?”

“I didn’t think so. I thought it was good. Proof of something good. But he didn’t agree. And then he left. It’s been two nights, and he hasn’t been back; I haven’t even seen him in the house. I’ve seen George the Fiend more than my own fiancé.”

“Right, but…you’re not going around killing Girl Scouts or anything, right?”

I shook my head. “Nothing like that.”

“And you didn’t read the Book…Betsy!” she nearly screamed at my feeble nod. “Did you turn evil again?”

“I wish. I only read the paragraph he made me. He was just making a point. And then he slammed it shut and took it away, and took himself away, too.”

“Well, is it something you can say you’re sorry for?”

“I don’t think I can apologize for this. Besides, I already did. We were pretty mad, though. He might not have noticed. But it was a secret for a long time. I guess I can apologize for not telling him right away.”

“That’s a start, right?”

“He’s afraid of me now,” I practically whispered.

Jessica burst out laughing. She laughed so hard she actually slapped the table with her palm. “Scared! Sinclair! Of you!” Slap, slap. “Oh, that’s a good one.” She sighed and wiped her eyes. “Tell it again; I needed that.”

I glared. “I’m serious, Jessica. The thing I told him made him be scared of me. In the past he thought it was cool that I could do things other vampires couldn’t—”

“And let’s not forget, he wasn’t above using you to get what he wanted,” she pointed out, her cheeks still shiny from laugh-tears.

“Yeah, I know. But he was never, you know, scared of the things I could do. Just…impressed, like. He thought they were neat, and he thought it was great that I killed Nostro and what’s-her-name, and he thinks it’s great that the devil is my sister’s mother, but he was never afraid of me.

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