Vampire Journals Bundle by Morgan Rice

Author:Morgan Rice [Rice, Morgan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Morgan Rice
Published: 2013-01-24T16:00:00+00:00

TWENTY THREE

As Sam stood there, facing his father, his heart sank. He couldn’t believe it. While he’d been disappointed by the trailer park, by the mobile home, by the unkempt surroundings, nothing had prepared him for his disappointment upon seeing his Dad. All of his dreams came crashing down at once.

His dad was a short, thin, frail man, maybe in his 50s, balding badly, with long stringy hair that draped down over one side of his head. He hadn’t shaved in days, and it looked like he’d slept in his clothes. His skin was covered in warts, and scarred by bad acne. He had small, beady black eyes, which darted about in his head. He stared back at Sam, looking not unlike a rat. In fact, his entire aura exuded sleaze. And he reeked. He probably hadn’t bathed in days.

He looked nothing like Sam. And he looked nothing like the Dad that Sam had imagined he’d come from.

Sam couldn’t fathom how he possibly had come from such a human being. He felt worse about himself than he ever had.

Maybe he had the wrong address. He prayed that was the case.

Please, God, let it not be him.

“Sam?” the man suddenly asked.

With that word, that confirmation that he was indeed at the right address, Sam’s heart completely sank. It was him.

Sam tried to find his words. “Um, like, are you…”

“Your dad?” he said, trying to smile, revealing rows of small, orange teeth. “That’s right.”

The man looked from Sam over to Samantha, looking her up and down. He licked his lips.

“I thought you were coming alone?” he asked Sam, looking at Samantha as he said it.

“I…” Sam began, “well, I, um…”

“Who’s this?” he asked, still staring at her.

“This is Samantha,” Sam said, finally. “She’s my…” Sam trailed off, not quite knowing what to call her.

“Girlfriend,” Samantha filled in for him, graciously.

Sam was grateful that she had. And he loved the sound of that term, especially coming from her.

“All right, well…” the man said, trailing off. He turned his back and walked inside.

Sam and Samantha looked at each other, both caught off guard by his odd welcome. Neither of them knew what to make of it. Was that an invitation to come inside?

Sam stepped tentatively inside, Samantha close behind.

Before she closed the door, she looked both ways carefully, and then closed the door firmly and locked it.

*

Samantha surveyed the small, darkened mobile home. The blinds were all drawn, and the room was lit only by a small lamp in the corner. It was a nice sunny day, but you’d never know it in here. It was a gloomy home, and packed with clutter.

The instant she’d met this man, Samantha had sensed that he was not one of them, not a vampire. She would have known. This told her that Sam’s father was not the vampire—that his mother was. That they had been searching for the wrong line of his lineage. They were wasting their time with this man—unless he could lead them to Sam’s real mom.

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