Vampire Vacation by D C Young

Author:D C Young [Young, D C]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-06T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Sam

Extended vacation.

New Orleans, huh?

It’s been a long time since I’ve been to New Orleans. I love the place, the people, the culture… I mean who doesn’t but dammit, I sure can do without all the damn ghosts. Savannah is a calm spot for paranormal activity compared to New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina did not improve things one little bit.

In truth, I still have a problem figuring out why vampires love that city so much. There are thousands of vampires living in and around New Orleans, including a couple dozen famous ones.

I mean New York Best seller list type famous over here. One author had made her fortune re-telling their stories for decades.

There were even whole nests of vampires that sailed up and down the Mississippi River on elaborate steamboats that they called home. Another famous author had blown the lid off that story and made a killing off it too.

Like I said, I love the place, but I was never at ease in New Orleans or the state of Louisiana for that matter.

Ironic… uneasy in the ‘Big Easy’. There was no ‘Laissez les bon temps rouler’ for me… ever.

Louisiana was the home to the most supernatural and paranormal beings per capita in the United States of America… that’s an unofficial, unrecorded fact! Witches, werewolves, vampires, ghosts; Louisiana was home to a full roll call of everything that went bump in the night.

Creepy…

Still, my responsibilities outweighed my personal discomfort. I’d made promises and I would never break them. I still had to pass the change of plans by Mary Lou and Rick for approval, there was no telling if they could, or even wanted to, change our holiday plans. For all I knew, they didn’t have the time or desire to go to New Orleans with me.

Kingsley had graciously offered to finance the trip for all of us to go, but that was dependent on the others, and he appreciated that. Either way, I would be making the trip though.

The kids were having so much fun on their travels so far; I kind of wanted to keep the experience going for them if I could. Tammy and Anthony had never been to Louisiana and the Benoir sisters had promised we’d get to see much more than just New Orleans if we came. Point Coupee parish, where they had a family estate, promised culture, cuisine and sightseeing only authentic Cajun Louisiana could offer.

I want my kids to have unique experiences like this, especially with their cousins.

When we returned to Tybee Island that Sunday night, the mood was a little sullen among the adults. We were all tired and mosquito-bitten and after all the kids had gone to bed, we lounged outside on the upstairs balcony. I broke the news as gently as I could.

“I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I won’t be headed straight back to Fullerton with you and the kids on Thursday. I hope you guys don’t mind watching Tammy and Anthony for a few days until I get back.

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