So You Think Your Sister's a Vampire? by ID Johnson

Author:ID Johnson [Johnson, ID]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

On the ride home, my mom was pretty quiet. She said the funeral was as nice as could be expected and that lots of people had gone over to Drew’s parents’ house after the service, which is where Cadence was now. I studied my mom carefully, trying to see if it was possible to see any changes in her demeanor that might indicate what was going on, but she seemed herself, only a little more tired than usual.

I sat pondering Lucy’s advice not to say anything to my parents. It seemed like every time I broached the topic of what was going on with Cadence, they changed the subject anyway, so I decided not to ask any of the questions burning in my head, though I’d resolved to call Grandma Janette when I got a chance. And hopefully I’d have another chance to talk to Cadence.

“Do you have any homework?” my mom asked as we passed through the garage into the house.

“No, I already did it,” I assured her.

“Okay, just don’t forget to lay out your clothes for school tomorrow.”

It was a little odd that my mom was concerned I’d forget that I had school the next day, but I figured she was just trying to keep things as normal as possible. “Where’s dad?” I asked, noticing his truck wasn’t in the drive or the garage.

“He decided to spend the rest of the day at work.” My dad is an engineer, and even though he’s close to retirement, I know that he would prefer to think about work most of the time rather than problems at home. Not that we had a lot of those, but I think if we’d ever had one before, this one took the cake.

“Okay,” I repeated. I kept my backpack on and headed up the stairs.

“Did you eat lunch at Lucy’s?” my mom called after me.

“Yes,” I replied, even though it wasn’t true. I didn’t feel like eating anything. If I got hungry later, I’d find something.

I heard my mom pad off toward the kitchen and supposed she would try to get back to normal herself, though it couldn’t be easy. It had to be unsettling to watch them lower a child younger than your oldest into the ground. I wondered if Drew’s casket had been open or closed. I wondered if Drew had actually been inside of it.

Once I reached my bedroom, I slipped my backpack off onto the ground and took a deep breath. After the conversation I’d had with my friends, it seemed odd to be sitting in my room all alone, like maybe this whole thing was just a figment of my imagination, and I was starting to lose it myself. What if Cadence was perfectly fine and I was the one who had a problem?

I decided to move my chair over by the window so I could hear when my sister got home. I knew it seemed like I was becoming just as paranoid as Jack, but I wanted to listen.

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