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He wasn&039;t going to see her again It was a pro
He repeated the words in his mind as he sat at the computer
He typed the to see her again
An hour passed Two
Unable to resist the lure of seeing her one more time, he took a quick shower, pulled on a pair of black trousers and a dark gray sweater, and left the house
He stopped at the florist and bought a huge bouquet of roses_yellow ones because she reht, pink ones that matched the color of her lips, white ones to le perfect red rose
It was just after seven when he entered the hospital He clenched his jaw as he walked down the corridor toward her room, overwhelmed by the scent of sickness and death He kneas only his iination, yet, as he passed by the intensive care unit, it seemed as if he could see the spirits of those near death hovering above the bodies on the beds, their wraith-like ar hi softly, he turned aalking blindly down the corridor He should leave now, he thought He should never have come here in the first place
And then he was outside her roo at hiht, her cheeks flushed
"I was hoping you&039;d stop by," she said, pleasure evident in the tone of her voice
Alexander returned her smile as he handed her the bouquet
"They&039;re beautiful," Kara murmured "Thank you"
"You put the "You flatter me, sir"
"Not at all"
"There&039;s a vase in that cupboard," Kara said "Would youthese in water for me?"
With a nod, he opened the cupboard door, found the vase, and filled it Taking the flowers, he placed them in the vase, then set it on the table beside the bed
"So," he said, sitting down in the green plastic chair "How are you feeling this evening?"
"Much better Dr Petersen is quite io hoood news, indeed"
Kara nodded "My brother called today He&039;s in South Aes"
"Has he been there long?"
"About a year He really likes it, although I&039;m not sure if it&039;s the country he loves or the beautiful Bolivian girl he&039;s dating Do you have brothers or sisters?"
"No"
"I have a sister, too Gail But then, you hed softly "She told"She ca for a vampire"
"I&039;ll bet she was disappointed when she didn&039;t find one"
Alexander nodded "She&039;s quite a brave girl, to go hunting vaht"
"She&039;s obsessed with all things paranorrows up, she wants to be a vae"
"In any day and age, I should think, since vaed "The inhabitants of soree with you"
"You&039;re not serious"
"Indeed It&039;s only been a century or so since England outlawed the practice of driving stakes through the hearts of suicides to insure that they didn&039;t becoh you&039;ve uess that&039;s natural, since you write about them"
"Yes In ancient times, people were quick to notice that when a wounded reeak They believed that blood was the source of vitality, and so they smeared their bodies with blood, and so the warue "Vaypt, China, Hungary In ancient Greece, the people believed in the la men to their deaths in order to drink their blood"
Kara shivered She had never believed in such nonsense, but Alexander spoke with conviction, as though he actually believed such creatures existed But he would have to believe at least a little, she thought, in order to write such convincing books
She glanced at the novel he had given her the night before
Alexander followed her gaze "Dare I ask if you&039;ve read any of it?"
"I&039;ve read half of it," Kara replied She had spent the better part of the day reading Once she&039;d started, she had been unable to put it down It was a dark book, and yet she had been touched by the vampire&039;s love for a mortal woman
"And?"
"I can see why it made the best-seller lists I didn&039;t think I&039;d like it Not after the other one But this" She frowned "The va sorry for him"
Alexander nodded, pleased that she had seen the humanity in his hero
"It&039;s quite different from what you usually write, isn&039;t it?"
"Quite"
"Does it have a happy ending?"
"Do you really want h I must confess, I was tempted to read the end to see how you resolved the conflict"
"How do you think it should end?"