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I followed her back to the front and took a seat next to a allon of hairspray could hold in place I looked in the mirror behind Crye’s desk and did a double take at the new me I looked so much better Then I noticed the red skin onto turn into a vae to drink blood if that were the case I could obviously see myself in a ht burst into flames when the sun hit me But I didn’t know anyone I could ask for advice Maybe Google could also give led furiously on htly booted my foot with hers

"Ready?" she asked

Renaldo appeared fro the entire tiay voice

"Can you help?" Crye asked, as if I had so could cure

"I’ll do lad I’d brought sootten cash with me Several hundred dollars later, I had a nice wardrobe although I felt like a piece of meat Every time I tried on jeans or slacks, Crye and Renaldo took a critical eye to my posterior to make sure the pants looked fitted I felt exhausted Crye and Renaldo only see vampires

I took my two helpers out for a nice aveto knock their panties off" He kissed Crye on the cheek and waved goodbye as he hopped in his sporty red convertible and sped away

"I’ to collapse," I said My muscles still ached and my foot felt stiff as a board

Crye smiled and punched me on the shoulder "You survived and that’s all that "

I dropped her off at her car and went home Dad was in his usual place in front of the TV He looked like he’d been out all night and hadn’t slept a wink An advertisement for a dumbbell you had to shake like a porn star droned on the TV I stepped to the side of the couch and peered closer at hi nor caring He stank like a duht in one

"Where the hell were you last night?"

"Her He didn’t look atmy arm to deliver a slap that would knock hiripped my wrist and shoved me back several feet

"I’ht I could hear his teeth grind "Leave me be"

I had never been scared of my father before, but in that uts and intothe door behind s I should have said to him boiled to the surface The front door slaone again

Anger boiled into rage I wanted to punch a hole in the door Sh theBut none of that would solve a thing I decided to channel the anger into soed into sweatpants and a T-shirt so I could do so Victoria told me it was i to the gym On the way out, I checked my neck in the bathroom mirror The redness from Stacey’s touch had faded I’d checked it every chance I had while clothes shopping, petrified I’d ruin the pleasant outing by leaping on an unsuspecting shopper and slurping her blood right in front of hnasty That would be justso what I’d seen Maybe Stacey had been hopped up on steroids or drugs or so Maybe she was like those crazy people who actually altered their bodies to look like anis, however, do

Then my vision wavered and shook like an earthquake in my head until the bathroom was little more than a blur Every bone in ony overwhelmed me

Chapter 10