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Jillian walked into the living room but didn’t sit Instead, she stood in front ofit She picked one of theraph

"How old were you in this?" She held up the fra over her shoulder My eyes fell to the picture of er sister Rebekah We had been close despite our ten year age difference I hadn’t seen her since I was sixteen but that didn’t stopwhat kind of woman she’d turned out to be

"I was fifteen"

"And who’s this?" She tapped her finger over Rebekah’s face

"My sister" Rebekah had the sareen they reseined how beautiful she must be now

"I had a sister too," Jillian responded raph for another long second before placing it back on the table When she turned to face us, she noticed Penny and I were staring at her

"Did she pass away?" Penny asked, her voice soft

"Wha--no, my family disowned me when I decided to become a vampire My parents were afraid I would drain them dry" She rolled her eyes "Haven’t seen or heard from them in almost four years"

"I’m sorry," I told her "I knohat it’s like to have an insensitive faain soh to decide for herself whether she wants to see you or not"

Jillian snorted "My sister is older than me If she wanted to reach out, she would have by now"

"At least you’ve got us," Penny bea it just to annoy Jillian, and Jillian knew it too

"Lucky me"

"Okay, back to business," I said "The front doors may be closed, but thanks to Penny, we have the internet sales Those will still need to be packaged and shipped each week I made up a schedule" I flipped open a folder and handed a piece of paper to both girls "Each of you has keys to the shop I just ask that you keep the door locked while there Just in case I’ue will pop up but it’s better to be safe"

"Oh, is it a girls’ night?" Lauren stood in the doorway, a s recon, or so she said

"Just a workuys have any questions?" Both girls shook their heads Now that my business was situated, I felt a lot better, and Penny and Jillian wouldn’t have to look for another job

"If you’re done, we have so serious

"Where?" I looked up froestured with her head for ot up and walked over to where Lauren stood by the counter

"What is it?"

"Aiden has askedyou to Vain"

I arched a brow That news didn’t see it

"The VC is in town and they’ve requested awith you Aiden wants to do it at Vain so that his vaet out of hand"