0210: The Vampire's Daughter

"Where Sol go?" Claudia asked.

"He had to see a friend."

"Is all O.K.?"

"I guess," Susan answered. "Let's eat."

The pair ate and made small talk, but didn't discuss anything of merit. When the meal was done, Claudia told Susan to go and play while she cleaned up. Susan went upstairs to her room.

Some time after Susan left, the doorbell rang. Claudia felt a chill run down her spine as she looked up from the sink. She closed her eyes and made the sign of the cross, before walking to the front door.

She didn't even bother to open the door, instead saying loudly, "You not welcome here."

"Open the door," a voice answered back calmly.

Claudia went to open it, but before she reached the handle she stopped. It was as if something was telling her not to open the door. She pulled her hand back and again said, "You not welcome here."

After a brief pause, the door came crashing in, throwing Claudia to the floor unconscious.

Paul stepped in and asked angrily, "Where is the girl?"

Unconscious and bleeding, Claudia did not answer.

"I forget how fragile you humans are. I guess I'll have to find her myself," he said to the old woman, before walking into the house. Slowly he found his way upstairs to Susan's room, where she was playing with her dolls.

"There you are my dear," he said to her from the doorway.

Susan didn't turn to look at him, but said, "You still have a choice. He will forgive you."

"What?" Paul asked. "Do you know who I am?"

Susan sighed. "You are the one who betrayed your faith. But you can still say you're sorry."

"You little bitch! What do you know about faith? What do you know about anything?"

Susan turned and stood up. "He trusted you, and you let him down. But there is still time."

"Time for what? That bumbling idiot John Paul didn't create anything. I did. The Zionists were a small band of losers before I took over. I put the Church on the map. Me!

"I killed him to preserve what I created. He would have destroyed it with his crazy talk. God? There is no God, there is only me."

"Don't say that," Susan chided.

"Do you know why I am here?"

"Yes."

"Do you think God is going to save you?"

Susan put her head down and cried.

"That's right little girl," he said, walking toward her. He reached out and took Susan by the shoulders, lifting her up to look her in the face.


[The Vampire’s Daughter: An ongoing vampire story. Copyright Reuben Gregg Brewer, 2005, 2006. All rights reserved.]#end