0248: The Vampire's Daughter, Book Three

"That isn't the point," Susan said.

"Then what is the point?" Mina asked.

"God gave her free will. You interfered with that."

Mina stood up and stepped to the headmistress' desk. Slowly she turned to Susan, leaning on the edge of the desk. "So I should have allowed her to expel you, even though I know her complaint is off base?"

Susan looked down at Mina's dark red open toe high heels. "I don't know," she said looking up at her benefactor.

"You don't know? Have I found the one topic you don't have an answer for?" Mina said sarcastically, causing Susan's face to flush in a mix of anger and sadness. She looked back at the high heels.

"Look," Mina said crouching in front of Susan and touching her face, "I'm being sarcastic, I know. I am sorry. But what would have happened to you, to us, if I didn't put an end to that situation?"

"I don't know, but I guess it would have been worse than what happened," Susan said, looking at Mina.

"That would be my guess, too," Mina said, "so I took steps to protect you and us."

"But it isn't right to make people think something different than what they think."

"Why?" Mina asked.

"'Cause God gave her free will."

"Oh please," Mina said with a wave of her hand. "You know what we are. How can you possibly believe any of that religious nonsense? Interfering with a person's free will is the least of the offences I commit."

Susan was silent for a few moments, and then said, "That's not true."

"Really? So I can kill humans, just not interfere with their free will?" Mina said with a smile.

"You don't kill humans, at least you haven't in a long time," Susan said, which caused Mina's smile to fade away. Susan looked her in the eyes and continued, "And when you do kill, you don't kill good people."

"And how do you know that?" the vampire asked coldly, as every word was true. In fact, Mina had often gone hungry rather than take an innocent life.

"I just do," Susan said.

Mary, who had been listening quietly up until now, asked, "Does that make up for her lack of knowledge before?"

Mina turned her attention to Mary and said, "I'm trying to have a conversation with Susan, if you don't mind."

"Oh, I don't mind," Mary said, "it's just that you're eating into my lesson time. Waste your own time on philosophy, I have to teach her how to hurt the other girls. Obviously, if she had an altercation with another girl and that other girl isn't dead, I haven't taught her well enough."

Mina laughed, which caused Susan to chuckle, too.

"Very well," Mina said, "you may start your lesson." Then, to Susan, she said, "I wish to revisit this discussion."

"We will," Susan responded, "many, many times."



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