led out his phone. He opened the calendar application and saw that he had two more until he was able to quit for good at the end of the month. It was

going on remotely. The company had been pretty lenient and understanding of his goals, so giving them a month and a half’s notice was

t following him out of habit, and let out a sigh of relief upon noticing no one

mbed over her head to the other side, while she slept on it. She looked

, because he needed to know if there was a place he could take her to, an

up, before instinctively cra

started the car and placed his backpack in the back seat. Her clothes appe

bbing her eyes, and extending

ke a place you need to go to hide out? Or some kind of forest to mask you

t how it works,” she clarified. “But there a

at, and queried what she was referring t

to inhabit…” Ingrid vaguely exp

didn’t want to talk more about it for some reason. He then boldly address

r mat like she was shameful of the fact, and apologized. “There’s nowhere

d to make accommodations for her, but ther

offer to help around the house if it mean

red light when she said that, and looked o

em?” she wondered

ve to be living out of sight…” Rohit flexed his cheeks, thinking, ‘Damn, I hadn’t even thought of that. How am I gonna explain someone coming over to the house like that? Especially a vampire!’ The light turned green, and Rohit eased his foot off the brake, and slowly let his car go. He actually lived a few blocks down the street f

right now,’ he continued thinking, ‘s

“I’ll do what you say and lay low.” She then reached for Rohit’s free rig

de him flinch, as she app

atum that would change his life forever. Another part of him had alr

t she’ll be able to stay with Rohit, and thank

or the time being. Right now, the most important th

riveway were his, another car that he and his brother shared, and his dad’s work van. He

be as quiet as a mouse,” sh

his brother living in the basement, ‘so I won’t have to w

ay inside through the back d

washing his hands, and removing his shoes. Ingrid followed suit, and proce

into the slightly dark living room, and eventually through a narrow corridor, where his

tween the other two, and shut the doo