Fifty-Eight…

Fifty-Eight: Unlocking the Truth

Contains language and sexual content.

Aubrey looked inside the den, where Ash and Reznik were.

There’s something very weird about these two, Aubrey reflected.

Ash glared at Reznik. He quietly smirked at her.

Could her son and Ash be lovers? Or ex-lovers? Nah. Ash seemed too sensible to hook up with Reznik. Also they couldn’t get along for two seconds, let alone long enough to tangle in bed.

Reznik wasn’t getting much school work done lately because he and Ash didn’t mesh. So Aubrey considered hiring another home school teacher.

On the other hand, he would soon be finished with school entirely. Kat still had two more years to go. Thankfully, she seemed to get along fine with Ashton.

As for Reznik’s little ‘problem’ with sex, Aubrey talked Vaclav into getting their son therapy.

At first his therapist was going to be Dr. Thomas, but Dr. Thomas was a woman.  A young, pretty woman. That was nipped in the bud.

His new therapist was a man. Since Rez was bisexual, he might still put the moves on the shrink… but at least he couldn’t knock him up.

Aubrey and Vaclav lingered in the piano room, and listened to Kat belt out a few tunes.

Aubrey worried about Kat. The day before, she’d asked her why she drank the blood. Kat didn’t say why, but swore she’d never do it again. She seemed sincere about it, but Aubrey still worried. She debated on calling a therapist for Kat. Then both her daughter and son would be undergoing therapy.

Jesus. Vaclav and I must really be shitty parents. She tried shoving those awful thoughts from her mind.

Ash shuffled into the room.

“Dr. Logan called.”

“He said he needs to talk to you, Aubrey. About Kat.”

“Can I go?”

Vaclav glared at her. “No.”

“Fine,” she huffed.

Hunter needs to talk to me? About Kat? I hope it’s nothing bad.

She rose from the sofa.

“You’re not going out in those clothes are you?” Vaclav asked.

She peered down.

What? What’s wrong with my clothes?

“Your skirt’s too short,” he said.

“No. I’m not changing my clothes.” And nice try at controlling me, Mr. Big Hotshot Vampire.

He stared at her. God only knew what he was thinking… but she didn’t really care.

Then Aubrey thought she heard Ash snickering about something.

Aubrey headed into the clinic.

“Aubrey?” Hunter said.

“I was just getting ready to leave.” He looked a little confused.

“But Ashton said she talked to you. She said you needed to speak to me about Kat.”

“Oh, yeah.” He laughed. “I almost forgot. I’m so sorry. I haven’t been getting much sleep lately and it’s fucking up my memory.”

Um. Okay.

“It’s nothing serious, is it? Kat’s blood work turned out okay?”

“Yes, her blood work’s fine.”

Thank goodness. Aubrey sighed in relief.

“Then what did you want to talk about?”

“Just come with me back to my office,” he said.

“Okay.” Aubrey shrugged.

She followed him into the next corridor.

“Nice office,” she said looking around.

“Thanks.” He motioned to the sofa.

The following minutes were very quiet, very uncomfortable. Aubrey cleared her throat.

What did you want to talk about already? she wanted to ask. Spit it out!

“Kat’s made an amazing recovery from the I-DAS,” he finally said. “Since she’s improved so much, she doesn’t have hypotension any longer. Her liver’s functioning great, and her last EKG was normal.”

“As you know, we were concerned because of her heart arrhythmia.”

“So… everything looks really good?”

“Yes.”

Aubrey was happy to hear all the good news. But why didn’t he just tell her over the phone? Instead of having her see him?

Aubrey relaxed, spreading her legs wide. Then she realized what she was doing and closed her thighs together. Tightly.

“You know, it’s so weird seeing you as a vampire. You’re one of us now.” He shook his head in disbelief.

“Yeah. Vaclav did it. He saved my life.”

“I heard about that.”

Really? she wondered. How did you hear about it?

“Remember all the crazy shit we used to do? When I was hiding out at your place?”

Do I ever…

She didn’t want it to, but her mind cranked out a naughty flashback…

How he plowed into her good that first night. Doggy-style FTW.

“I thought about you a lot after I left.”

“I dreamed about you every night. I couldn’t get your beautiful face out of my mind.”

She gazed over at him, her heart breaking, that night fresh in her memory.

“Hunter, that was a long time ago.”

“I still think about you.”

Yet another flashback… and another…

Aubrey didn’t know what to say. The silence was unbearable.

Hovering near the pavilion’s entry, Ash watched Vaclav as he prepared to feed.

Women just followed him home like lovesick puppies. Fans of the vampire mystique, they couldn’t wait to give him their blood.

He was becoming gluttonous, using it to his advantage.

He drank. She whimpered and cried out, like they always do.

Why do these women do that to themselves? Then again, if they didn’t, they’d be plundered for their blood anyway.

She started down the steps.

Ash circled to the other side, waiting until the woman left.

Then she headed back toward Vaclav.

“Seems like Aubrey should’ve been back by now,” she goaded.

“Indeed.”

She looked at the cascading pool water. “Maybe you should go down there and see what’s up.”

“Perhaps,” he said.

She dove into the pool. Vaclav turned and headed for the pavilion.

So far, the plan is working. Now hopefully my little secret doesn’t get out... actually, more than one secret.

There came a soft tapping at the door to Hunter’s office.

The door swung open. Vaclav stood there.

“My Essence, it’s time to come home.”

Aubrey got up and joined her husband.

She tossed a glance back at Hunter, then left.

The next night, Kat decided to ask her father about the tiny key she’d found.

“Daddy, a few days ago something fell out of the carousel you gave me.”

She went up to him.

“Do you know what this key goes to?” she asked.

“It looks like a key to a diary,” he said. “That carousel belonged to Ashton. When she moved in, she didn’t want the carousel so I bought it from her.”

Re-gifting, huh Dad?

“The key must be hers. You should return it to her,” he added.

“Mm-hm,” she mumbled in agreement.

But a few hours later, she headed straight to Ash’s bedroom.

She surveyed the books on the floor. Could any of them be the coveted diary?

Probably not.

She turned to the dresser. She had to hurry. Ash was in the house, and could come down into the basement at any time.

Where is it? I know it’s got to be in here somewhere!

And there it was. Behind the oodles of lacy lingerie.

Kat had a weird feeling. A feeling that told her something astounding would be revealed in the diary.

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TY for reading! ^^

AND because I was bored earlier, here’s some nice shots of V. (I finally updated the Debug Enabler, but there were no longer any animations available on it, so I downloaded the Animator by Twallan).

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Hahahahaha, I know I’m weird (and my taste in music is just as weird) but I LOVE this freakin’ song!! 😛 it’s called Twilight Time, and it would make such an awesome vampire love song!  (and yeah, aside from the obvious Twilight love story). DISCLAIMER: this song might be old, but no I’m not that old. >_>