If its written in Italics it's a letter

Victor Calvo or Vic as his friends knew him was by all accounts one of the strangest people that Tara had ever met and she loved him for it. He just seemed so completely different than everyone else she had ever encountered. Most notably his snake like pupils and odd inability to taste anything that wasn't some form of meat, which he claimed was the result of a genetic disorder. He was also very secretive about his past and with the exception of a few snippets here and there was completely unwilling to talk about anything that happened to him before he immigrated to study in the early 2000s. She met him about five years ago and the two had hit it off almost immediately and aside from a few trips he had taken for his job had been almost inseparable and were now expecting their first child. Her perfect world had been crumbling as of late though, because six months ago Vic had gotten the first of a series of letters and then almost immediately took a business trip. While he was away he got another letter this time from some government agency the EAC, which he told her not to open because it had something to do with work. In the time since he has received two more letters each from the same person as the original, someone in Argentina. She though it was strange but didn't bother with it until today.

While flipping through the channels she came across a news announcement that revealed the existence of extraspecies that the government had been keeping secret and the organization responsible for them the Extraspecies Affairs Commission. This set off a few alarms in her brain as the acronym matched the one printed on the second letter. Predictably her mind went to the worst-case scenario. Had Vic cheated on her with some liminal whore during one of his "business trips" in the past couple of years? Had he gotten her pregnant and was this her way of getting child support? How did he even know about them in the first place? She couldn't focus but she knew one thing she had to get those letters. Rushing off to what Vic liked to call "his study" in actuality just a table and chair in the corner, she began frantically searching for one of them. Luckily enough for her she found the first and quickly began to read.

Dear Vic

It has been so long since you have come for a visit, how are things going is your job working out? Have you married that girl you told me so much about yet? Do I have any grandchildren I don't know about? Whatever the case please take a trip home soon your sisters and I miss you an awful lot and would like to know a bit more about your current situation.

With Love

Mom

She stood there holding the letter in her hands with a look of confusion on her face. "This doesn't make any sense Vic said his family died in a car accident when he was twelve." She then grabbed the bridge of her nose and closed her eyes in frustration. "He wouldn't lie to me, we tell each other everything for Christ's sake!" She spat while slightly crushing the note but then relaxed as she remembered letter number two. "Unless?" She said wile reaching for the government letter.

Mr. Victor C. Calvo

At this time we feel that you must be notified of future events. In about six months time countries from around the world will make the existence of Liminals known to the general public due to a U.N. resolution that was passed last year. We feel the need to inform you of this so that you may have the time to inform any loved ones or close friends of your true parentage before the announcement is made. Please take into account that until then all laws and regulations regarding the exposure of Liminals to the public shall remain in place and thus fully prosecutable under the law if they are violated, so please be careful who you tell as we are sure you do not wish to be the cause of any unjust prison time for one of your associates.

On a separate note we are now accepting applications for visas that would allow liminal families to visit their human offspring such as yourself living abroad if you are interested please fill out the form attached to this document and mail it in within the next three weeks, keep in mind that this notification has also been received by your liminal parent as well and that they will also be able to apply to visit you. We recommend that if this must happen you initiate it as the sudden appearance of a liminal at the door may come as quite the shock to any person(s) living with you at this time.

Sincerely

Albert Sachs Chairman of the EAC Florida branch.

She couldn't believe and yet it made perfect sense, this finally explained all Vic's weird habits and physical traits, but made her wonder just what his family was and what effects it would have on the baby? She didn't have long to think though as her pondering was soon stopped by a knocking at the door.

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"EXCUSE ME, PARDON ME, COMING THROUGH!" Was all he could shout as he barreled through the crowd like a freight train. Victor Calvo was panicking at this moment "How could I forget that was today, I'm such an idiot god dammit!" Normally he wouldn't be doing this, no normally he would be behind his desk sorting out all the paperwork his man child of a boss shoved off on him. Today however was different, today was the day liminals were revealed to the public and the day his mother had somehow managed to force her way in for a visit. The only problem was that Tara knew none of this. He had been planning for months looking for the perfect way to tell her but could never think of a way to say "Hey I lied to you about my family they're not dead, in fact they're coming to visit." without sounding like an ass. As his time wore thin and work got more stressful his chances of telling her had all but diminished to the previous Friday and he had been busy covering for the man child's son. He had banked all his hopes on being there with her when the announcement was made but had been so stressed out in the past week that it had slipped his mind, now his only hope was to get home before his family could arrive and tell Tara the truth so she wouldn't freak out.

As he rounded the next corner he saw the apartment building were he lived and a black government van in front of it. "Shit" he cursed as he desperately hoped that they just arrived. Passing the van he made his way inside and to the stairs running up all four flights before dashing down the hallway and bursting through the door to be met with the sight of four Lamia and one government agent awkwardly crowded into his living room. He heard the door slam shut behind him giving a quick look he saw Tara with a delightfully evil smile on her face before hearing her and his mother say in unison "Honey you've got some explaining to do."

My first story Yay! Please give me some feedback and let me know what you think because this was written on a sugar rush.