Previously:

"What do you want to talk about?" I asked, flipping the covers off and reached for my robe. "You," the vampiress replied. "Let's talk about you."


I blinked at her for a few minutes. Why would someone like her come into my apartment in the early hours of the morning to talk about me? "Me? Why do you want to talk about me?" I asked, voicing the thought in my head. The vampiress sighed and said, "I told you, it's a long overdue conversation. That, and I promised someone that I would make you see sense." Curious, I asked the vampiress who it was that she made the promise to.

Her cat ears drooped a little as she let out a sigh before saying, "I made a promise to your daughter. She asked me to talk to you and tell you to come home." Surprised by her response, I said, "My daughter? You've been to my house?" Nodding, the vampiress replied, "I was flying past one night when I heard someone crying. I landed in the backyard and saw a woman sitting on the couch, dabbing her face with Kleenex."

My heart sank as I listened. I have been a shitty husband and father lately. I vowed to myself that if Bones allows me to move back to the house, I will give up gambling for good for my family's sake. "Then a little girl came up to me," the vampiress continued. "I guessed that she thinks I'm an angel because of my Pegasus wings. She whispered to me that her mother is sad because Daddy did a bad thing. She then told me to find you and tell you that she misses her Daddy and doesn't want to see her Mommy cry anymore." The vampiress finished.

"How were you able to find me?" I asked, trying to hold back my tears. The vampiress looked thoughtful. "Your daughter gave me a description of you. That and she said that you were living here when her mother brought her over to visit you." She said. "Now you listen to me, and you listen well. You have a great life. Not everyone gets to have what you have. We all have done things that we may regret in the past, but we do not let it define us. Get the help you need to fight your demons and know that your loved ones will be there for you every step of the way." I gave the vampiress a nod, promising that I will get my shit together.

Satisfied, the vampiress rose to make her way to the balcony. I followed her to see her off and before she took flight, she turned her head back and said, "I hope that you will do the right thing. I'd hate to see a family get torn apart." I then reached out a hand for the vampiress to shake. "Thank you, vampiress. For everything." I said. "Please, call me Asanashia." The vampiress replied as she spread her majestic wings and took to the morning sky. "Thank you, Asanashia," I whispered, watching her disappear into the distance. Hope filled every fibre of my being as I went back inside. Daddy's coming home, Princess. I thought. Daddy's coming home.


The End.