Chapter 10
Vlad and Ingrid were finishing the plans for their birthday party when Renfield, the live-in school caretaker knocked on the door of their quarters.
"Come in."
"Master Vlad, Mistress Ingrid, there's a woman at the door."
"Who?"
"I don't know, she insists that she knows you." He shrugged. The twins looked at eachother. They had a feeling, and they knew their dad wouldn't like it.
"Show her in please Renfield." The twins stood together, showing they were a united front as the woman was shown into the room. They were lucky the Count had gone out with Wolfie, the last time she was here she abbandond him, he would probably be upset.
"Hello Darlings."
"Hi. Mum." They said through gritted teeth. Vlad stepped slightly foreward showing how protective he was of his family. "What do you want?"
"I'm here for your 17th Darlings. Also Patrick is having a photo shoot in town." She said reffering to the man she had run off with many years ago. He was Wolfie's father, but the Count had raised him like his own, knowing he couldn't send a small child back to that place. It was one of the things that worked in his favour when he had asked the headmistress out, as creepy as that was. She adored Wolfie, and knew all too well about Magda.
Just as the tension grew the door opened from the kitchen and Erin held three cups of tea in her hands. She stopped after placing them on the table, to look at the new face in the room. "Hi." She said trying to be friendly.
"Who's that?" The stranger asked looking down her nose at Erin who shifted uncomfortably under her eagle like gaze.
"My girlfriend," Vlad stated stepping closer to her and kissing her cheek, half because he could and half to piss off him mother. He loathed that woman. Just when Vlad thought it couldn't get any worse three people stepped through the door. The Count, Miss McCauley and Wolfie, who was terriffied at the sight of his mother. He sprinted over to Vlad and Ingrid. She lifted him onto her hip and he burried his face in her neck.
"Barry Darling!" Magda screeched. The others winced at Wolfies true name. It must've had something to do with Patrick. She stepped closer, Vlad and Erin stepped in her direction protectively and Ingrid instictivly took a step back into the table as Wolfie whimpered.
"What are you doing here?" The Count sneered diverting the attention from the crying 5 year old.
"They're my children too Bun-Buns," he winced at her pet name for him, "I have every right to see them."
"They haven't been your children since you abbandond them for that attention seeking mongrel!" He told her harshly.
"You leave my new husband out of this. It's nearly their 16th, if I want to see them, I will. Besides you have nothing on Barry, he isn't your biologically."
"Yes, but," Vlad cut in, "if you were to go to social services about this we could stack up piles and piles of evidence that you are neglectful, abbandond him here, abbandond us, and show how much he's improved since dad took him in."
This silenced Magda, she looked at her son. "I'm sure I have no idea what you're talking about."
"When Wolfie arrived here, he could barely talk, was wearing tatters and ripped clothes and dangerously underwieght. He's frightened by the very mention of either you or Patrick, a child shouldn't be frightend of his own mum or dad, so leave and don't even think about telling anyone. Bye Magda."
"Bye." Ingrid said.
"Please allow me to show you out." The Count said.
As soon as she was gone Ingrid and Vlad looked at Wolfie. "Wolfie, we are going to promise you, you're never going back to that place."
"Pwomise?"
"Promise." Ingrid said. The twins hugged their young brother, who was then comforted by the Count so the teens continued to plan the party.
As she left the school building Magda was furious, she was ofcourse plotting her next move.