*
"Oh, my God....." Livvie breathed when she could finally speak. She
stared terrifiedly into the familiar face. The face of the man who'd nearly
ended her life. The face of the man she'd married all those years before.
The face of a vampire, a vampire who died nearly eighteen years ago.
"Hello, Olivia," Caleb said, placing one hand on the door frame. He
tilted his head and studied her face. She had barely aged at all. She still
looked like Olivia, his beautiful bride.
"I've missed you," he said when Livvie didn't speak. He heard another
voice from the past call out from inside.
"Livvie, honey? Who is it?"
Jack appeared in the doorway, and his jaw dropped.
"Caleb," Eli his father say, sounding stunned, from his hiding place
in the trees. What does he mean, he missed her? And why is he calling her
Olivia? Why are Mom and Dad acting so weird? These questions prodded at
Eli's brain. He was starting to get a headache.
"But this is impossible.....you're dead! You died eighteen years ago,
Caleb! I saw your body," Jack said, shaking his head at the vampire in his
doorway.
"Correction, my friend," Caleb said coyly. "You thought I was dead.
But how can you ever be sure?" The slyness with which he said the last line
chilled Jack to his core.
"What are you doing here, Caleb? What do you want?" Livvie demanded
in a frightened voice.
Caleb laughed malevolently, and smiled at Livvie. It was that awful,
entrancing smile.
"Oh, Olivia. You know what I want."
Livvie and Jack were shaken out of their shock by the crunch of
gravel on the driveway. Raven's Jeep was approaching.
Danny came out of the garage when he saw Raven's Jeep. He was happy
to see her, as he was always was. But she seemed troubled today as she
nearly ran to him.
"Raven? What's the matter?" he asked, placing his hands on her hips
and looking into her eyes.
She shook her head.
"I don't know, I just......" Raven's voice trailed off as she noticed
the man standing on the porch. He noticed her, too. He turned to look at
her, his eyes flashing.
Raven suddenly felt sick, panicked. Wrong. There was something about
this man.....he was the cause of Raven's uneasiness, she was sure of it
now. She just wasn't sure why. She was also sure she had to get away from
him. Fast.
She broke free of Danny's embrace, jumped back into her car, and sped
away, leaving Danny dumbfounded, and wondering what he had done.
After she'd gotten a couple miles away from Jack and Livvie's place,
she parked in a vacant lot to calm down. She was sweating, and breathing
hard. Whoever that stranger at the door had been, she'd had quite an
adverse reaction.
What is happening to me? she wondered. She decided she had better go
home and rest. She'd call Danny later and explain.
*
Meanwhile, back at The Recovery Room, Christina stumbled shakily out
of the Ladies Room after losing her cappuccino. She felt awful. Ricky ran
up to her.
"Are you okay, Christina?" he asked. Christina smiled at him weakly,
and nodded. She picked up her purse, and retreated to her black Jetta.
What is wrong with me? she wondered as she turned the key in the
ignition. She thought maybe the cappuccino was bad. She quickly discounted
the thought, however, when it occurred to her she'd been sick all week.
Maybe I ought to see a doctor, she thought. Yeah, that's what she'd do.
She'd make an appointment with Dr.Martin tomorrow. Michael said Jake Martin
was the best doctor in General Hospital. Christina disagreed. She thought
that Karen, Ian, and Eve were all the best, but she preferred to see
doctors she wasn't friendly with outside of the hospital.
Christina pulled out onto the road, and drove back to the Lighthouse.
