Chapter Six

"I still don't believe he never told me about him and Kara." she thought to herself. "Well, I must go into town and tell everyone that Daniel stopped by. I wonder who else knows he's here and about Kara.

Alexia had zoned out. The baker, Mike, was talking to her. "Hey. Hey, Alexia. What's so interesting about those paintings? Are you okay?"

"Yes, yes, I'm fine. I just zoned out, that's all. So as I was saying, guess who came and saw me today?" she was practically jumping out of her seat.

"Who?" inquired Mike, never seeing Alexia this happy.

"Daniel!" She said with a smile playing at her lips. She finally stopped bouncing up and down and looked at Mike, who stood there with a confused look.

"Wait, wait, wait. Hold the phone. You mean your son,the one that ran away five years ago, your son? he exclaimed unbelieving.

"Yep, that's the one. I'm so happy. I never knew where he had gone so I couldn't get ahold of him. The only thing I had was his letter that he wrote me. Tell me, did you know about him and Kara, before I told you?" she asked.

"No, no I didn't. When did you find out?" Mike asked, curious of how long ago this romance had happened.

In that letter, he told me that he was leaving town for awhile and that he was taking Kara's death so hard because he had loved her. I couldn't believe it!" Alexia exclaimed.

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I still haven't told her the just of it, he thought to himself. I don't think I'm ashamed, and I know that I am still sad, but it's been five years! Why can't I just get over her and move on? he questioned himself.

I just keep thinking of that diamond ring I was going to give Kara. It was my sister's, Hannah, from when she had gotten married to Lesley.

Hannah had moved out when Daniel was thirteen, making her twenty. She was getting married off to a man she didn't love. She left him at the altar, and enloped with Lesley. They divorced after six months, because he had been cheating on her with Hannah's best friend, Cass. Then she married Micah, and well, let's just say that everyone took a liking to Cass. Needless to say, they aren't best friends anymore. Now it's been seven long years, and she's engaged to Jake. They have been taking it slow, though, which is a good thing.

Off the subject, I must think of a way to kill that vampire! Daniel demanded his attention to the matter on hand, and his own problems. Maybe I could lure him down to the lake, where I could sneak up behind him. No, that won't work, I keep forgetting that they have amazing hearing. He had certainly done his research. I must think of a different plan. Keep thinking.

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Hannah had been driving around Dublin for almost an hour before she decided to go to her mother's house, which she really didn't want to do, but she had to find Daniel.

Her mother answered the door, after the first knock. "Hannah, is that you? Why I haven't seen you since you were a little girl!" her mother said. Hannah sighed.

"Mom, can I just come in?" she asked.

"Sure, sit down if you can find a spot." she pulled Hannah in by the arm and shut the door.

"I just need to ask a few questions and then I'll leave." Hannah said snottily to her mom. "Where's Daniel? Is he here? I need to see him right now!"

"I don't know where he currently is, but I can give you his cell phone number. It's 555-7832." Alexia said patiently.

"Okay, thanks, Mom." yelled Hannah as she walked out the front door, waiting to get away from the house, and mostly her mother.

Her mom yelled after her, "Wait, why don't you stay and talk with me?" Hannah said, "Because Mom, the last time we talked, it didn't work out, remember?"

"No, I don't remeber. I thought we worked it out, and was going to start over." said Alexia.

"Mom, listen. I firgured it out! You didn't care about me, before or after Daniel was born. You knew you could never fix my drug problem, and it bothered you! That's why you got pegant again. You knew you could start all over with Daniel. You even told him that my dad was his dad, so he would feel perfect. Guess what? No one is perfect. And what's sad is that you never even told Daniel when his real dad came to visit. Well, have I got news for you. I am going to tell him because I'm his sister and he is supposed to trust me. How can he do that when I have kept the biggest sercet from him?" Hannah shot all this angerily at her mother.

"If you put another foot out that door, you are dead to me." Alexia's voice was filled with rage, but yet one could sense that there was no emotion coming from her.

"You know what, Mom? I'm already dead to you. I was when I left seven years ago." And with that Hannah took off in her car.