Chapter 47

I called Rachel on the cell phone and she got it on the first ring.

“We’re on the way.”

“Oh my God!” she sounded nervous. “How is he?”

“Fine, fine” I said. “You might want to slink up a bit.”

“What do you mean?”

“He can’t wait to see you. A real vampress.” I hinted.

“Oh? Oh! You mean sexy?”

“That’s it.”

“Okay. Give me five minutes.” she hung up.

It wasn’t hard to dawdle along in that fog. I took him a long way through a couple of alleys, then backtracked. There weren't many cars out and it was getting dark. The town's very hilly and it's easy to get lost. I didn’t want to make it too easy for him to find her place again, but I don’t know if I fooled him.

Rachel hadn't been well lately. She