Ever After

Chapter 3



The Set Up



The other good thing about vampires is they have really big bank accounts too. Being immortal had some pretty sweet advantages, like you got to amass a huge pile of money over several life times. The coven brought in everything needed to transform the grand old mansion into a full-fledged cancer treatment center. They moved at an amazing pace, they had the whole thing set up in two days. I on the other hand was the only thing they couldn’t “re- vamp” pardon the pun.

I was really not doing well at all as Friday morning arrived, (the morning before the visit). I was in horrific pain. I woke up curled into a ball. My chest hurt and the air stung my lungs when I inhaled. William of course was camped out in my new mock “hospital” room, so he saw everything I went through. I gasped in pain, my head swimming as I broke out into a sweat. I felt like I was on a roller coaster that was out of control.

I could only take short panting breaths that morning, as I had a death grip on Williams arm. Doc was in my room before we even had a chance to agree to call him. Another good thing about vampires, they sensed human pain from a mile away. I guessed that’s why so many of them went into the medical field. They were gifted at helping humans, at least Followers were.

Libby, one of the younger coven members came into my room. She had been a nurse in her human life and was now assisting Doc in my care. The pain, Doc told me after another morphine shot, was my body’s way of resisting the change. My system was fighting it, and I was losing the battle. I spent all afternoon in a haze of drugs, all meant to ease the excruciating pain I was in. The only problem was they were hurting me too, making me sicker by the day.

My dad’s flight to Maine was to come in at nine thirty Saturday morning. I tried my best to be in a good mood, as Lydia and Libby did my hair and helped me into my “hospital gown”. I was hurting so bad, even dressing was a job. I had to try to at least look like I felt good though.

That’s what dad was expecting to see. I groaned as Libby brought in a makeup kit. In addition, she began to add some much needed color to my cheeks. I hoped I could look good enough so dad would not suspect anything was weird. I knew if Sara was with him, she would be watching my like a hawk, and that wasn’t going to be a good thing. This pain I was in was nearly impossible to hide.

“It will be ok Corrine; your dad’s flight is scheduled to leave here at one o’ clock. So you won’t have to fake feeling great for too long.” Lydia smiled reassuringly at me.

I could never seem to get over the fact she was Williams mom, she looked all of about maybe 26 years old. I admired her long wavy black hair and porcelain skin. I had to imagine when she did get around humans; the guys went nutty over her. I never asked how old she was when she became a vampire. I did know in the time of William’s birth, women had kids at a very young age and married young too. I figured she was probably in her twenty’s at the time of her human death.