Love is a Bastard
Chapter 4
Next Morning in the afternoon, Pat sat down by the window thinking of what to do. She had received a letter from Dixon earlier
"Aaaaarrrrrrgggghhhh...............Love is a bastard. Why did you make me fall for a vampire? Someone I cannot have? You're so inconsiderate. Why must it have to be him?? Just when I thought I've found love!! Why, why, why?? "She screamed so loud her throat hurts. Thankfully no one is around to hear her scream at top of her lungs.
Why does it have to be me?? She asked herself. I've never felt this way before, even when I was dating Jake. Now I just have a feeling of sorrow and joy. Sorrow that I can't be with him because he's a vampire and Joy that I found love.
"Is it bad I wish to see him? Is it bad I want to hug him and inhale is cologne which makes me feel safe in his arms? Is it bad I can't stop loving him? Is it bad to say I missed him? Why does he have to be a Vampire? Why does my heart beats fast and butterflies dance in my stomach just at the thought of him when the logical thing to do is hate him?" She cried
"Please tell me what to do mama" she pleaded kneeling down and looking up, hands clasped together.
Suddenly she had an idea and rose up to her feet to go to Dixon's house when her phone rang
📞"Hey girlie, how you doing? "She asked over the phone
📞I'm on my way to Dixon's, I'm ready to accept my love for him, I don't care about anything. Pat said excitedly." I received a letter from him. He wasn't born a vampire" she added
📞"Ummmm....... about that" Sonia started, "I went to the pub today and a man who happens to be Dixon's friend came in frantically searching for Him. Said he left home and left a Suicide note Pat" Sonia whispered her voice breaking.
The phone fell from her hand, her breath caught in her throat. She opened the door and ran outside going all the way to Dixon's, ignoring the stares she received.
"Pat! Pat, are you there? Sonia asked getting worried about her friend but was relieved when she heard the door open and slamming close.
Pat kept running, not pausing to catch her breath. It didn't even occur to her to board a cab. Tears threatened to fall from her eyes as she reminisced on the letter she got earlier in the day from Dixon which she knew by heart.
Dear Patricia,
I'm sorry you had to find out that way, I wasn't planning to tell you because I was scared of your reaction. The kind of reaction I'd envisioned was exactly how you reacted that day. I didn't want to feed outside for fear you might leave thinking I betrayed you that's why I fed in the kitchen but alas, you left me all alone again. Your words really hurt me but then again, all what you said is true.
You see I was once human with a wife and four children. I was a very rich and busy man but I try to create time for my family. I had a best friend, Jose who I trusted enough to take my family to the airport. I booked a late flight to France to be with them later that day. After hours, I tried calling my wife's number, it wasn't going through. I went to the airport and was told they didn't board the plane. I drove recklessly to Jose house only to find my last born screaming as Jose fed on him still he's dead. Till today, I still hear his scream in my dream. I stood frozen at the scene in front of me and looked left to see my wife and other three children on the floor dead. Their eyes vacant looking at me accusingly. Words failed me as I watched Jose stand up and clean his mouth laughing like a maniac.
"You couldn't save your family especially your last born" he said taunting me and with that, I snap out of my trance and ran towards him in rage, fist curled and raised up but I couldn't hit him before I knew what was happening, he held me by the throat to the wall choking me. "Jose why" I managed to say.
"You have everything and I have nothing. As a friend I know I'm supposed to be happy for you but I can't see myself doing that" He replied. "I'm going to make you like me so you'll always remember this for life" he added and bit me till I almost lose consciousness and fed me his blood before I blacked out. I woke the following day and couldn't find him. He did well and buried my family. I've lived everyday with that nightmare and haven't fallen in love since a century when it happened. I loved you at first sight and still love you. I really hope you can find it in your heart to forgive of taking your v- card. These past weeks, my life has never been the same since you left.
I love you. Stay well
Dixon.
She opened the door with an unnecessary force
"Dixon! Dixon!!! "She shouted
"OMG!!!! I'm too late" she thought, still panting from the run.
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