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“Amusing is not the word I’d use,” Mark said as he tore off what was left of his shirt and threw it in the dumpster. “Oh geez, and this one’s not much better.”
Mark’s was black with neon lettering as well that read ‘I’m with stupid’ and it had an arrow that pointed up.
“Sorry,” Sarah half-heartedly apologized. “I’ll take em back.” Sarah pouted and Mark’s annoyance waivered. What was it about Sarah? He just couldn’t be upset with her. Not that seeing her perfect figure in a tight fitting shirt was anything to be upset about.
“No, it’s fine, let’s just get out of here,” Mark conceded.
“I was going for tourist couple. I think I hit it on the head,” Sarah smiled and Mark nodded in agreement.
Mark and Sarah walked down the street, arm in arm, trying to blend in. Mark tried desperately not to stare at Sarah but it wasn’t working. Her shirt was so tight that Mark could see the outline of her nipples under the shirt. Mark was again glad that he always wore his pants a little large, Sarah probably hadn’t even noticed his interest in her body. Mark was also intoxicated by the smell of Sarah. He couldn’t even describe the smell. It was like nothing he had ever experienced before, but it was remarkable.
Sarah figured they should look like tourists because nobody ever bothered tourists. They didn’t want to be asked a million questions about where the best such and such was. This worked out very well and Mark admired Sarah’s intelligence silently.
As they walked along, Sarah’s guilt overtook her and she had to confess.
“Mark?” Sarah asked looking up at him.
“Yes, Sarah?” Mark sounded annoyed, but truthfully he wasn’t annoyed with Sarah. He was annoyed with himself, how he felt about Sarah. He was also struggling with his inability to quit looking at Sarah. How could he betray Jen like this? Why was he so attracted to Sarah and why now? He had always had a thing for Sarah but his twinge of fascination with her had turned into full on lust. When he was with her all he could do was think about her body, how nice she smelled, how much he would love to kiss her. He thought that maybe it was because of his grief or maybe the blow to the head Jen’s killer had given him. This sudden desire for Sarah must have a reason behind it either that or he was some degenerate and had only now realized it.
“I have something else to tell you. I should have told you a while ago but I thought you might get upset. So…here goes. Jennifer was my youngest sister.” Sarah paused for a minute to wait for Mark’s reaction.
“Jen? Was like you?” Mark was very confused. He stopped walking and stared at her face, waiting for the other shoe to drop. “We had Katie. I thought Asuune couldn’t have kids?”
“No, she hadn’t ascended yet. She wanted time to have a family. She wanted as much normal as she could get before she turned.” Sarah looked down at her feet as she stood in front of Mark.
“She knew?!”And there it was, the other shoe. Mark was a little too loud and some of the people in the crowd turned to look. Mark quickly lowered his voice. “She knew and didn’t tell me?”
“Yes, she wanted to wait until after the new baby you guys were planning. She wanted one more child before she told you. We were gonna tell you, I promise. It seemed like you might not be able to handle it so we just kept putting it off,” Sarah explained apologetically.
“Oh,” Mark didn’t know what else to say. It was probably the right call. Jen always knew what was best for them. He wasn’t upset with her for keeping this from him. In Mark’s mind, everything Jen did was faultless. He still loved her the way he had for twenty years, why did he have these feelings for Sarah now? Mark felt like he was going insane.
Sarah could see what she thought was grief creeping back into Mark’s expression so she tried to cheer him up.
“At least you survived. I’m not sure what I would have done if you had died when she did.” Sarah was trying to give him something to be happy for but it just turned out badly. Her attempt to cheer him up only ended up making Mark have more questions.
“What do you mean at least I survived?” Mark looked at her curiously. “You said they wouldn’t risk killing me because I’m special.”
“No, no, they wouldn’t have killed you. It’s just that, another one of God’s road blocks is that every Asuune has one person for them. Like their soul-mate or something. Each Asuune gets one and only one. Most times if one of them dies the other also dies. Call it a broken heart, shared existence, whatever. For some reason the mate will just instantly die if the other does.” Sarah felt she was doing a better job explaining things now but Mark’s expression still hadn’t changed.
“So I was supposed to die when Jen did? And the vampires knew this? Why did they risk it then?” Mark asked.
“Well, you’re special and Jen was to hurt me. I guess Sariel felt like gambling. If you had died too, no one would get you, if you didn’t, he planned to turn you into a vampire. Either way, he would win. I just got to you before he could finish,” Sarah said with enthusiasm.
