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“You drove here while having withdrawals. That takes some strength, don’t sell yourself short. And you did get away from your brother eventually.” Again Hailey seemed to react badly to Kathrine. She looked down so that Kathrine couldn’t see her face.
“Thanks.” Hailey didn’t look up.
“So that means you were alive when Jesus was. Did you know him?” Kathrine asked, she had meant to ask Sarah this question as well but it kept slipping her mind.
“Actually, no. Surprisingly he wasn’t that well known until after he died. Only the local people spoke with him and he was very popular there. Outside of that little corner of the world he was virtually unknown. The stories started coming in years after his death and many of us made the trip to see where he was buried and speak to the people that knew him. Many of us were convinced that he was a hoax perpetrated by one of the fallen angels but even the most apprehensive of us realized that he was the real thing eventually. The sermons and the teachings were too perfect to be a hoax. It was the son of God and we missed him.” Now Hailey looked really depressed. Kathrine’s strategy had backfired. How was she to know that this was a touchy subject? Did all of the old Asuune feel this way? Barely missing the chance to meet Jesus would be a very upsetting ordeal.
The rest of their trip they spent mostly silent. Kathrine had failed to get Hailey to talk much and it didn’t seem like she could remedy this situation now.
Chapter 28
Within a few hours they reached the drivers next delivery and carefully snuck out of the truck. From there Kathrine rented a car and they headed toward Paul. Along the way Hailey gave directions to the small town where one of her friends lived. Hailey said that her friend, John, was an expert on the vampires of the area. He had been the one who found her when she was trying to free herself from the blood. Hailey found it strange that this man lived only hours from where Paul was. This smelled like a set up.
When they arrived to pick up John he wasn’t alone. Apparently Hailey wasn’t happy to see the woman that John was with, although it was clear that the two didn’t know each other. The woman was as short as Sarah and had curly strawberry blonde hair. She looked young, perhaps nineteen or so and had blue eyes. Kathrine looked at her with envy in the rear view mirror. She had often wished she was blonde like her mother. Somehow in her mind blondes just looked more attractive. The woman had a fairly large chest for such a small girl and again Kathrine was envious. Who was she kidding? Why would Paul want her when he had choices like Kelly, Hailey and Sarah? What man would choose her over any of those three?
John looked just as Hailey described. Blonde, handsome and tall. He was also just as arrogant and annoying as Hailey had said. If it wasn’t for him talking Kathrine thought she might actually be attracted to him, that is if it wasn’t for Paul. It was stupid how much sway Paul had over her. She only wanted him now and it was starting to get really annoying.
Moody Hailey, as Kathrine had begun to call her, came back as soon as the two joined them in the car. It was like Hailey had two personalities fighting for control. The switch was so abrupt that Kathrine began to refer to them as if they were two people. Moody Hailey was the one that sat looking at her lap or staring out a window when someone was talking to her. She avoided eye contact and generally appeared annoyed that the person dared speak to her. She much preferred the Nice Hailey. This half of Hailey was an interesting and nice person, someone Kathrine could be friends with. What had she gotten herself into? She almost felt like she could trust Nice Hailey but whenever Moody Hailey came out she knew that this would be a mistake. Perhaps Hailey had multiple personalities? This could explain a lot. Maybe Moody Hailey was setting a trap for Kathrine and Nice Hailey knew nothing about it?
The rest of the way Hailey tried to ignore the conversations going on unless someone specifically asked her a question. Kathrine found it hard to hate Kelly, she was actually quite nice despite looking like some teenage wet dream come to life. By the time they reached the hotel Kathrine had booked for them she was feeling easier around them. John was annoying but easy to get along with and Kelly was just as sweet as she looked.
As they walked up to the hotel Kathrine saw the hooded man again. It was just for a second but it had been him. Someone was following her. Although he was following her he didn’t seem to be dangerous. Was the hooded man even there? No one else had seen him, or at least didn’t mention it. Maybe she was being paranoid or maybe, she hoped, it was Paul or someone hired by Paul to look after her. This made her happy, the hooded man had never done anything aggressive, he only watched.
“Now, for the bad news,” Kathrine said as she returned with three hotel keys. “They had three rooms and we now have four people. Sorry, Kelly I didn’t know you were coming. So, unless you and John are an item, someone is going to have to share.”
“It’s no problem, the two of us can share a room.” Hailey said quickly.
“That works actually, I got a suite. It is my money, after all,” Kathrine teased.
