Chapter Eight: Vampire Chain LetterLeonard Hamilton was quite right about the families of the dead little girls being awfully quiet after their funerals. Hannah's parents, Adolph and Lena Schmidt, were terribly stricken by grief. Although they had a son to look after, little Conrad, a bubbly and sunny kid of four, they were running on automatic by the shock of their loss.
Too young to miss his older sister, poor Conrad was absolutely baffled by his parents' dumbfounded attitude while taking care of him. His mom had been mechanically feeding him with whatever he asked for, be it freshly made pancakes or sweets. Initially he was overjoyed, because it seemed that the rules at home had been rewritten, somehow. But his worries began when he asked her for a hug of comfort. She had stared uneasi
