Against my better judgment, I invited him in. We sat in the living room across from one another.
"What did you do to that woman? And Ali? You hypnotized them. How?"
"I have abilities."
"How, and don't give me some version of the truth," I said.
"I don't want to lie. I want to just be honest with you and I want that to be enough." He took a deep breath. "Everything I've told you so far has been true. I've been nothing less than completely genuine with you, but you don't know everything about me, and I was hoping I could tell you in my own time, but that is clearly not going to work." I stared at him, waiting.
"Just tell me what you are."
"I'm a sugar daddy." I chortled. Did he think he was funny? "Unrelated, I'm also a Vampire."
"Vampires aren't real."
"And yet, here I am, though yo
