Chris was surely in for a treat tonight.
Michelle looked up as Annabel let out an exasperated grunt.
"I'm going to call him," she announced.
Lillian c****d her head, listening with for a moment.
"Don't bother, they've just gotten off the elevator."
"About f*****g time!" Annabel complained. "The invitation said to be there by seven thirty for dinner, that's in ten minutes."
"Surely you're heard of being fashionably late?" Lillian poked.
Annabel only muttered something and glowered at the doorway, knowing by now that the vampire was just trying to get a rise out of her.
The key card reader bleeped happily and Chris was bustled inside with Susan bringing up the rear. The culpable looks on their faces told everyone in the room exactly why they were running late.
"I should hav
