Chapter 31
CynthiaTina and I needed to do so much shopping, but first, we had to visit her daughter. It had been days since Tina left her baby with Grandma.
"How am I going to explain all this?" Tina mumbled as we reached her mother's apartment.
Good question. Tina hadn't called to explain her disappearance because we didn’t know who might be listening. Now, however, we wanted someone to notice.
Tina rang the doorbell and waited. A few seconds later, we heard shuffling feet, then the peephole went dark, and finally, the lock creaked open.
Did locks need to be oiled? This one seemed extra noisy. I'd never heard the mechanism grinding like this before. Maybe it was just me. My vampire senses were weird.
"Mom," Tina said as soon as the door opened.
"Shh." Her mother stuck her head out
