‘You’ve done it. I’m a vampire now,’ he said looking down at his arms and hands — making fists. ‘Holy shit,’ he said. She got off the be...d, looking down the hallway. ‘We’re getting out of here. Get dressed and wait here while I have a look around,’ she said. ‘Okay,’ she heard him say mentally when she turned, touching his cheek. ‘Very good,’ she said looking at him to see if he heard her — he did. After awhile and when he was dressed, she returned. She reached into her purse for a spare pair of. At which point I realised she wasn’t going to walk round the house (I use the back door, usually) and scooped her up in my arms. She was light as a feather.The house was quite warm anyway, though I hadn’t left the heating on full. I sat her at the kitchen table, still wrapped in the space blanket, but I turned on the oven and got out a tin of tomato soup, that being the quickest thing I could think of, and dumped it into a saucepan.She was watching me with those enormous dark eyes, and. But her dress is worth tentimes what ours are worth and I'm not going to let you ruin something thatexpensive, no matter who is wearing it!"I stood there, boggling at this turn of events! Yes, most of the girls atthis dance tonight were wearing dresses made by Sarah Carerra's favoritedesigner. Yes, my dress had been much more expensive than anyone else herehad likely paid for theirs. That kind of privilege was one of the perks ofbeing a multi-platinum award-winning pop star. But never in my. “Pastor, maybe you could say something, a prayer, whatever?” I asked.Pastor Russ led us in the Lord’s Prayer, and then gave a prayer for both Grandpa and Jack. I knelt and cut up a small piece of the turf near the headstone, and then opened the cardboard box Jack was inside. I’d never actually seen cremains before, but quickly poured them into the dirt before the breeze wafted them around. I pressed the turf back into place and stood up, wiping the dirt off my hands. Teresa and the boys crossed.