’ ‘The folk and Carla have gone to Frisco, Colorado for the weekend. I’m Carla’s older brother…’ ‘Perry.’ ‘Ah so she’d told you ab...out me eh?’ ‘Yeah and it was uncomplimentary at times.’ He grinned and said that would be Carla. ‘Come on in.’ ‘What with you in that state.’ ‘Oh excuse me, I’ll remove my towel.’ She laughed and he grinned and she entered, brushing past him. ‘What’s your name?’ ‘Oh sorry. Danni Hartley.’ ‘Danni McCool as you were at college?’ ‘Why yes. How is it you remembered. Emotionally, however, he was still not grasping it. There are no such things as vampires! his emotional mind would scoff. Even when you were a child, you never seriously believed in them. This is all some kind of an illusion, or a dream, or an elaborate practical joke.There were a few things, however, that finally managed to fully convince his mind just what he had become. One was the fact that the daytime hours now seemed unnatural to him. He was sleepy during the day now—the later the day. She thanked him and told him she would be back in work as soon as possible.She phoned Mike to tell him that Pete had a problem and she had to go and try help him sort it out for a few days. Mike gave her his blessing, with regards to Pete and hoping all would be ok. She went home packed a bag and went to the train station in time to catch the afternoon train. In three hours she was standing outside Pete's appartment building. Not sure to go up or not, she rang his cell. "Hi s*s. Where are you.. She rushed to greet him, holding out the itemhe'd come to retrieve. He snatched it from her, snarled something shecouldn't make out, and left just as quickly.After he'd gone, in the hour or so before she was due to head to her usualstreet corner, she replayed the woman's words, saying "Tina" like anincantation, as if she could somehow summon the missing woman. The mostshe got was another name - Mitchell, was that it? Tina Mitchell, shepresumed, although that somehow didn't sound right ...She.