" Emma nodded, lost in her own thoughts. "And what I take away from something like that is wondering how people deal with separations. I might work th...at into a story sometime." "It would be interesting." "You know, you're pretty slick." Luke looked down at her and grinned. "Me?" Emma was taken aback. "Absolutely. Here I am, all ready to ask you questions and get your story, and you get me talking without even trying." "Oh . . . I didn't mean to be rude, or anything like that." "No, no." Luke. Mom and I were locked in a French kiss. I was to stunned to even slip my tongue back onto hers as she lightly ran it across my tongue.Mom broke our kiss and said “ I love you Michelle.”I replied “ I love you too mom.” I gazed into those lovely blues eyes of hers again to see them twinkle and sparkle at me as she pulled away from me.I just stood there watching my mom walking away. Here was a woman I have hated with every bone in my body for the last 5 or 7 years. But she had just filled my body. Which even be literally true, given that he’s at Fangtasia, a vampire bar in Shreveport, Louisiana. Not in this universe. In an alternate one where vampires like me can live openly as such. In case you overlooked that detail ... I got turned in such a world.“Oh, meet Jessica Hamby. She’s a brand-new vampire, dropped off by her Maker at Fangtasia and handed over to me for the present. Jessica, this is Vivien and Violet Harmon. Vivien is the wife of Dr. Ben Harmon, whom you briefly met at. “You were fearful of Woody bedding Madame before you. She favoured him over you — as do we all!”I ignored this, possibly true, explanation.“You may believe that, if it makes you feel better, however your uncalled for behaviour towards me has led me to neglect a duty. I have to apologise to you, Mimi, for not passing on a message from Woody.”That certainly got her attention, and she whirled around to face me.“Just as he rode away he said. ‘Give my love to the girls, especially to Mimi. If I was.