CHAPTER#71

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The sun was finally out of the snowy clouds. The snow had partially stopped and now fell only in bits. The change in the weather meant that the vampires would return to their hiding places which also meant a safe month for Hope.

Speaking about Hope, there was a small bulge on her stomach, and the pregnancy began to show. It would take only a few weeks before her mother noticed she was pregnant, and I was thinking of what to do.

There were two solutions to these. The first was to tell her mother about us, explaining how she got pregnant and how important and powerful that baby was. The other was to make Hope stay with us until she was due to deliver. I liked the second option better, but I knew it would not take long before Gladys would find out about us. She would have to know one day, but it couldn't be now. It was not safe.

It was Thursday, about two days before Hope's birthday. I picked her up from her house, and we went to school. She was now comfortable with holding my ha