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Chapter 28
Jessica struggled with her emotions as she stepped away from the door and allowed the group to enter. She accepted my kiss on the cheek with abstract attention.
Mei-Lien and Dao-Ming had changed into clothing that fit them and accentuated their beauty. Mei-Lien hesitated as she watched me kiss Jessica. Her eyes sent a smoldering message to Jessica as she passed that caused a shudder of dread to run through her entire body.
Mei-Lien’s time with me had created a bond between us that Jessica instantly felt. Mei-Lien was married, but it was several years since she’d seen her husband and didn’t know if she’ d see him again before she turned into a vampire and was distanced from human emotion. So much had happened. Even if she didn’t become a vampire, she wouldn’t be returning to him the same woman he’d married. How could she be?
She’d grown attached to me in the short time she’d known me, maybe more than she was t
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Even though the drive back to John F. Kennedy Airport was uneventful, the adrenaline within our group still remained high. We’d wasted no time packing up and getting on the road. We’d considered driving to Syracuse and flying out from there, but the flight wouldn’t have been a direct flight and the less time we spent in places where we could be seen, such as airport terminals, the better.Bruce telephoned a friend of his who was in the travel business and we picked up the tickets on our way out of town. Now, the lights of Las Vegas glimmered in the distance as our plane made its way toward the city of sin.I looked at Mei-Lien with concern. She’d fallen asleep almost as soon as she’d buckled herself into the seat. She slept most of the time lately. I didn’t like the color of her skin, either. It was approaching a deathly ashen in color and looking a bit translucent. This was only accented by her platinum blonde hair. Was it my
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