Chapter 68

• CHAPTER SIXTY EIGHT “Where?” Travis asked, feigning ignorance. “You know damn well what I mean dad” Isabella replied. She was in no mood for games. She wanted answers and she wanted them now. “I want to know what you are doing here... In Greenville" "Would you believe me if I said that I came here for you.... To see you?" Travis asked. "Stop playing with me, dad. You know that's not true because you didn't even know that I was here. I made sure of that. So please just stop this and tell me what exactly is going on" There was a sigh on the other end of the line. "Look, baby. Yes, I didn't come here to see you. We haven't seen or spoken to each other in a very long time. What ever the reason is, I'm here and I'm sure that we should be able to figure out some place to sit and talk . You know, just the two of us. Catch up.You can tell me what has been going on in your life… ““And you can tell me what you were doing in that house in the middle of the night with that man… Who ever he was. Pointing weapons at me and my friends” "Do you even know what your friends are, Isabella?" Travis asked and Isabella kept mute. "Of course you don't. I should have told you about them when I had the chance, but I just didn't think that someday you would get involved with their kind. They probably compelled you... Probably using you as a human blood bag. That's the kind of things they do. That's how terrible those creatures can be. Listen to me, Isabella. Your friends are not what you think they are and that's why you should agree to meet me so we can talk and I can explain everything to you. We have to meet each other and talk about this. It's important for your own safety.You have to believe me “Isabella listened to her fathers words and then realized one thing. He had seen her with vampires, but he had just assumed that she wasn't one of them. He thought that she had been compelled. That she was compelled. being used by the vampires just to be fed on. He thought that she needed saving. She tried to wonder what he would do when he actually found out that not only was she one of them, that she was romantically involved with one of them whose friend her father had obviously been involved in his death. Things would get really messy. He would eventually have to pick a side, and then what would he do? Kill her like he killed other vampires? That's what he would do as a hunter right ? "I'm not in any danger, father" she said."You do not have to be concerned about that?" "That's exactly what a person who is being mind controlled would say. Listen to me Isabella, you have no idea what is going on. You are in danger, believe me." You didn't seem so concerned about me being in any danger when you left me without any reasonable explanation. I survived that and I'm sure that even now, somehow I will be fine. Let's not also forget that evening, you were the one who held and pointed weapons on us, and your partner, whoever he was, killed a man right in front of us" "That's not what happened" said Travis, raising his voice without knowing it. "Jeremiah Desmond was a troubled man and he had had his issues but he had his reasons for the way he acted. There were situations that led to the path he took, and I understand him because I have been there before.His son was killed for nothing. Murdered in cold blood just because some idiot decided to have some fun and had no control. He wanted revenge and sadly it led to his death. I will tell you all about it if you agree to meet up with me. I have been worried about you ever since I saw you that night. You are in danger, believe me. I need to see you, and I will do everything in my power to find and protect you, even if it means going through those creatures controlling you. You do not want to be around them, trust me" Isabella thought about her father's words for a while. Growing up, she hadn't spent much time with him, but if there was one thing she was sure of about him, it was that he didn't bluff. His words about going through her friends to get to her sent a chill down her spine.The last thing that she wanted was to see Samson or any of his friends get hurt because of her. So far all they had done since she met them was protect her, and maybe now it was her turn to do the same for them. She remembered how Jacob Saunders had died, and the image of that night still scared the crap out of her. She didn't want the same fate to befall her friends. Besides, so far he hadn't given her any reason to think that he knew that she was now one of those creatures he detested so much for what ever reason. He thought she was being compelled by them, and maybe it was a good thing that he thought that. At least he wouldn't attack her immediately he saw her. “Fine” she heard herself saying. “I will meet up with you tomorrow” “Good” Travis replied. “I'm looking forward to it.I will text you an address shortly" Isabella hung up and stared at the wall. After all this time, talking to him felt like she was talking to a stranger. And maybe he was. She had moved on. She had met other people… . Met friends who had become her family. That you are related to someone by blood doesn't make them family, right? She just hoped that she was doing the right thing. When Isabella finally left her old room and stepped into the living room , she saw that Emily and Vivian were seated in front of the television. They both saw her, but none of them acknowledged her presence in the room and Isabella couldn't just take their attitude towards her anymore. She simply went to the TV and turned it off. That got her their attention. "Hey,what the he'll? We were watching that?" Vivian said with a frown on her face while Emily just sat there and glared at her. CHAPTER SIXTY NINE