Vampires of the Sun by Kathyn J. Knight Read Free Book Online Page B

depth. Whether it is about my future, the relationship I have with my parents, or about how I just willingly come to these weekly sessions. I should care about what kind of pills I’m ingesting shouldn’t I? I should care about learning the risks and what activities I might do and how they could affect me. Don’t teens go wild when they get to college? Even if I don’t visit my parents and attend University, I’m bound to get invited to parties. I’m not stupid enough to believe I’m ugly nor am I unaware of men’s attentions. If I go to a party and get sloshed, I should be wary. What if I decided to turn to actual drugs? How could doing molly or smoking a little weed affect me if I continue taking these pills?” The plan to discuss her medication had come from a lack of communication with Jack. She regretted bringing it up, realizing how difficult it was becoming to get a little bit of simple information but she was angry with Josh. He hadn’t called her to discuss anything. She was worried her mind had concocted him and he didn’t exist.
                  “Norah, did you stop taking your medicine? You seem frantic. Maybe I should up the dosage on your medication. I thought this regimen was working well for you. Would you like something to calm you down? I can give you a sedative that’s light enough to keep you functional if you like?” Panicking at the suggestion, Norah frantically shook her head no.
                  “No, I don’t want more medication. I don’t want to take medication at all.” Norah emphasized her sentence by elongating the word more. It sounded childish to her ears after she said it.
                  “Please calm yourself Norah. You’re acting strangely manic. Something must have happened over the last week to give you worry. What’s caused you to become so upset?”
                  “I feel like I’m going crazy. I heard a voice the other night when I was walking home from dinner downtown. I made a friend and I’m not sure he existed. It felt too real to be fake though.” Nails dug into her hand, leaving half-moons marked with red. The words she wanted to say weren’t coming to her tongue fast enough and Norah knew her words sounded confusing.
                  “Don’t lie to me Norah. You met someone who made you question my help.” Mauve was angry. When Norah looked up into her older, yet still smooth-skinned and beautiful face, it was lined with disappointment and contempt. “I have many enemies who do not believe in my methods of therapy. You shouldn’t listen to the rats who want to bring us down.” Her tone was scaring Norah. She’d never seen Mauve lose her temper like that. She looked ready to kill.
                  “I’m going to leave.” Norah said, standing up from the crimson velvet couch, moving quickly to the door. She heard Mauve standing behind her, smoothing out her crisp, black skirt and jacket. When she had the door closed behind her, she darted out of the building Mauve’s office shared with a night-time dry cleaner and an afterhours medical clinic. She went straight to her car, catching her heart beating as fast as when she had met Dawn for the first time. She was beginning to learn what true fear was. When she sat down in the driver’s seat, Norah didn’t stop to let her body calm down from the nauseous feeling that was forming before she drove away, wishing she could talk to Jack or her father or someone in a position of power who could help her.
     
     
    Sitting in her room with Maxine curled up on the bed, Norah stared out the window as the sun set. She wished she could just go to sleep and stay that way. Her worries could all just disappear and when she woke, it would be 100 years into the future.  Before the sky was completely dark, Norah took Maxine on a short walk so she could go to the bathroom and gave the doorman a nod on the way in and out.
    When the sky was