Page 15 of My Vampire Plus-One

His reply was immediate.

SAM:Wow. Okay.

SAM:I’ll let you handle it

SAM:I won’t breathe a word to anyone. Just keep me posted on what you decide.

AMELIA:Of course

AMELIA:Thank you

AMELIA:Love you

AMELIA:Let me know the next time you and Scott have time for a movie night

SAM:Will do

SAM:Also, sorry to be a nag, but I got worried when you didn’t reply right away

SAM:Were you careful walking home?

I rolled my eyes.

AMELIA:Are we doing this again?

SAM:Since when is it a crime for me to worry about my sister?

Until a few months ago, Sam had expressed what I’d always thought of as a regular, brotherly amount of concern for my safety. The past few months, though, he’d become bizarrely nervous. Last week he’d even started encouraging me to carry a sharp wooden stick in my purse if I planned to be out at night.

That’s the point where I’d decided he was being ridiculous.

SAM:You don’t know who could be out there, Ame

SAM:There could be murderers, muggers, thieves following you home

SAM:Even, you know

SAM:Vampires

I burst out laughing.

AMELIA:Thieves?

AMELIA:Vampires?????

AMELIA:You’re playing too much Baldur’s Gate 3

SAM:Hey, I’ve been playing it an entirely normal amount

SAM:You should try it once tax season’s over

SAM:But that’s beside the point

SAM:You never know who or what might be out there, is all I’m saying

I chuckled, shaking my head.

At least he was a caring brother.

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