Tragedy

Daddy Issues

We must have stared shocked at Sherri for at least 2 minutes before she was coughing awkwardly at us.
I could feel Mae trembling beside me. A tear dropped from her eye only to run down her now pale face, and land on her blue t-shirt.
"W-what, what do y-you mean like , 'us' " Mae asked shaken.
"Mae, I don't know how to explain it to you that well. There is reasons why you don't know your father Mae," she said sighing, then continuing, "You're father tried to turn you when you were smaller, but I stopped him before you died so that the transformation couldn't be finished. The reason why Natalie and I are not attracted to your scent, is because it's smothered in vampire blood. I knew you would be safe with Natalie when I left you."
"Why can't I do the things that you can do then?" Mae said confused.
"You can, but not as good as us. That's why I've never encouraged you to do sports. You would outrun everyone," she said chuckling, "The blood in your veins is a mixture of your father's blood and your own that he never finished replacing with his own."
"How come you've never told me this? I don't believe this. How come I've never felt like I have strength or anything supernatural?"
"Mae, do you remember when I used to vacuum, and I'd ask you to hold up one end of that heavy couch?" Sherri asked, her royal blue eyes glancing at my baby blue ones.
"Yeah but that couch wasn't heavy. That couch was light."Mae said looking out the window then turning back to her mother.
Sherri cracked a little smile, her eyes crinkling and her perfect teeth peeking from her ruby red covered lips, "You were only 4, and you weighed 57 pounds. That couch weighed 80 pounds. It didn't feel heavy to you because you had the strength of 1 man. You probably have the strength of 10 now," Sherri said.
Mae looked at me then back to her mom. She turned back to me and spoke softly, "I'd like to go home and think about all of this,"she said most likely shocked by the information that had just been dropped on her.
"Sherri, it was nice seeing you, but we need to be going. I have a date tonight and Mae needs to think this over, and so do I."
"Well ok. You have my number," she said as she walked to the black door, opening it for us, as we gathered our phones, and our jackets we had taken off sometime in the conversation.
"Bye Sherri," I said, "Oh," I said pausing and turning back, "this doesn't mean we forgive you."
She nodded softly and I continued walking out onto the small porch and down the steps. I stopped by the car and waited on Mae who was hugging her mother uncomfortably.
Mae came down the steps slowly and walked around the car to the passenger side. I opened my door and climbed I inside, closing the door and putting on my seatbelt, Mae doing the same. We waved goodbye as I backed up out of the driveway, and we were on our way.
After about ten minutes of silent driving, I broke the silence, "Daddy issues, huh?"
Mae scoffed, a smile tugging at the corner of her mouth, and I busted out laughing, letting one of my famous snorts loose, and Mae immediately choked on her stifled laugh, and began to laugh with me.