Mysteries

Two

I brush my daughter's hair as she takes a nap, her head on my lap. We've been riding this train for almost an hour and Mor gets easily tired on long trips—she slept the entire way from New York to England. It's a miracle she doesn't fall asleep when driving. Which I've found out she does, she also has gone to car races and on several occasions competed in them. Myrtle promised me she would be safe and does any of that sound safe? No.

When the train stops, I pick my daughter up grabbing her duffel bag before heading out. My daughter snuggles in my embrace, it's times as this that I savor. I wish I was there when she was physically younger, I've missed so much. I hate it.

I get a taxi and as we wait, my phone goes off and I see it's Demetri. He wants to tell me that the kings have a newborn roaming around the area in London, anther Jack the Ripper. It took a while to end the first Jack the Ripper who was actually a Jacqueline the Ripper since it was a woman who was turned into a vampire. She hated whores since one took her husband from her, especially those who got abortions. So using her new vampirism she tortured then killed the whores.

A taxi comes up and once it stops, out comes an old man with white hair "Felix and Morrigan Volturi?" He asks

"Hello" I greet going over "long trip"

"I can only imagine" he says "Sicily? Your accent"

"Close" getting in the back "Italy, a small town near the top of the country. My daughter is American though"

"Travel for business?" He asks

"Constantly" confirming as Mor rolls over putting her face in my chest shivering, I grab my scarf and wrap it around her neck. I told her to grab a scarf but did she? No. "I recently got a job in London so hopefully my daughter will be able to make friends"

"That's good" he says "this her first time going to boarding school?"

"It is" I confirm "with me traveling so much my daughter never gets the chance to make friends at a school, she's been mostly home schooled"

We talk for about thirty minutes before coming up to some place "Alright Mr. Volturi, we're here" I shake my daughter's shoulder "which house do you need to be?"

"House of Anubis" I tell him

Mor wakes up groaning "Five more minutes"

Chuckling "Wake up, we're here" she opened her eyes getting up looking around before seeing the school.

"Holy fuck!" I cover my mouth amused "this is way my grand than online!"

Once the car stops, we get out and I head the normal things I usually hear "Woah! Look at the size of that man!"

"The house is this way" the cab driver motions, I motion Mor to come along.

"You can sight see later" I tell her, she nods her head as we go by when a bell rings.

"This is it" the man waves, I give him some cash "cheerio"

"So" I ask her "what do you think?"

"No words" she and I go up to the door, I knock since Mor gets a text "Uh...It's Myrtle"