Looks are deceiving

2. Doubts and questions

The next day I got up and when I was ready I went downstairs to have breakfast with the children. I was a little sleepy and hadn't noticed that Caleb hadn't come down to breakfast. Then, since the weather was nice, he put me in the garden sitting on a chair next to a table and I closed my eyes for a moment to enjoy the sun, but that didn't last long because after a while the children came running to me with a letter in their hands. It said it was for me from Caleb:

Dear Regina,

I'm sorry to tell you this in writing, but I had to leave early today in an emergency. They called me saying that my father died in an accident. I have to take care of some things. It will only take a few days.

I hope you understand.

Best regards,

Caleb

I folded the letter and hugged the children tightly. Then I got up and went for a walk in the garden to get some fresh air. It had been a week and I still hadn't heard from Caleb. I tried to call him, but he wouldn't answer my phone.

I took the kids to go to the park again, but when I got there there were two men at the entrance who made us stop.

" What's wrong? Can't we go in? " I asked, surprised.

" Not today, miss. " The man answered.

" I'm a guest of the house, I'm sure Caleb has mentioned it to you. " I said to see if they would let us in.

" Sorry, today is only for special guests. " He told me.

" Well, guys, let's go back to the house. " I told them and the kids looked disappointed.

It still seemed strange to me that the park closed without warning us or anything. When it was time to put the kids to bed, I went outside again and approached the park, I saw that the men were still standing there, so I decided to sneak in. I knew there was a staff door at the back of the park so I went there and as soon as I saw someone coming in I put my foot down so the door wouldn't close and I snuck in. I needed to know what was going on in there.

I was hiding behind the trash cans, behind the rides, to hide and not be seen by anyone. I saw that there was a hustle and bustle of people around a box, but I couldn't see what was happening. I got a little closer and when I got closer I saw that Caleb was sitting on a kind of throne on top of the box.I was stunned, he wasn't supposed to be here, he had lied to us the whole time. I saw that the people there were praising him as if he were some kind of god, I didn't understand why they were doing it, when I felt someone grab me from behind and I let out a scream. 

"I knew I smelled like an intruder. " he said

I saw his mouth open and fangs came out as he approached my neck and I started screaming again, the people there noticed and turned around, even Caleb who instantly recognized me, he said something to the man who wanted to bite me in Dutch and the man backed away, but he didn't let go. I approached where Caleb was, who gave me an angry face. Then he told the man with a gesture to let me go and rubbed my wrists because of how hard he had squeezed me.

" What are you doing here? Didn't they tell you that you couldn't come in? " He asked me angrily.

" I... I just wanted... " But before I finished my sentence I was interrupted, Caleb whispered something to another man next to him and they grabbed me again to take me out of there.

"Caleb? What did you say to him? What's going on? " I asked scared, while they pulled me away from him.

They kicked me out of the park and closed the gate so I couldn't come back in. It was all very strange, many questions were running through my head.The next morning, I woke up and realized that I had fallen asleep on the couch in the living room and was dressed. I went upstairs to the bathroom to wash up and change my clothes, when I came out of the bathroom the kids were already awake, and when I went down to have breakfast with them, to my surprise Caleb was sitting in the kitchen, still with that angry expression, but as soon as he saw the kids his face changed completely and the most beautiful smile I had ever seen appeared. I saw that he was saying something to the kids and when he finished they ran upstairs to their rooms.