An Elemental Difference - AIR - Book 1 (Stefan Salvatore)

Chapter 69 - How have you not been arrested?

TOWN SQUARE

Jeremy scowled as Jenna just about dragged him towards his dad's old office. As they passed the Grill, Jeremy squinted over at his Aunt, "Why do I have to be here?"

Jenna shook her head at his whine, "You are the man of the family now, Jeremy, excluding your idiot of an Uncle. You should be just involved as Elena is with your dad's business and what will happen with it."

Jeremy scowled, "So why isn't Elena here?"

Jenna ignored him and walked around the corner, smiling when she saw the potential buyer was already waiting. All of a sudden, she was pulled back around the corner by her nephew, "What the hell, Jeremy?"

Jeremy ignored her as he pushed her closer to the building they were next to and took a quick glance around the corner. When his initial quick glance was now confirmed with another glimpse, he looked to Jenna with his eyes wide, "That's Anna and her mom, Pearl."

Jenna fell back against the wall, ignoring the 'thump' her head made against it as she groaned out loud, "Just how many vampires are in this goddamn town?!"

Jeremy could only shrug, "As much as she made all our lives pretty much hell, she did do it to get her mom back..."

"So, they're good vampires?" Jenna hoped, "Like Stefan?"

"Maybe," Jeremy shrugged again, taking another glance around the corner. "It's been a while since the tomb was opened, and there's not been much trouble..."

Jenna smiled lightly, "Well, that sounds okay..."

Jeremy didn't seem to have heard his Aunt and continued, "But there was that dead hiker Aella, and Bonnie found. Aella said it was a man, but you don't know if he's working with Anna and Pearl..."

Jenna frowned, "Now that sounds bad..."

"But Aella did say that the man was desperate," Jeremy went on. "He seemed to really feel bad that he had to kill the man."

Jenna squinted at her nephew, "Okay, so I'm really confused, do we meet them or not?"

Jeremy's shoulder shrugged again, and Jenna wanted to scream at him to offer something other than that. Still, she was the adult in this situation, and she decided to just hit the nail on its head. Jenna could sell Grayson's clinic to vampires that could potentially go on and kill others, but then she would also have Stefan and Aella's help dealing with that problem. Or she could choose not to meet with them and wait another 6 months for someone to make another offer on the office.

Deciding that she was sick with dealing with the business, she stood up and sorted out her clothes, then looked to her nephew, "We meet with them, any issues we just say no. Any supernatural issues, we call Aella."

Jeremy's brow raised in amusement, "But she's on a double date."

"Oh please," Jenna scoffed. "Me calling her and giving her an out would make me the greatest person on the planet to her. You okay to meet with Anna?"

Jeremy thought this could be his opportunity to ditch, but would he really leave his Aunt in the company of two vampires? So with a nod, he smiled at Jenna, "Yeah, let's go do this."

"Great!" Jenna exclaimed, and they walked around the corner, both suppressing their grins when Anna's eyes widened at their presence.

Pearl turned as Jenna got closer and smiled at the two of them, holding out her hand to Jenna, "Miss Sommers?"

Jenna reached out and shook her hand, using all of her determination not to shiver at the coldness, "Yes. Hi Pearl." Jenna looked at Anna, "Nice to see you again, Anna."