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Maybe I don’t want to know that I hurry into work, looking forward to getting a boost from the children

“Aurelia-aaa!” several shout when I walk in Willie zips over in his wheelchair to greet reet the kids and fall intotheir free time, dinner and recreation

“What are we doing tonight?” Shelly asks after dinner I always lead them in one last recreation activity before bedtiles out before they wind down

“We’re playing charades,” I announce in an excited tone accompanied by jazz hands

“Yay!” the kids cheer

“Who’s ready?”

“I aoes the chorus

Those ant to play gather up, and I begin the ga the first card for et my team to say Mission Impossible, which seemed to be a mission impossible in itself These kids have no idea who Tole “Fast and the Furious,” Gwen joins in, laughing I roll my eyes at her

And then I freeze

Charlie stands in the doorway, his arms folded across his muscled chest, a bemused expression on his face

Holy forking shizz He ca?

The tileefully infor s at Charlie But I’m well aware of exactly where in the rooht on a map Vampire alert!

Gwen turns and visibly starts at the vaoes slack Either she’s stunned to silence by Charlie’s good looks, or she knows so

Before I can call her name or head over, her expression turns blank She looks away fro up as if she didn’t realize he was there

Did Charlie just hypnotizeit What other havoc will he wreak here?

He saunters my way

“What are you doing here?” I hiss under my breath when he reaches my side

He shrugs “I told you You won’t be rid of me until you’ve lifted the curse”

“But I’ht now”

“Ah, luv” He folds his ar to make me?”

My fists clench automatically, but I have absolutely no way toup with his presence at hoered these innocent children by exposing them to a vampire makes me want to puke