My Family is Vampire on New Year’s Eve I

Theophilus Kofi Appiah

by Theophilus Kofi Appiah

Story
Romania 2001 – 2002

Vroom!

Hearing the sound of a vehicle, a middle-aged male servant who wore a black turned-up collar suit with a plain red cravat, a crisp red shirt and black pants swiftly pressed a button. The giant gates of the massive mansion opened, inviting a fancy car to pull up in the parking area of the mansion. The servant also rushed to open the car handle for the couple who were in the fancy car, followed by ten other servants who came running from the mansion to line up around the car. They seemed to have been waiting for their arrival. She stepped out of the car as if she was a celebrity. She was rich after all. The couple were Mister Balan Alin and his mistress, Camelia Balan. They owned a mansion in the upper class of Romania, in Bucharest.

>>Is everything ready?<< Without pleasantries, at least happy new year wishes, Camelia asked.

>>Yes, Madam. I did a thorough inspection after everything was set<< The middle-aged male servant replied politely.

>>Good! We will be expecting an extra guest tonight and no one, I mean, except Ludwig is allowed to talk to her. The rest of you should just follow his lead<<

Camelia continued, referring to Ludwig, the middle-aged man, and left with her husband after that. The couple entered their mansion and were greeted by their relatives who were already in a festive mood. They were playing some weird board game called Hunt the Prey. Two members of the family were prey, and they were supposed to hide from ther hunters, but if they were caught they had to cut themselves and let their blood drip into a certain big glass bowl in which there was already a pool of blood inside. Not surprisingly, the newly arrived couple joined the game. Shockingly, the females were the hunters and the male the prey.

Halfway into the game, a fancy Mercedes car pulled in the parking area of the mansion. Adrian Balan and his fiancé, Angelika Adam, who is allegedly his girlfriend, according to his family. He wants to propose to her tonight in the presence of his relatives. After the safe-car-parking, Adrian turned to unlatch his seat belt, but turned to see a nervous Angelika. Her hands were visually shaking, and she looked pale despite her one-hour dolling up session. Adrian gently moved his hands across her face and turned her face to face his.

>>I don’t think your family will accept us, especially your mother. She didn’t seem like me during our previous lunch together<< She uttered bitterly.

>>Hey, look at me! What ever happens tonight, it is our life and I will be with you even if my family does not accept you. We have been through a lot together and this is just another test of our true love, my love<<

Saying that, he presses a soothing kiss on her lips which calms Angelika down a bit.


© Theophilus Kofi Appiah 2024-01-03

Genres
Novels & Stories, Suspense & Horror
Moods
Sad, Tense, Traurig
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