It stunned me for a moment. I knew that voice, how I couldn’t. But I should not let him know my frustration. I took a breath or maybe two and then replied, “Hello Mr Vampire, that’s what you like to be called isn’t.”

He laughed very loudly and said, “You know me so well. Oh, why you are wasting your time in doing useless tasks. Do you have no other work?”
“To be honest, I don’t.”

“Oh, very sad. Don’t worry, I am going to have my dinner, wanna have a race? And yes there will be no cheating. Let’s see who reaches St Joseph’s Church first. Whoever reaches first, will get hands on the dinner.”

I thought and smiled. I said, “I am ready.”
“So your time starts NOW”, he said and...