I walked down the hallway after leaving Ms. Johnston's room, thinking about what she had told me, as shock and disbelief filled my body. I just couldn't bring myself to think that a vampire I had an affair with was responsible for my husband's death. Could Lance have killed Steven to get to me? I suddenly remembered what he had said: that he didn't want to share. I shuttered at the thought as tears came to my eyes. If this was true, then I was indirectly responsible for my husband's and his mistress' deaths. I quickly pushed the thought aside, unable to accept it. It was just too much. I couldn't let my mind go down that slippery slope. If I did, my heart would go so far into a pit that I feared it would never recover.
Suddenly, I felt sick to my stomach at the thought. I covered my mouth quickly and ran to the bathroom, then threw up everything that was in my stomach into the toilet.