Chapter 74 - Blood Shadows

Deana Abbington glanced up as her office door opened, a man with close-cropped gray hair peeking inside. “Well, you do work,” the older man said, chuckling, his smile the best thing Deana had seen in a while.

“Grandpa!” Deana exclaimed as she shoved herself out of the desk chair, rushing around to embrace her grandfather. “When did you get here?”

Walt Abbington finished entering the small office of his granddaughter, arms outstretched, waiting for the hug he knew he would receive. Deana didn’t disappoint him. “Well, Grandparents Day is this Sunday. I couldn’t necessarily break tradition now, could I? Your grandmother would kill me. Besides, it’s about the only time I get to see my favorite granddaughter.”