Thank goodness my phone works just enough for me to retrieve Liz's number and text her. It's so late. Will she still be up? I wait, and to my surprise, she quickly replies. She gives me the address, the place Rick's staying at downtown. My heart beats a bit louder, excited. "Can you give me a ride?" I ask Quentin. "I'm keeping an eye on you," he nods. "You know where you're going?" "Yeah... and I've been avoiding it for too long." He doesn't ask anything else. He takes me downstairs and after walking a bit, I try to assess my state. I'm alright... despite what I went through today. This vampire body is much more impressive than I thought. I suspected I was stronger, but the healing process is even better. Some cuts I had just minutes earlier on my legs are already half gone... At t