1. Dubai.Copy !req
2. I can't tell you that.Copy !req
3. Can't tell you that either.Copy !req
4. No.Copy !req
5. No. Yeah.Copy !req
6. Yeah, look,
I-it's not an article,Copy !req
7. it's a book.Copy !req
8. I mean, we can do a chapter
in Vanity Fair, but...Copy !req
9. I-I know it's been 10 years.Copy !req
10. I haven't forgotten
what a book is.Copy !req
11. This is— This is a book.Copy !req
12. A-All right? Look, um...Copy !req
13. Yeah, I gotta call you back.Copy !req
14. I'll call you back.Copy !req
15. Good morning.Copy !req
16. I hope you've passed
a comfortable night.Copy !req
17. I never pass
a comfortable night.Copy !req
18. You were scheduled to have
your levodopa transfusionCopy !req
19. - this week.
- Been tapping my phone?Copy !req
20. Mr. De Pointe du Lac
has arranged a physicianCopy !req
21. to administer it here tomorrow.Copy !req
22. Well, I'll take care of it
on my own.Copy !req
23. Your doctor in New York was
consulted and has given consent.Copy !req
24. You'll find a note from him
in your electronic mailbox.Copy !req
25. Where's Louis?Copy !req
26. Mr. De Point du Lac
will be resting today.Copy !req
27. Would you follow me
to the reading room?Copy !req
28. Quite the house plant.Copy !req
29. Well, the interior designer
hired was a sentimentalist.Copy !req
30. Some notion of hers, he was...Copy !req
31. missing the natural world.Copy !req
32. You are getting access to...Copy !req
33. very precious items
from the archives,Copy !req
34. an alternative perspective
on the years of your interest.Copy !req
35. Please, wear these
when handling the materials.Copy !req
36. We suggest you begin
on the left.Copy !req
37. "The P.O.Ws are malnourished,
nothing but bone and sinew.Copy !req
38. Their blood is bitter.Copy !req
39. It almost makes you feel sick
to drink it."Copy !req
40. Wow.Copy !req
41. Auntie told me
to stay putCopy !req
42. and keep away from the door.Copy !req
43. I tried to be good
and stay right where I was.Copy !req
44. But when Auntie came back,
she got stuck on the other sideCopy !req
45. and brought the fire
back with her.Copy !req
46. I closed my eyes and waited
for the fire to take me, too.Copy !req
47. I just prayed it wouldn't
hurt too bad.Copy !req
48. That's when the Black angel came.Copy !req
49. He was beautiful and strong
and fast,Copy !req
50. and he carried me like
I was made of feathers.Copy !req
51. Help me!Copy !req
52. Gimme some water!Copy !req
53. The Black angel took me
to a fine houseCopy !req
54. with gold ceilings,Copy !req
55. like the ones
in the picture houses.Copy !req
56. And that's when I guessed
I was in Heaven.Copy !req
57. So, I waited for the pain to
go away and my mama to join me.Copy !req
58. But she didn't come,
and the pain got worse.Copy !req
59. The Black angel was crying.Copy !req
60. She goin' cold.
What do we do?Copy !req
61. Nothing. We do nothing. And I remember thinking...Copy !req
62. She's dying. "Why would an angelCopy !req
63. cry in Heaven?" More human entanglement.Copy !req
64. And then,
I saw the white angel.Copy !req
65. Drain her.Copy !req
66. She's only a kid.Copy !req
67. No, please.Copy !req
68. Please!Copy !req
69. I don't know where to bite.
Her body's all charred.Copy !req
70. You know you can do this.Copy !req
71. And she'll be what?
A lap dog?Copy !req
72. No, not— not a dog.Copy !req
73. - A daughter.
- I-I-I don't know.Copy !req
74. You were ready to abandon
our home.Copy !req
75. Now you want a third.Copy !req
76. I-I just need her
not to die.Copy !req
77. Please.Copy !req
78. Please.Copy !req
79. The white angel, he bit me,Copy !req
80. right in the neck,
and I thought,Copy !req
81. "What a strange thing
for an angel to do."Copy !req
82. And then, I tasted it.Copy !req
83. And right away, I felt strong
as a street car.Copy !req
84. Enough!Copy !req
85. And I realized,Copy !req
86. what I thought was Heaven
was just some nice room.Copy !req
87. And what I thought were angels
were really hell demons.Copy !req
88. But seeing as Mama died,
and Auntie,Copy !req
89. she was burnt up too,Copy !req
90. I decided to make
the best of it.Copy !req
91. You got some of your own
I can have?Copy !req
92. Y-You want more?Copy !req
93. Right away, I had
a lot of questions.Copy !req
94. So, this is my new house?Copy !req
95. It is if you want it to be.Copy !req
96. This is my fountain?Copy !req
97. That's my...Copy !req
98. What is that?Copy !req
99. Well, that's the incinerator
where we burn the—Copy !req
100. We'll get to that
soon enough.Copy !req
101. So where'd you find me?Copy !req
102. At my old house?Copy !req
103. I heard your cry for help.Copy !req
104. We— We can hear
people's thoughts.Copy !req
105. - What?
- Mm-hmm.Copy !req
106. It's true.Copy !req
107. Prove it.
What am I thinking now?Copy !req
108. Well, I can't.Copy !req
109. I'm your maker.Copy !req
110. You're wonderin' if your nails
will be like that forever,Copy !req
111. and the answer is yes.Copy !req
112. It's a special trick,
only folks like us have,Copy !req
113. like the nails and the teeth.Copy !req
114. So, you can hear me,
but he can't?Copy !req
115. That make him the dumb one?Copy !req
116. What's funny?Copy !req
117. If he makes you, he can't hear
your thoughts anymore.Copy !req
118. Somethin' about the sacrifice
of creation.Copy !req
119. Did he make you, too?Copy !req
120. He did. What's she saying?Copy !req
121. He has to rely on my words
to understand me,Copy !req
122. just like a human.Copy !req
123. I'm not human no more,
am I?Copy !req
124. No, you're a vampire.Copy !req
125. Well, I can see
where this is going.Copy !req
126. Bonjour.Copy !req
127. How'd you do that?Copy !req
128. Well, you'll do it too,
in time, my little milkweed.Copy !req
129. I'll teach you, just like
I taught Louis here.Copy !req
130. But not if we're going to
have family secrets.Copy !req
131. We're a family?Copy !req
132. Yeah, but with no secrets.Copy !req
133. All right.Copy !req
134. So, what's that for?Copy !req
135. That's where we burn bodies.Copy !req
136. Why do we burn bodies?Copy !req
137. Uncle Les
and Daddy Louis were rich.Copy !req
138. They had nice clothes
and a nice auto carriageCopy !req
139. and a funny way
of being nice to each other.Copy !req
140. So, I'm supposed to kill him?Copy !req
141. You don't have to.Copy !req
142. There's always the birds
and the beasts.Copy !req
143. Or you can endeavor
on an experienceCopy !req
144. that feels like eating syrup
while riding on the wind.Copy !req
145. I'm not sure how I feel
about that pleated skirt.Copy !req
146. It's chiffon.
It has movement.Copy !req
147. Hmm.Copy !req
148. Looks like she takes
after me.Copy !req
149. Tremendous.Copy !req
150. Fortifying myself for an evening
of swan hunting.Copy !req
151. Back in the car, Claudia.Copy !req
152. Claudia.Copy !req
153. Claudia!
Hey, no, no.Copy !req
154. Get back here, missy.Copy !req
155. Young girl, where are
your parents at this hour?Copy !req
156. I asked you a question,
young lady.Copy !req
157. I said,
where are your parents?Copy !req
158. Claudia! No!Copy !req
159. Don't!Copy !req
160. Not a cop!Copy !req
161. You're not a girl.Copy !req
162. You're a devil.Copy !req
163. You have to stop
while they're alive.Copy !req
164. Who was it
that she takes after?Copy !req
165. Hm.Copy !req
166. You ain't a girl.Copy !req
167. You a devil.Copy !req
168. Confusion, regret, euphoria.Copy !req
169. You gon' wake up feeling
a lot of things.Copy !req
170. A little guilt, a bad taste
in your mouth from the cop,Copy !req
171. which again,
you should never choose.Copy !req
172. Claudia.Copy !req
173. I'm sorry.Copy !req
174. What did I just say?Copy !req
175. Don't eat cops.Copy !req
176. You gotta listen to your elders
when they're talkin'.Copy !req
177. You're new to this—Copy !req
178. - I'm hungry.
- Hungry?Copy !req
179. You just ate a man
twice your size.Copy !req
180. You can't possibly be—Copy !req
181. An ominous observation.Copy !req
182. Her young lady metabolism
is permanent now.Copy !req
183. I'm so hungry.Copy !req
184. I think I'm gon' die.Copy !req
185. Is that how vampires die?Copy !req
186. From starvation?Copy !req
187. You don't want to engorge
yourself, ma petite.Copy !req
188. More tomorrow, okay?Copy !req
189. Please.Copy !req
190. Histrionics.Copy !req
191. Some sleep is
what she needs.Copy !req
192. Sedation is
what she needs.Copy !req
193. She'll settle.Copy !req
194. No! Don't, don't, don't!Copy !req
195. Claudia.Copy !req
196. Claudia!Copy !req
197. You suck 'em like frog legsCopy !req
198. and burn 'em like trash.Copy !req
199. And the things I used to eat,
I don't like so much anymore.Copy !req
200. Claudia!Copy !req
201. - Come on up to bed.
- Coming!Copy !req
202. It's bedtime.Copy !req
203. What comes out of humans,
it's just so much sweeter.Copy !req
204. Me and Uncle Les have
a nickname for it—Copy !req
205. "kill juice".Copy !req
206. Claudia!Copy !req
207. Comin'!Copy !req
208. Geez Louise, mercy please.Copy !req
209. I gotta go to bed when the rest
of the world wakes up,Copy !req
210. so there's less kids
to play with...Copy !req
211. but I found ways
to fun it up some.Copy !req
212. Have you seen my slippers?Copy !req
213. Under the chair
by the window.Copy !req
214. Must every night
end like this?Copy !req
215. Y'all get tired 'fore I do.Copy !req
216. Why does she
talk to the book?Copy !req
217. The sun comes up,
we go down.Copy !req
218. That's never gonna change.Copy !req
219. We've got rules, Lil Miss.Copy !req
220. Rules are for fools,
Daddy Lou.Copy !req
221. Keeping you safe,
little waif.Copy !req
222. She talked
to the book again.Copy !req
223. Why do you talk
to the book?Copy !req
224. - The book is my friend.
- The book is her friend.Copy !req
225. The book is a book.Copy !req
226. Good night.Copy !req
227. Night.
Night!Copy !req
228. Put the pen down, Claudia.Copy !req
229. Uncle Les,
I got a question.Copy !req
230. If you made me
and you made Louis,Copy !req
231. who made you?Copy !req
232. When I'm tired,
I'm not so kind.Copy !req
233. And where are all
the vampires at?Copy !req
234. Uh-oh.
They speakin' French.Copy !req
235. They gon' fight now.Copy !req
236. Fighting sounds funny
in French.Copy !req
237. Climb in, ma cherie,
best see if it's a good fit.Copy !req
238. Ooh!Copy !req
239. Good evening, sirs.Copy !req
240. A loss in the family?Copy !req
241. Nah.Copy !req
242. A heart condition.Copy !req
243. Yeah, she gon' pass
r-real soon.Copy !req
244. Poor child.Copy !req
245. Can't nothin' be done?Copy !req
246. We tryna accustom her
to the thought of...Copy !req
247. going home to God.Copy !req
248. I-I-I could take
her measurementsCopy !req
249. so as not to distress her
any further than she already is.Copy !req
250. It's so soft!Copy !req
251. Somethin'--
Somethin' ain't right here.Copy !req
252. - I love it, Daddy Lou.
- I think
you two gentlemen...Copy !req
253. Can I get this one, please? ought to leave—Copy !req
254. Please? Can I?Copy !req
255. A girl vampire
needs her own spaceCopy !req
256. if she's gonna find herself
in this no-day world.Copy !req
257. And, diary,
you can already tell,Copy !req
258. the words come easier
when you're locked in tight,Copy !req
259. wrapped in pink satin
and Daddy Lou's feetCopy !req
260. ain't in your face.Copy !req
261. It's just me, my pen,
my brain, my heart,Copy !req
262. and the blood
of the street car conductorCopy !req
263. I drained after
he got off work.Copy !req
264. Thank you, street car driver.Copy !req
265. I hope they got more of you
at your companyCopy !req
266. to fill in for you.Copy !req
267. It's never great waiting
for the car,Copy !req
268. especially when
the weather gets hot.Copy !req
269. Shh, shh,
shh, shh, shh, shh.Copy !req
270. Don't you shush me.Copy !req
271. I missed you. Hm.Copy !req
272. You missed me?Copy !req
273. Mm.Copy !req
274. Uncle Les got secrets.Copy !req
275. How you figure?Copy !req
276. He don't give good answers
to questions,Copy !req
277. sits on the truth like
it's his chair or somethin'.Copy !req
278. I thought we weren't supposed
to keep secrets.Copy !req
279. Les got a few years on us.Copy !req
280. Sometimes, old people don't like
talkin' much about the past.Copy !req
281. Sometimes, you gotta be careful
where you dig, you understand?Copy !req
282. I guess.Copy !req
283. How does it work,
love between two men?Copy !req
284. It works like...Copy !req
285. I don't know.Copy !req
286. Works like love.Copy !req
287. You ever liked girls?Copy !req
288. I used to.Copy !req
289. Uh, I used to pretend to.Copy !req
290. Can't say I do anymore.Copy !req
291. Uncle Les does, sometimes.Copy !req
292. Is that what he's up to
when he goes out alone?Copy !req
293. Nah, he is, um...Copy !req
294. Sometimes, his kills get—
what's the word?Copy !req
295. Extravagant.Copy !req
296. And I don't like seeing it.Copy !req
297. Mm.Copy !req
298. I don't know
how you do that.Copy !req
299. You can't like the taste.Copy !req
300. I try to.Copy !req
301. And, Claudia, it—
it's not just what you eat.Copy !req
302. You can kill
quick and painless,Copy !req
303. or you can get... extravagant.Copy !req
304. There've been times I gone
a little too far myself.Copy !req
305. Some killing has consequence.Copy !req
306. The fire in your house
was a consequence.Copy !req
307. It came about
'cause of one of my kills.Copy !req
308. I-I used to get a little
caught up in human affairs.Copy !req
309. Then what?Copy !req
310. Then you.Copy !req
311. Got one.Copy !req
312. I thought Louis
was your god.Copy !req
313. How does Muhammad feel
about vampires?Copy !req
314. Is it Ashura every day
here in the penthouse?Copy !req
315. Do you have what you need,
Mr. Molloy?Copy !req
316. A cure for Parkinson's?Copy !req
317. How is your reading
coming along?Copy !req
318. For a killing machine,
I kinda like her.Copy !req
319. I interrupted.
You were praying.Copy !req
320. Asr namozi.Copy !req
321. "Asr namozi."Copy !req
322. What is that?
That's not Arabic.Copy !req
323. What is it, Kazak?Copy !req
324. Somewhere in the Crimea?Copy !req
325. You're not from Dubai.Copy !req
326. I thought you were
a native.Copy !req
327. Dubai is a child,
Mr. Molloy.Copy !req
328. No one's a native.Copy !req
329. Hmm.Copy !req
330. Dear new diary...Copy !req
331. Nice to meet you.Copy !req
332. What adventures we will have.Copy !req
333. You've joined a happy home,
even if we're an odd one.Copy !req
334. I have my own room now,
which is good,Copy !req
335. 'cause Daddy Lou can be
smotherin',Copy !req
336. just as Uncle Les
can get crotchety.Copy !req
337. And, well, sometimes a door
can be your best friend.Copy !req
338. You have to knock first!Copy !req
339. Out! Out!Copy !req
340. Out!Copy !req
341. Still, you wouldn't believe
how time fliesCopy !req
342. when there's people to eat
and money to spend.Copy !req
343. This was given to me
by a marquis who was beheadedCopy !req
344. by a mob 10 years
after he gave it to me.
Oh!Copy !req
345. I love it. Oh!Copy !req
346. How old are you again,
Uncle Les?Copy !req
347. Hundred and sixty—159.Copy !req
348. Daddy Lou, when am I gonna
grow into this, though?Copy !req
349. We—We'll find one
in your size.Copy !req
350. Kill, spend.Copy !req
351. Then the next thing you know,
the leaves are turnin'.Copy !req
352. Of course, Daddy and Uncle
have problems, plenty of 'em,Copy !req
353. but they figure 'em out
quick most times.Copy !req
354. And when they can't,
I can always get in betweenCopy !req
355. and make it right.Copy !req
356. Stop.Copy !req
357. Stop laughin'.Copy !req
358. Shh.Copy !req
359. We do like mortals do.Copy !req
360. We fight, we eat... Hush, now.Copy !req
361. we laugh...Copy !req
362. - Oh.
- Oh, there.Copy !req
363. we sleep, we love.Copy !req
364. Aah!Copy !req
365. I prefer you
like that.Copy !req
366. And then the phone rang
last night,Copy !req
367. and all the easy times stopped.Copy !req
368. Hello?Copy !req
369. Say again.Copy !req
370. - Oh. I'll take one. Oh.
- And for you?Copy !req
371. - Thank you, dear.
- Yes.Copy !req
372. I'd never been to a wake.Copy !req
373. Hadn't even known
Daddy Lou was Catholic.Copy !req
374. I didn't know he had a mama
till he lost her.Copy !req
375. Hello, sweetie.Copy !req
376. Everything all right?Copy !req
377. Never seen a dead one look
so peaceful.Copy !req
378. You know what her last
words were?Copy !req
379. Who are you
here with, honey?Copy !req
380. My dad and uncle.Copy !req
381. Who are you?Copy !req
382. This your Aunt Grace
and her husband Levi.Copy !req
383. How 'bout
you go to your uncle?Copy !req
384. He could use someone
to talk to.Copy !req
385. You have a kid?Copy !req
386. The girl is an orphan,
adopted herCopy !req
387. off of Liberty Street,
did right by it.Copy !req
388. Do you think
you and her uncleCopy !req
389. are the right people
to adopt an orphan?Copy !req
390. Maybe don't bring them
to the funeral tomorrow.Copy !req
391. Not sure I'm gonna
be able to ma—Copy !req
392. To make it?Copy !req
393. Heard that plenty.Copy !req
394. Your nieces and nephews'
christenings,Copy !req
395. - Grace's 30th.
- Watch yourself, Levi.Copy !req
396. We need to talk
about the house.Copy !req
397. Over the cold body
of our mama.Copy !req
398. Was wonderin' why I got
an invite this time.Copy !req
399. You don't need it.Copy !req
400. You haven't needed it
for years.Copy !req
401. Well, good we've got
each other's backs.Copy !req
402. Make you proud, you hear?Copy !req
403. We can pay you
in installments.Copy !req
404. You and your white daddy
are doing fine in the Quarter.Copy !req
405. We can't pay you
what it's worth,Copy !req
406. and you don't need the money.Copy !req
407. You forget what I did
to that door, Grace?Copy !req
408. You should measure yourself.Copy !req
409. Claudia has expressed
an interest in going home.Copy !req
410. It is late for y'all—The smell is awful.Copy !req
411. Hmm. Wakes were invented
in places where it snows.Copy !req
412. I'll have the papers
drawn up.Copy !req
413. Daddy Lou said I had been away
from people too long.Copy !req
414. I didn't know how to behave
right anymore.Copy !req
415. But Uncle Les said,
I behaved just fine.Copy !req
416. Just steer, steer.Copy !req
417. Ugh! But we're immortal!Copy !req
418. Well, you can still smash
your pretty little headCopy !req
419. and then take long,
dull months to recover.Copy !req
420. Eyes on the road.Copy !req
421. There ain't no doubtCopy !req
422. Daddy Lou is my favorite.Copy !req
423. Pull over. Right.Copy !req
424. But sometimes, Uncle Les
and I have a lot in common.Copy !req
425. Now, here's a treat
I think you're ready for.Copy !req
426. This is what the meat calls
a "lover's lane",Copy !req
427. and by my estimation,
no blood is sweeter.Copy !req
428. Young people,
swollen with passion,Copy !req
429. denied spirits by
this senseless prohibition,Copy !req
430. park along this lonely stretch
to contemplateCopy !req
431. that most mysterious
of mathematical equations—Copy !req
432. how one plus one...Copy !req
433. becomes one.Copy !req
434. They come out here
to do math?Copy !req
435. You've been too sheltered,
my belladonnic beauty.Copy !req
436. Yours.Copy !req
437. Mine.Copy !req
438. Young, strong,
and likely to fight back.Copy !req
439. You must be
most ferocious, hmm?Copy !req
440. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
441. Mmm, that's nice.Copy !req
442. Where'd you learn that?Copy !req
443. The kissin'
or the down below?Copy !req
444. That's nice.Copy !req
445. Jesus, Mary!Copy !req
446. What? Oh.Copy !req
447. You gonna stand there watchin',
little girl?Copy !req
448. Where's your momma?Copy !req
449. She just crawl out of the swamp
or somethin'?Copy !req
450. Oh!Copy !req
451. There's something back there,
something evil.Copy !req
452. Ah, yes.Copy !req
453. She's with me.Copy !req
454. Uncle Les says I gotta
practice killin'Copy !req
455. both the one and the plus one
at the same time,Copy !req
456. but I came away understanding
something else tonight.Copy !req
457. You took her where?Copy !req
458. She's
a prodigious killer.Copy !req
459. Why you'd want to limit her
is beyond comprehension.Copy !req
460. I can't quite
put it into words,Copy !req
461. but it's like somethin' opened
up in my head, in my body.Copy !req
462. I've been 18
for seven months now,Copy !req
463. and it's time
I started actin' like it.Copy !req
464. Well, look at you.Copy !req
465. I don't recall buying
that outfit—Copy !req
466. I jumped a girl
in between speakeasies.Copy !req
467. I wear it better, though.Copy !req
468. Don't do something
he would do.Copy !req
469. I'm gon' tell Uncle Les
you talkin' to me this way.Copy !req
470. Happy hunting.Copy !req
471. Hey, I think you're drinking
too much of that moonshine.Copy !req
472. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
473. Girl #1: Isn't he so cute?Copy !req
474. Oh, my— He's so handsome.Copy !req
475. Girl #2: He's adorable.Copy !req
476. Look who fell into
her momma's closet.Copy !req
477. Darkie playing dress-up
in the dark.Copy !req
478. Hey, easy.Copy !req
479. Watch it. Easy.Copy !req
480. Whoa.Copy !req
481. Stop it.
What's gotten into you?Copy !req
482. Calm down, Bella.Copy !req
483. You all right?Copy !req
484. You look a little
sick there.Copy !req
485. Sorry about my horse, miss.Copy !req
486. I'm sorry.Copy !req
487. I got so scared,
I almost fainted.Copy !req
488. I thought the flowers might
bring me back a bit.Copy !req
489. Well, I'm glad you're back.Copy !req
490. Diary, his name is Charlie.Copy !req
491. He's got veins like rivers.Copy !req
492. They flow right down his arms.Copy !req
493. Doin' a'ight back there?Copy !req
494. I'm... good.Copy !req
495. I just wanted to say
thank you for...
Mm-hmm.Copy !req
496. for driving me home,Copy !req
497. for jumping in front of me
like that.Copy !req
498. Well, I had to make sure
you wouldn't faint again.Copy !req
499. I tell you, I don't—Copy !req
500. I don't know
what spooked old Jonesy, here.Copy !req
501. You said 1132 Rue Royale?Copy !req
502. I wanna know what
his laugh sounds likeCopy !req
503. when it's all the way.Copy !req
504. Drive by that house
almost every night,Copy !req
505. takin' Mr. Sloane home.Copy !req
506. Never imagined a colored family
lived in one of them houses.Copy !req
507. I wanna know how tight he holds
you when he dances.Copy !req
508. Yeah, I'm surprised your fancy
parents let you out at night.Copy !req
509. They know I can take care
of myself.
Whoa!Copy !req
510. You almost got trampled
by a horse.Copy !req
511. I wanna know what
his tongue tastes like.Copy !req
512. I've lost my appetite.Copy !req
513. I can't sleep...Copy !req
514. which is borin'
as all get outCopy !req
515. when you're stuck in a coffin,Copy !req
516. waiting for the big hand
to hit nine...Copy !req
517. and the little handCopy !req
518. to hit three.Copy !req
519. Ahh!Copy !req
520. No runnin'
in the house!Copy !req
521. What did we sayCopy !req
522. about skipping?Copy !req
523. Ooh!Copy !req
524. I'm not gon' say it again, missy.Copy !req
525. Look up. Look up.Copy !req
526. If he looks up, he likes you.Copy !req
527. If he doesn't...Copy !req
528. No running, young lady.Copy !req
529. I met Victor once...Copy !req
530. Well, hello there again, diary.Copy !req
531. I finally got a few secrets
of my own.Copy !req
532. Who's Charlie?Copy !req
533. Claudia,
are you blockin' me?Copy !req
534. This is your father speaking.Copy !req
535. Do you not like it?Copy !req
536. No, I-I love it.Copy !req
537. I'm just tryna
make it last.Copy !req
538. I guess you're probably
used to having ice creamCopy !req
539. anytime you want.Copy !req
540. No.Copy !req
541. I promise.Copy !req
542. I never have it.Copy !req
543. So, is this what you always do
for a first date?Copy !req
544. Take a girl out
for some ice cream?Copy !req
545. Whoa, whoa, Claudia,
this isn't—Copy !req
546. What?Copy !req
547. A boy sends flowers, asks a girl
to go somewhere fun.Copy !req
548. I— You're a cutie, but...Copy !req
549. I'm what?Copy !req
550. Young.Copy !req
551. I'm 19.Copy !req
552. No way you're older than me, Claudia.Copy !req
553. Everyone in my family
looks young for their age.Copy !req
554. You live round here?Copy !req
555. I used to, too.Copy !req
556. I remember there used to be
a toy shopCopy !req
557. a few doors down by there.Copy !req
558. They used to keep stray cats
in boxes for people to take.Copy !req
559. That shop must have closed down
when you were but a baby.Copy !req
560. I wasn't a baby.Copy !req
561. Mmm.Copy !req
562. Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Wait for me.Copy !req
563. I'm tired of waiting.Copy !req
564. Claudia.
Yeah?Copy !req
565. You're real forward.
What?Copy !req
566. It's making me...Copy !req
567. Kiss you a little longer?Copy !req
568. Claudia, you don't even look
like a girl.Copy !req
569. You're an angel.Copy !req
570. I feel... loose.Copy !req
571. Charlie?Copy !req
572. Charlie?Copy !req
573. Charlie?Copy !req
574. Charlie?Copy !req
575. I was— and he—
And I bit him, and now he—Copy !req
576. It's easy to get carried away
when you're young and in love.Copy !req
577. Please, save him.Copy !req
578. Turn him.Copy !req
579. I can't.Copy !req
580. You can.Copy !req
581. You did it to me.Copy !req
582. He's dead.Copy !req
583. You didn't half-kill him,
you killed him completely.Copy !req
584. Lestat.Copy !req
585. Just try, please.Copy !req
586. You drained him dry.Copy !req
587. Now, go on,
clean up after yourself.Copy !req
588. Stop squirming and watch.Copy !req
589. Remember this,
his face as it melts.Copy !req
590. This is why we never
get close to mortals.Copy !req
591. Because sooner or later,
they end up dead.Copy !req
592. It'll be all right.Copy !req
593. It'll pass. You got us.Copy !req
594. I don't want you.Copy !req
595. Vivid writer, isn't she?Copy !req
596. A singular style.Copy !req
597. Anne Frank
meets Stephen King.Copy !req
598. Session four,
Louis De Pointe du Lac,Copy !req
599. and the child vampire, Claudia.Copy !req
600. So, it begs the question,Copy !req
601. where were all these diaries
in 1973?Copy !req
602. Scattered.Copy !req
603. One in New Orleans,
another in Paris.Copy !req
604. Bullshit.Copy !req
605. Claudia was...Copy !req
606. everything.Copy !req
607. I loved her unconditionally.Copy !req
608. All the noise, the chaos,Copy !req
609. the crisis of my
former existence, silenced.Copy !req
610. The simple joy of her hand
in mine.Copy !req
611. You had a daughter.Copy !req
612. I had a daughter.Copy !req
613. I've got two.Copy !req
614. The love is kind of...Copy !req
615. And if you were to come
across their diaries and learn,Copy !req
616. in detail, how and when
you failed them,Copy !req
617. would you share those failuresCopy !req
618. with a brash young reporter
you met at Polynesian Mary's?Copy !req
619. It's funny.Copy !req
620. I've been dreaming
about old Mary'sCopy !req
621. ever since you sent me
the tapes.Copy !req
622. Where have you reached?Copy !req
623. 1923-ish.Copy !req
624. Her date with Charlie.Copy !req
625. Ah.Copy !req
626. "And his bones..."... cracked blackCopy !req
627. and his face turned to soup."Copy !req
628. Charlie's death ushered inCopy !req
629. one of the darkest eras
in our lives.Copy !req
630. The oh-so-delicate balanceCopy !req
631. of our oh-so-delicate household
was shattered.Copy !req
632. The fantasy
of happiness burst.Copy !req
633. Claudia was...Copy !req
634. A Band-Aid
for a shitty marriage?Copy !req
635. I was going to say...Copy !req
636. something else.Copy !req
637. But, yes...Copy !req
638. that's almost certainly
what she felt like.Copy !req
639. And what
should I have done?Copy !req
640. Tucked him into the coffin
with her?Copy !req
641. She was already
broken-hearted,Copy !req
642. and you burned
her first boyfriend.Copy !req
643. She's the one
who killed him.Copy !req
644. It's funnier
when they fight in French.Copy !req
645. And, diary, you'd thinkCopy !req
646. a girl whose mama died
in childbirth...Copy !req
647. whose daddy gave her away
to a mean old auntieCopy !req
648. who beat her 'cause
no one said she couldn't,Copy !req
649. who died in a fireCopy !req
650. but came back by the blood
magic of two demons,Copy !req
651. well, you'd think that girl
wouldn't know what funny was.Copy !req
652. But you'd be wrong, diary.Copy !req
653. And if I told you, dumb diary,Copy !req
654. that that same girl
was being raised to killCopy !req
655. like her demon parents did,
to take two souls a dayCopy !req
656. so she could stay
in the same flat-chested,Copy !req
657. hairless-crotched
14-year-old baby doll bodyCopy !req
658. as her mind and spirit
turn 19, 20, 25,Copy !req
659. 63, 358,
you dumb, dumb diary,Copy !req
660. I bet you'd say to anyone
who'd listen, "Fun? Fun?Copy !req
661. How does she even get up
in the morning?"Copy !req
662. Well, let me tell you
something, you stuck-up,Copy !req
663. flower-covered, three-dollar
fancy fucking paper diary,Copy !req
664. I'm doin' just fine.Copy !req
665. And how do I know that?Copy !req
666. 'Cause the first man I killed
called me the devil,Copy !req
667. and the last boy I killed,Copy !req
668. the last boy I'll ever love
in this world,Copy !req
669. called me an angel.Copy !req
670. So, that means
I'm on the right path.Copy !req
671. And that means there's so much
more fun out there to have.Copy !req
672. I'm just getting started.Copy !req