one , they were over the age of fifty . sweet angel , are you still there ? when his father caught up to him that day , he intended to give the boy a second whipping . he took long , wandering drives , going nowhere in particular . considering my checkered past among the vampire community , i found it hard to buy her claim . but i saw daylight at the end of the tunnel . if only id known during those earlier years what i know now , id have pieced it together in an instant . 