IDrakula - Bekka Black [9]
Sincerely,
Mina Murray
From: Jonathan Harker
To: Mina Murray
Subject: I’m so sorry
Sent: June 24 11:38 AM
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Darling Mina,
I am so sorry for what I’ve put you through. I hated to tell you about my fling with Lucy, but I knew you needed to know in case I exposed you to something. It was just a few times, and I don’t think it meant anything to her either. I know it was wrong, and if you give me another chance, I can be the man that you always thought I was.
I love you, Mina. It took all this for me to realize it. Stupid, I know.
You have always been my foundation. Without you I feel like I’m sinking in quicksand. I need you, and more than I ever appreciated.
I understand why you don’t want to take my calls, but please reconsider. The doctors aren’t sure how to fix what’s wrong with me, and I would hate to leave this world with you hating me.
Would write longer but am weak today. Am having trouble with the keyboard on Dad’s laptop. My laptop and phone disappeared in Romania. I think I threw them into a river. I know that sounds crazy.
I know I can never make it right, but please please please let me try.
Yours,
J
Text message from Mina Murray to Lucy Westenra
From: Abraham Van Helsing
To: Mina Murray
Subject: Re: Can we meet?
Sent: June 24 12:10 PM
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Mina,
I left a message on your cell phone but thought perhaps I should email you as well.
I would be happy to meet at your earliest convenience. Sexually transmitted anemia seems unlikely, but anemia can also be a symptom of other diseases, some of which are sexually transmitted (such as HIV, but I know that Lucy tested negative for that, so please put your mind at rest on that score).
I think that you and I should go to the same lab to be tested. One of my professors is also a hematologist, so I should be able to put together a list of specialists we can consult.
So far, I have had no symptoms, and I understand that you do not either? Try not to worry yourself too much. We will do what we can and see.
I’m sorry that you are having to deal with all this on top of Lucy’s death, Mina.
Abe
From: Mina Murray
To: Jonathan Harker
Subject: Re: I’m so sorry
Sent: June 24 4:04 PM
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Jonathan,
I don’t hate you. I also don’t want to see you right now. I know the timing is bad for you. It isn’t great for me either. Next time you sleep around, maybe YOU should worry about the timing.
Abe recommended that you make a list of your sexual partners for the past year, in case you exposed them, too. Hope you don’t get writer’s cramp.
Not that you care, but we stopped by to see Renfield. Abe is going to take blood samples from all of us to compare with yours and Lucy’s to see if there are any matches. Plus I wanted to see Renfield again, and Abe didn’t want me to go in by myself since Renfield bit Lucy last time. Abe actually didn’t want me to go in the room with Renfield at all (he’s a kinda protective guy), but I insisted (I’m a kinda persistent girl).
Renfield was calmer than last time, but instead of yelling he cried. He was in a straitjacket after attacking Lucy. It seems so long ago now, but it has only been a week. Here’s what he said (I’m only telling you because he mentioned you):
Renfield: I am sorry for what I did to Lucy Westenra. For what he did to Lucy Westenra.
Me: Who?
Renfield: The Master. I am sorry for what he did to Jonathan Harker. But he is healed, isn’t he? The Master cannot find Jonathan Harker anymore, so he is dead or still alive. But healed.
Me (getting sick to my stomach, thinking of those nuns): Healed of what?
Renfield: You know, Mina Murray, even if you pretend you do not. Tell Jonathan Harker that I beg his forgiveness, as I will beg forgiveness of Lucy Westenra when I see her.
Me: Lucy is… (and I just couldn’t tell him, but I started to cry, so the jig was pretty much up).
Renfield: You think she is dead, but she is not. We moved beyond death, she and I. But it was not like I thought.
He looked around like