Book: "Born in Twilight" by Maggie Shayne
90 minutes read on February 1, 2015

Angelica was locked in a coffin-like box in a room much like a prison cell. Her daughter was taken off somewhere else...to an unknown place outside the walls of the building she was being held in. Jameson shows up at the facility, disguised as a lab technician at DPI. He is on a mission to find his daughter...whom he wasn't aware is Angelica's child too. Jameson finds Angelica locked in a box within the room of which he was directed to. The lady he asked had directed him there when he asked where the "new mother" was residing.

There wasn't much suspicion that got in the way of Jameson reaching Angelica. When he arrived, he didn't know who the woman was that had given birth to his child. When he broke the lock on the box in which Angelica was locked in, he was shocked to find that it was...her. This was the very same woman who had turned him into a vampire.

Angelica couldn't believe that Jameson was the father. She despised him...to the point she couldn't trust him. Ironic she was the one with trust issues isn't it? Despite the lack of trust she has for him, she had no other choice than to go with him and escape from the facility. Angelica was weak...almost to the point of death. Jameson lets her feed off him for energy and recharging. They take off on the road and arrive at a house the vampires owned; it's main purpose, for hiding. Jameson and Angelica get to know more about each other and learn to get along for the sake of finding their daughter.

I learned by this week's reading that trust is something that is hard to find...to keep. Even when we do horrible things to a person, it's that very person we struggle to find trust in. The reason could be that we have guilt built up inside that mirrors onto the very person we deceived. Trusting someone isn't easy but if you don't at least give them a chance, then how do you know they aren't worth trusting? Often times we fear the pain and consequences of trusting another person. Maybe that is why we build up a wall. Everyone has a time when trust is hesitant. For certain instances, that may be a positive thing. In this case, whether it's optional or not, it should at least be tested before jumping to conclusions.

Until next time,
Nikki