“Talked to Melody? About what, you being a vampire?” Maddy shook her head as she flicked her cigarette ash into the wind. “Please. Like I needed someone to tell me. I only see you at night, you’re paler than me, you have no reflection. Why do you think I told you there was something in your teeth that night at the club? I was fucking with you! Ow!” She looked at her hand, which had picked up a minor splinter from the wooden table. Maddy scratched it out of the top layer of skin and continued about her business.