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felt with such a bad cut, he should take a look at it,” Bernard said.
    “You shouldn’t have, Bernard. It doesn’t hurt a bit,” Josh said.
    “You should have it looked at, Josh. It looked like it was bleeding pretty bad before you took a shower,” Melanie urged.
    “Fine. But I’m telling you it’s fine,” Josh argued.
    Bernard walked Josh and Melanie into a room at the other end of the house, where Dr. Rowe was unpacking something from his bag.
    “Ah, Mr. Brenner and the lovely Ms. Harper. How are you both?” Dr. Rowe inquired.
    Melanie said, “Very well, Dr. Rowe. Thank you for coming.”
    “So, Josh. I hear you had a run in with a nasty jar,” Dr. Rowe joked.
    “It’s not a big deal,” Josh said.
    “Are you kidding? He crushed it and the lid,” Bernard interjected.
    “I’m sure the jar just had a flaw in it and I grabbed it at that fragile spot,” Josh argued.
    “Well, let’s see how deep it is. I’m sure Bernard cleaned it well. He’s been patching you all up so much lately that he’s practically an MD himself,” Dr. Rowe said with a chuckle.
    Josh held out his bandaged hand to the doctor. The bandages were red all the way through. Dr. Rowe carefully unwrapped his hand. “Hmm,” he said, looking at Melanie. “If I didn’t know better, I’d say you were a vampire and healing yourself quite quickly.”
    Bernard stepped forward as Melanie and Josh both looked at the unbandaged hand. There were two red lines across his palm, one about an inch across and the other about a quarter inch, but the wounds looked two weeks old and almost completely healed.
    Bernard stuttered, “But...but...this morning...”
    Dr. Rowe looked from Bernard to Josh then said, “Been biting vampires lately?”
    “Uh no,” Josh said.
    “Well...I don’t know what to say, you certainly don’t need my services. It looks fine. No infection. At this rate, by tomorrow you won’t know you had a cut at all. Quite remarkable for a human. The only explanation I can come up with is that you were in contact with a ‘healer,’” Dr. Rowe said.
    “A healer?” Melanie asked.
    “Yes. They are quite rare - the real ones that is. There’s a ton of charlatans out there but the real thing can be quite miraculous. I’ve only met one in my long career,” Dr. Rowe explained. “Well, since you won’t be needing my services, I guess I will look in on Dominic and say my hello’s,” he said, packing up his stuff.
    Bernard said, still stunned, “Thank you, Dr. Rowe, for coming. I’ll show you to Master Dominic.”
    “Goodbye, Mr. Brenner, Ms. Harper,” the doctor said.
    “Goodbye, Dr. Rowe,” they said in stereo.
    With both Bernard and Dr. Rowe gone, Melanie stretched up as high as she could and kissed Josh’s chin.
    He looked down at her adoringly. “Guess your kiss healed me earlier,” he said proudly.
    She eyed him skeptically. “It is kind of weird, don’t you think?”
    “I’ve always been a fast healer. Maybe that is due to the vampire blood that runs through my Larsen veins.” He bared his teeth and pretended to bite her neck, but instead pummeled it with kisses.
    She giggled. When he pulled away, she said, “Maybe you should talk to Dominic about this. I mean, you practically killed my door knob and now you’re healing fast. Maybe your vampire genes are kicking in all of a sudden for some reason.”
    “Your door knob was probably already broken when I grabbed it and the other stuff, it’s just a coincidence,” Josh said.
    “So you’re not concerned?” Melanie asked.
    He wrapped his arms around her loosely and said, “Not at all.” He kissed her on the forehead then said, “Now then, you and I need to score a car and go to town.”
    “Why?” she asked.
    “I want you to look at rings and show me what you like and don’t like so that I can get you something you’ll want to wear forever,” Josh answered. “Plus, we need to talk about how you want to do this. Are you a big wedding gal, little