“So, Senor Count tells me you three go to the Garido farm?” Mom asked once the food arrived.
“Well, we will once the year starts.,” Doherty said.
“How long are you going to stay and where is your friend Bara?” Bruno asked.
“Doherty and I are going to work as farmers and masons and Bara is going for poultry,” Sieste told her.
“Out to save the world then,” Mom quipped.
“Something like that,” Doherty said as a look passed between him and Sieste.
There was some kind of unspoken message between them, but since they only met the day before, the count felt it best not to intrude.
“So, I’m dying to know,” Doherty said after the silence hung for a moment, “what’s the deal with you four.”
He was indicating the Count and the girls.
“It’s ... complicated,” The Count said, still thinking it be
