Yet the production had not started at full scale and panics arose in the camp. Neri was the first to get struck. The words took some time to sink in, as her brain was still fogged with sleep. As they did, Neri began to slip into panic mode.
“Oh dear lord, Senor Count I am in so much trouble! What am I going to do? I can’t go home!”
“I don’t think we have a lot of choices. If you don’t go home, they will call to report you as missing.”
“You don’t understand ... My mother...”
The Count pulled her into a hug, “I know.”
She pushed him away, “No, you don’t know. She gets mad when things aren’t just right. He likes order, and things being the way they should be. And Mom ... I just...”
He grabbed her tight and pulled her to him. She resisted at first but after a moment of hugging her close
