Manota sighed when he saw Jo talking with her younger sister across the center ring. A moment later she had disappeared with her. His gaze jerked around when Marvin and Martin stepped in front of him and pointed up into the stands that had been erected. He saw his younger brother sitting about halfway up the stands. He nodded to the two men and began climbing. He walked along the long wooden plank until he was almost to the center.
“I didn’t expect to see you here this early,” Manota commented as he sat down.
“Star was up with the sun. She couldn’t wait to see her parents,” Jazin said with a small smile.
Manota studied Jazin with a critical eye for a moment before he asked the question that had been bothering him. “Are you well, brother?”
Jazin glanced at Manota and nodded grimly. “No
