[Kendall]
Alberto and I play cards and sign while we’re playing.
First, we talk about Marco.
“We’re doing everything we can to find him,” he signs.
“I know,” I sign back.
“He’s like a ghost,” he comments, and I nod in agreement. It doesn’t take long for him to win three hands in a row and I curse out loud.
He grins at me, gesturing to the cards as if to say we should play something else.
I shake my head, and he looks at me for a long moment.
“Do you have brothers and sisters?” he asks, clearly happy to have someone to communicate with.
“None,” I answer. “You?”
He nods his head.
I smile a little. “I’m going to have a family, though. A baby,” I sign.
Alberto’s eyes widen and he grins. “I love babies. I have three brothers and a sister, all younger.”
We sign for a while longer, t
