The following week was filled with non-stop packing. Besides members of the family, they roped in many of their friends to come out after school and help them pack up. The only person who didn’t show up to help was Neri, who had started to pick up lots of work with Jonathan. Not in a way that made the Count think she was upset with me or the other girls, but just withdrawn into herself. He was starting to get very concerned about her, but she rebuffed his questions about what was happening, and except for school they never saw her. The Count would see her but not the other two girls.
Bruno was taking it particularly hard since she and Neri had become incredibly close compared to Lor. It hadn’t gotten too bad yet, but he attributed that more to the distraction of the move. Once they were i
