A strong bond had developed between the two, further strengthened by their fast friendship with Antonio and Carlo. Manuel and Sierra remained the most...physically active and able of all the kids in the Hacienda although Sierra was beginning to lose her tomboy disposition in favor of more domestic activities.Sierra was also beginning to notice boys. She spent much of her indoor time with Beth and Izabella instead of Manuel now. Izabella hadn’t formed any close relationships with boys her age yet. He was very cool in his approach, and in between studies he used to ask me about family especially my mom. He gave me a homework and told that I should bring my mom next week to him home this time, as he wanted to talk to her regarding my future. I suddenly felt excited, even though I should feel angry over him.Next week I took my mom with me to his place, that time also she was having jasmine flowers in her hairs and was wearing sea green saree. She was wearing it just below her navel and her. She asked about Tiger and Lillian. I thought that was nice. After I updated her, she updated me on her kid whose name I never could remember. The Brat was out of school and looking forward to band camp. I didn’t tell Tanya, but I had read somewhere that a large number of girls lost their V at band camp. I had no idea where I read it, or why it happened, so I kept it to myself.After I left I rode the short ride back to my lock shop home, I found Tiger waiting on the porch. He had become bored. The idea that Albert had no idea where he was going seemed odd to him. After thinking about it, he asked, “So how did we end up here?”Even though Leroy hadn’t been with them, he knew exactly how they had been found. He looked at Howard and said, “He tracked us. He went into the woods looking for signs that we had been there. Once he found them, he followed our tracks. It’s a pretty impressive feat.”“How difficult is that?”“Leroy and Ling were somewhere over there. Why don’t you find out exactly.