FRIENDS WITH PENELOPE?

I shyly take the box and thank her in Spanish. Both of them smile. I don't like gifts.

"Open?" Carlos asks.

"Can I open it later please?" I say.

"Sure you can hon." Penelope says and smiles at me.

We eat pancakes and waffles for breakfast! They are yummy! Penelope has a sweet tooth too.

She seems to be really nice. She does most of her talking in English, to make me feel comfortable I suppose.

I don't talk much, for I don't know what to say. When asked a question directly I say a "Sì" or a "no". I wonder what date is it.

"Would you like to watch a movie in my room? Only the two of us?" She asks me.

I wonder for a minute and then say "yes, please." She holds out her hand and I take it. Carlos seems more than happy to let me be in her Company. He must really trust her. They must be really close. I have to be really careful of what I tell her.

We walk hand in hand to one room upstairs that I obviously hadn't entered before. I was baby pink and cream. With a huge beautiful bed.

Closet and a huge TV. She switches on the and drops on the bed. I sit.

"Hey make yourself comfortable!" She tells me. "Oh the movie!" She gets up again to check out her DvDs.

"What would you like to watch doll?"

"Anything." I say.

She looks up at me. She is a little sad. Was I rude?

"Umm ... do we have inside out?" I ask trying to make up for earlier.

She smiles and her eyes lights up like daddy's.

"Yes doll! We do!" She puts the movie on and we watch it. After a while it gets tired just sitting in one posture. I shift and fiddle a lot.

"Baby, want to come lie down next to me? Its really comfy in here." She asks me.

I nod and shift towards her.

"I thought you'd like to talk. There is so much going on for you. You are really quiet." She tells me pausing the movie.

"I would like to." I say and try to smile.

"Sweetie, before you do, I need to tell you something. My brother is the only family I have, apart from you obviously now. We love and trust each other explicitly. "

Right. Translation don't expect me to help you escape.

On the positive side at least she is being honest.

I nod my understanding.