Double Trouble

Chapter 26

"Silvio." - Leonardo says and Silvio knows exactly what to do. 

"C'mon. After our talk, you can take them shopping for school supplies." - I add and with that the 6 go out of the dinning room, let us alone with Neliono and Neliana. 

Speaking from them, they talk again in the language we don't understand. I respect their privacy but slowly it gets frustrated. I exchange a look with Alessandro, a silent question to start. I nod. 

"Neliono. Neliana. Again speak in a language which we all can understand. Otherwise we have always the feeling you two want to hide something from us." Neliana and Neliono look at us blankly. 

"Kanskje vi ønsker akkurat dette ... " I must chuckle. That's exactly what I expected Neliana to do. Maybe I don't know what she said but I can image it. It seems like she's the one talking to us now. 

I shake my head at her provocation. She has so glue with whom she's dealing. 

Alessandro clenches his jar, tries to calm himself down. He hates people provoking him. 

"Neliana." 

"Alessandro." -She spits out with the perfect Italian accent. Calm and leaned back in her chair. 

Alessandro sighs and goes on. "Put this attitude, Neliana. We don't appreciate it."

I'm surprised that Neliana doesn't talk back, she just nods. Oh, now we go in another direction. She knows definitely that Alessandro also doesn't like nonverbal answer. She's really clever and I have the feeling that this can cause us a problem in the future. We definitely have to set rules otherwise she will play with us. 

"We also prefer verbal answer."

They just look blankly at us. Like they don't understood what he said. I know at this point that they won't say more, so I start with the real reason why we're here. 

"How was your life before you both came here?" 

"Wonderful." - This time it doesn't answer Neliana but Neliono.

"Why do you both were in Denmark and not in Russia if they ... kidnaped you?" - My sentence broke by the word 'kidnaped'. I just hope now, that they don't think we didn't want them to rescue now. We looked for them with all our means but nothing. Not the slightest trace. 

Alessandro, Leonardo and I are all not only concentrated on their responds but also on the reaction from them. Often the slightest movement gives more answers on a question than a verbal answer. 

Their reaction is ... nothing. Just nothing. Not the slightest movement like a shift of their wight or clench of their jar. Nothing. Slowly my suspicious rises. How can they have as 14 - years old ones have such good control about their bodies? Normally at this age everybody is like an open book.  

"The youth welfare office transferred us there." 

From my feelings I would say it's a lie but nothing else speak for it. A short answer, proof that it's true. A long answer is often a sign for a try to be trustful. And an appropriate context. Their foster parents died so it's clearly that they were under the custody from the youth welfare office. Argh I feel like I'm in a murder commission and I hate it. 

"Did you like it there?"

"Was okay." Lio and Lia states at the same time. Again it abounds with sarcasm. Suspicious. I just nod at them and go on. "Where were you before Denmark?" Okay, maybe I just shy away from the question about Nelione. 

"Okay stop. What's the point of asking? I'm no Swiss cheese. Why are we really here?" -  This time Neliana is the one with the response. I have the bad feeling that now everything goes down. If it would be in another situation, I would nevertheless laugh. But at the moment we have other, more important stuff to talk about than her compressions.