“Damn long bathroom break, kiddies. Where’ve you been hiding?” she asked with far too much glee in her voice. “We decided to baptize various rooms in the castle with a series of teeth-rattling sexual encounters. Happy?” I replied. “Well, if I thought that were true, I’d at least be interested. Since I see ‘I’m lying’ stamped in huge letters on your forehead, tell us, where have you been? For real this time.” Through the sweet sarcasm in her voice, I could detect a note of worry. Johnny answered for us both. “I wanted Abby to see the mural I’ve been working on here. And she needed to stretch her legs for a moment. Did we miss much?” Franz shrugged. “I talked, but you already know who I am and where I am from and everything about Vienna.” I smiled at him. “We did get a fair amount of information from you the other day at the café.” He smiled back. “And Shay has told us of more exploits of ‘Seven D’ of the two of you. So we are all friends now. Yes?
