Alida hesitated at the answer. She clearly thought she recognized the second voice that had chimed in, but the whole pizza thing had obviously thrown her off. Staas smiled down at her. "Go ahead and open it, Meisje," he said gently, flipping the lock for her.
She did, still looking uncertain, but her eyes lit up at the sight of Mr. Ira and she threw herself at him for a hug. After she'd stepped back to let Theo have his turn at Mr. Ira's knees (nearly knocking his precious hat off while he was at it) she looked up at the girl with the very pretty dress and cool shoes. "Are you Mr. Ira's sister?"
Eventually Staas managed to wrangle both his kids back, allowing the guests to actually enter the apartment. He shut the door behind them, flipping the lock, and smiled at Ori, who did, indeed, have an awesome fashion sense. Not even bothering with the formality of a handshake, he went right in for a hug. "It's fu--freaking amazing to finally meet you."