Mike was a fairly intuitive man and he could tell that his comment about the girl’s welfare struck a chord with his old friend, Al-Adil. Hopefully, nothing would ever happen that the powerful vampire couldn’t handle, but if it did, he wanted him to have a place to bring the girls, which Mike knew meant the world to him.
If the human girls, Antonia and Milagra, would ever have to come to the camp, Mike would make sure that they came to the B&B and that Sonja Van Meerlo was given guardianship of them; she would love them as her own and she was a learned woman and would teach them…make them independent and intelligent young women.
Wanting to hug his friend, Mike knew better…he knew it was not Al-Adil’s way, “Don’t get me wrong, my old friend, I still believe that the very best place for your girls is with you. They will never find a more compassionate, more learned, more loving father”, he placed hi free hand over his heart, “I pray they can grow to adulthood with the man they’ve grown to love”. He took a long drink of water, “Just know that I’m here…we are here, if you need us”.