Knight of the Cape by Terry Catasus Jennings

Author:Terry Catasus Jennings
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2021-03-02T00:00:00+00:00

10 An Unexpected Addition

Steph lived in a house with a porch full of flowers: drooping flowers, shooting flowers, trailing flowers, dead flowers. A white-haired woman dressed in lavender opened the door. She smiled when she saw Steph with Dom and Pancho.

“You brought friends!”

The knight shook her head. “Well, no, not really.”

“Yes.” Pancho followed his nose inside the house. “We’re Steph’s friends. We brought her home.”

Dang. Dom wished Pancho had kept his mouth shut. She didn’t want Steph’s grandmother to get the wrong idea. She had rescued Steph, but they weren’t friends. She kind of liked having Pancho as a friend. And it wouldn’t be bad if she had another friend. But Don Quijote only had a squire. And she couldn’t become friends with everyone she rescued, could she?

“I’m so happy to see you.” Steph’s grandmother held the door open wide. “Here, here, come in. I was so afraid when she came to stay with me that Steph would be lonely. I just took cookies out of the oven. Would you like some?”

“We must be going.” Dom backed away from the door. “We’re—”

“Sort of in a hurry,” Pancho finished. “But we have enough time for cookies.”

Dom pouted, her forehead wrinkled, and her eyes became slits.

“A feast, remember? To celebrate your feats. So they can tell everyone about your noble deeds.”

“Uh…”

Steph stepped in. “Grandma, this is Dom. She’s a knight. And this is Pancho—he’s her squire. They rescued me from that kid.”

“I see.” The grandmother tried to smile but didn’t do a very good job.

“I can’t stay inside all the time, Grandma.” Steph patted her grandmother’s arm. “And I’m supposed to walk. Mom and Dad don’t care…”

The room became quiet as a tomb. The four of them looked everywhere except at one another.

“Well…” The grandmother finally broke the silence. “I know your mom and dad let you do all sorts of things. They’re so into their work.…” She shook her head like a puppy who’s just gotten out of a pond and motioned toward the kitchen. “Let’s have a feast to celebrate your deeds, like Pancho said.” She handed cookies all around. “I’m sure you three want to be off on your next quest.”

Dom almost choked on the cookie she’d just slipped into her mouth. There was the friend thing again. She planned to rescue many people in distress. But really, as much as she wanted more friends, she couldn’t bring each one of them along after the rescue. She didn’t have enough money in her piggy bank for two people. How could she feed three? Or more? And her steed? Steph lived in a nice house with flowers and a porch. She didn’t even live in an apartment house. She had a grandmother who made delicious cookies.

And besides, what if they took Steph along and Ponsi Bublassi didn’t keep his word?

It would mean Pancho was right.

It would mean Dom hadn’t saved Steph.

It would mean Dom wasn’t a very good knight.

Ernie Bublassi could laugh at her forever.

She wouldn’t have any grand adventures to share with Abuela.

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