Adelinda grimaced when her brother was brought up.  She quickly replaced it with her usual smile as she talked to Marz, and Simon, but it was obvious that something had happened.  "No he's not here.  Highly doubt he'd get off of his anti-social ass to come anyways."  She said as she swallowed the lump in her throat and just barely held the tears in the floodgates of her eyes from overflowing.  She had texted him before Marz and Simon had gotten there, but she didn't think he'd come.  Especially since she simply saw him as her brother, while he obviously saw her as more than a sister.  It had taken all of her 200 years in America to come to terms with that and honestly let go.<br/><br/>She also felt badly for Marz because she know how Alec was when he got angry.  She imagined that he must have lost his temper with Marz, and that that was why Marz didn't come last night.  She was more interested at this point in keeping the fact that she had been in America for so long away from Alec.  Of course it had also been around 150 years since she'd last used her real name or even looked like herself, but that did't matter to her as long as he didn't know about it.<br/><br/>She smiled as Simon kissed her hand and then immediately detached herself from him so that she could take care of the preperations for the race.  "MERCY, SHARONA, LET'S DO THIS!!"  She said as the girls walked over to the next building in the warehouse district.  As soon as they got the doors open, there was a large array of super cars visible to the public.  "Hey sorry for bringing ya'll out during the day like this."  She said to Marz and Simon.  "We have a nice shaded area for you that will protect you from the sun."  Adelinda said.  The sun seemed to have no effect on her, though it was really just that the effects took twice as long to get to her than to a regular vampire.<br/><br/><hr class="bbc-hr bbc-hr--3"/><br/>Amber was already up and about when Alec woke up.  She had just finished getting<a class="link link--external" href="http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i39/Karinina/images-269.jpg" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">dressed</a>when she first saw him come down stairs and plop on the couch.  "Looks like somebody had a rough night."  She said as she walked up next to him.  "You need anything?"  She asked, though she still wasn't all for the idea of being obedient to him she needed to start getting on his good side.  When he didn't respond she went into the kitchen to do the dishes.  She was munching on a granola bar as she did the chore.  When she finished she went back to check on him.<br/><br/>"You know, maybe you should go to the races.  It might take your mind off of some things if you let yourself have some fun.  Besides, I heard that Breesia Turner is gonna be singing later tonight after the races."  She said as she stood just out of arms reach.  She felt just a tad bad for him.  He looked like he'd just been hit by a freaking train wreck.  She was still thrown for a loop, because even if Linda was her contact, she was still Alec's sister, and that put a hitch in Amber's plans.