“But she's blind."

“Right.”

“How can she --" Ed stopped and gripped the edge of the chair so hard he heard plastic snap.

Heda grimaced.

“I guess you'll have to meet her for yourself. C'mon, she's usually got some time between sets. I'll take you over there.”

“I'm going with you," Joanna said.

“You know . . . strength in numbers and whatnot.

"

“But my brother -—"

“I... am coming . . . with you," Joanna said with a knowing look, then glanced at the back of Ed's head.

Heda grinned. Joanna was pretty much an unstoppable hussy.

“Okay, what do you mean by sets? Is she a stripper or something?"

Everyone got a snicker out of that, but Heda shushed them.

“Hey, she could! She's got the bod for it."

"And you would know," Kevin shot back with a grin.

Ed looked at his sister.

"Let's go. You can explain all of this on the way."

The three of them got up and left their companions to start the mass migration to the new house. Heda refused to talk about Madison's "sight," deciding to leave it up to her. But her brother was tenacious on another front.

"So you've seen this girl naked?" he asked.

"Uhm . . .yeah. Couple of times now."

"A couple of times? So are you dating the girl?"

Heda's head bobbed around for a moment, then she admitted that she was. Sort of.

"It's early in the relationship."

"You? In a relationship? After leaving a trail of broken hearts and warm beds across half of Europe?"

"Oh don't get all high and mighty on me," Heda grumbled.