About not telling anyone the stuff I hear when I stay over, except to Mom?"
"That's exactly right. We probably shouldn't be having a grown-up talk like this while you're around, but you're very mature, and I think you can handle it. What do you say? We can go get a hot chocolate or something if you'd prefer?"
"I haven't heard anything." Amy wriggled, blinking innocently. "We can get a hot chocolate later, can't we?"
"That's my girl."
The morning show cut back to the studio, the anchors volleying a few comments and speculations to fill the time, as was customary in the longer time slots.
Wind-whipped foam and icy water glanced off the surface of her shield, bucking violently into her. She barely cleared the top of that monster wave, her lower body splashing against it as her wings batt
