"She's blind now!" John hooted.
Sophie gave them all a sickly-sweet smile.
"All right now," Nicholas said, clearly in charge. "You wait ten seconds so that we can take our places."
Sophie nodded, then tried not to wince as she heard the sounds of a mad scramble around the room. "Try not to break anything!" she yelled, as if that would make any difference to an overexcited six-year-old.
"Are you ready?" she asked.
No response. That meant yes.
"Blind Man!" she called out.
"Bluff!" came five voices in unison.
Sophie frowned in concentration. One of the girls was definitely behind the sofa. She took a few baby steps to the right.
"Blind Man!"
"Bluff!" Followed, of course, by a few titters and chuckles.
"Blind!"
More hoots and squeals of laughter. Sophie grunted as she rubbed her br
