After she put it in place to
keep the door from locking, she turned to Andrea and Cade and put her hands on
her hips.
In a dead serious tone, Mandi said, "I'm afraid it's time to choose, Ed."
A trick? A trap? For what reason? No point in trying to escape, in any case.
"Could you be just a bit more specific?" he asked.
Noddingly indicating Andrea, Mandi said, "You have to choose which of us
will carry you."
Hm. He hadn't known that Andrea could fly. Cool. Maybe that meant that
flight was one of the powers he'd have later.
"You mean you aren't going to fight over me?"
Andrea snorted and groaned softly, "Oh, yeah, right."
Cade glanced at her and said, "Hey, it was just a thought."
Shrugging, he told Mandi, "Whoever wants to haul me may do so. I know better
than to choose between goddesses. Need a coin to toss?"
"Oh, never mind," said Mandi, and she wrapped her arms around Cade and
lifted them into the evening sky.
After two minutes of flying eastward they landed among some trees near a
very new-looking restaurant. It was a bit crowded, as is normal for new places,
but Andrea opined that the crowd would act in their favor because nobody'd
notice the number of times Cade visited the serving lines.
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