Now, I'm part ofa wonderful family and we have an extended family with our friends, Donand Vivian and Blaine and Joanne. Even our friend Oscar is wond...rful.So far, it's all been great, Doctor. Honestly!"The doctor looked at Ed. "And you, Ed? How do you feel about yourcurrent life?"Ed took Rose's hand and smiled. "Honestly, I couldn't be happier." Really!?" The doctor looked surprised. "I noticed on the questionnairethat you filled out, that you have never had a long term, romanticrelationship.. It was one of the ways that I improved my French, my grandmother and I sitting in her parlor reading and translating Aurora’s diaries. My grandmother used to tell me that I was just like her, you know the first Aurora, which I always knew was silly. After all, how could she know? But then she would lean over and touch the side of her nose and tell me that ‘Some of us have the sight.’”At that I had to smile. Sometimes Aurora would say the same thing to me. She would tell me something like, “I. Not that he had tried to argue the point. It wasn’t his money being spent, or at least not directly, and he did appreciate having actual backup handy. They’d been caught totally flat-footed by the attack in Amberville, and had there been more than just a couple of guys there, things could have gone very differently for them.The airfield turned out to be a dirt strip with a small hanger, currently housing a single prop plane, and a couple of concrete buildings. He did notice a tanker truck. "Why would that upset me?"She raised her eyebrows and shook her head. "I don't know... it's alittle awkward to talk about these things, but... if I don't ask, then Iwill be wondering forever." Ask anything you'd like, Mom," I half giggled."Ok..." I could see there was more. "... what about Mitch?"I was surprised by that. "What about him?" Well," she took a deep breath, "I... I've known that Mitch was in lovewith you since you were teenagers. To tell you the truth, when I triedto force him to go.