“Yeah, sure, Chad. I can’t remember you complaining about anything…in the last five minutes.”
“Oh, c’mon. I’m not that bad.”
“Whatever you say.” She turned off the gas and set the pot on one of the cool burners. “So what are you complaining about?”
“It’s your cousin.”
Morgaine was reaching into the cabinet for a bowl and hesitated. “Gwyneth? What could she be doing to bother you?”
“I’m afraid she’s going to break my roommate’s heart.”
Morgaine’s jaw dropped. “Are you kidding me?”
“No, she’s using him for sex in the name of research. I don’t know if he realizes that. I mean she’s been honest about it, but—”
“Wait a minute. You actually care about the feelings of someone else?”
“Huh? I didn’t mean that.” Chad floated over to the table and hovered by the chair Gwyneth usually used. “I’m afraid she’ll hurt him, and then he’ll move out, and no one will be working on my murder case anymore.”
Morgaine smirked. “That’s more like it. I was about to look out the window to see if I woke up in some alternate universe this morning.” She set her bowl of soup opposite him and made herself comfortable. She started eating, apparently not at all bothered about the disaster waiting to happen.
“Morgaine!”
She flinched. “What?”
“Aren’t you going to do something about it? Isn’t this against the Witch’s Rede or something?”
She shook her head. “The Rede says, ‘and it harm none, do what ye will.’”
“What the hell does that mean?”
She sighed deeply. “It means that if you’re not hurting anybody, you’re in the clear. Do whatever you want.”
“Well, what if she is hurting someone?”
“Like who?”
“Me.”
Morgaine shook her head and muttered, “So predictable.”
“Look, you may not want to take this seriously, but it could easily happen. She’s a beautiful young woman. He’s a horny old dude. Eventually she’ll find someone who really turns her on, and she’ll leave him.”
Morgaine ate her soup as if nothing could interest her less.
“Well? Are you going to talk to her about it?”
“No.”
“Why not?”
“I have better things to think about. I’m trying to solve a cold case using my skills as a medium.”
Chad levitated and crossed his arms. “The skill I taught you?”
She bit her lip. “Uh, yeah.”
“What’s the case? Maybe I can help.”
