“You didn’t…” He couldn’t say it.

She laughed. “Oh, god, no! Dad, Marco’s cute, but he’s also queer as a nine dollar bill!” She sighed. “He asked me to go on a date with his sister.”

“He what?!”

“Look, she was sixteen, and had decided if Marco could be gay, she could be a lesbian.” She really did not want to be having this conversation.

“But you’re…”

“No! I’m straight. So is she. She figured that out when she panicked.” She cringed. Oh, great, Tabi, she thought. Now he’ll ask…

“Why?” Robert asked, not sure whether to be annoyed or amused.

Tabitha sighed. “She panicked when I went to kiss her. She realized that she really didn’t want to date a girl, and kind of ran. Literally.”

“And what did you do?” Robert asked, finally settling for amused.

“What could I do?” she said, sounding annoyed. “I called Marco to pick me up.”

She pointed at her sightless eyes. “She drove!” They both burst out laughing.

After a minute, Robert recovered enough to say, “Okay, one last thing. Eighty million?!”