"I barely see mine," Karla said. "Chuck and Claudia and I don't really travel the same circles and I have no idea what happened to Denise--" boy was that a loaded comment, unbeknownst to Karla "--though I do keep meaning to look in on Leo."

But things kept coming up, like rescue missions and little children and the like.

"I'm pretty sure that Ben sees me as the sister he never had," she added, grinning. "Sometimes as the sister he never particularly wanted, either."