He turned to Luke. “Dude, she went to the hospital with Jed, and they went to see Liam. He has a guest room with his name on it when he gets released. She wouldn’t take no for an answer; you know how she can get. He’s been adopted.” Luke shook his head and smiled because we all knew how my mother could get. I started to worry a little bit less about Liam. He was in the fold, and between all of us, we would make him see that he was not alone.

Dad poked his head out of the garage again. “Lily, I packed you up. It’s all loaded in the back of Cade’s truck, and when we finish unloading Trev, we’ll take it to the house. You and the kids are all set.”

I guess that was one less thing to worry about. Maybe I could get someone to unpack too. Then repack and unpack again when this whole weird mess was over. I groaned.

“Thanks, Dad. We’ll head over, then.” I turned to Trev. “I’ll take Madison and Mikey with me, if you like.” My answer came when Mikey shot out of the front door like a bullet. It was impossible to keep anything from Mikey; he had the hearing of a bat and was nosy like you wouldn’t believe.

“Dad, say yes. I can’t wait to see Dylan. A man needs his best friend. Am I right?” I shifted Madison to my hip and stuck my hand out for a high-five. Mikey smacked my palm with a grin.

“You sure?” Trevor asked me, and I nodded. “Thanks, Lily. This will make unloading go by so much faster, and I’ll help unload your stuff too.” He hugged me and Madison goodbye, did his secret handshake with Mikey, and headed for the moving truck.

“Mikey, my boy, Dylan will be so happy to see you. Best surprise ever.” I smiled down at him. “Let’s go.”

Luke helped me load the kids up. Then we were off, again.

I spotted Jane’s car in the driveway when we turned down the windy lane to my parents’ house and did a happy dance in my head when I saw her. Jane was tall and full of curves I was jealous of. She had light brown hair, cut into a wavy bob, it was the same light brown shade as Will’s hair. And she shared the same beautiful green eyes with Will and Calla. She got out of her car just as Luke pulled to a stop. I hopped out with a squeal.

“Jane!” I called. The look on her face squelched my excitement.

Yeesh, the roller coaster was on a down slope again.