Pulling up to Adam and Angel’s house to pick up Leigh, who had been hanging out over there during the day, Olivia looked in the rearview mirror to check the other occupants of her van. Kate and Lexie were in the very back seat talking to each other quietly enough that Olivia couldn’t hear any of what they were saying, while Sharon and Ellie were in the bucket seats bopping along to the music. Hilary had called shotgun, which hadn’t been hard since she’d been the first one Olivia had picked up.

“Leigh says she’ll be out in a second,” Hilary said, looking up from her phone screen. She’d been informing everyone of their imminent arrival.

Before Olivia could respond, the front door burst open—but instead of Leigh, it was Angel, bundled up in a fluffy winter coat that made her look even bigger than she actually was and waddling for all she was worth.

“Jail break!” Angel cried out, pumping her fist to the sky.

Olivia snorted with laughter.

Leaning forward between the two front seats, Sharon giggled. “She knows we don’t actually have room for her right?”

“We’ll figure it out if she actually makes it that far,” Olivia said, just as an exasperated Adam came striding after his wife. Since Angel couldn’t move very fast anyway, it only took a couple of large steps for him to catch up and swing her up into his arms. By now everyone in the van was watching and laughing, and Hilary had lowered the music volume in an attempt to hear whatever Adam was saying to Angel. He still wasn’t audible, but Angel came through loud and clear.

“NOOOOOOO!” Angel wailed, reaching out for the van from the cradle of her husband’s embrace. “I wanna be a real girl again!”

She sagged dramatically as Leigh came out onto the front porch giggling and gave Angel a kiss on the forehead and Adam’s arm a supportive squeeze before she bounded down the stairs much faster than Angel could have managed. Grinning, she practically skipped to the van as Adam kicked the front door shut behind him and Angel.

“What was all that about?” Sharon demanded to know as soon as she’d pulled the side door open for Leigh.

Still laughing, Leigh climbed in and moved between the two bucket seats to sit between Kate and Lexie in the very back. “That was Angel trying to get on Adam’s nerves. I don’t think she actually even wanted to come out, she’s just antsy.”

“I can understand that,” Olivia muttered as she put the van in reverse. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Hilary glance at her, which she ignored.