Adam stood at the front door with Chloe in his arms.
“What happened to her?” Tim asked, wiping the slime from her hair. “Where did you find her?”
Tim’s mother, an energetic woman in yoga pants and an oversized T-shirt, swooped in and grabbed hold of Chloe. “I’m so glad to see you.” She held her in close.
Chloe wrapped her legs tightly around her grandmother’s waist. “I missed you, Grandma.”
“I missed you too, young lady. You have to stop making a habit of disappearing like that.” Tim’s mother looked over at her son. “I told you she would turn up.”
“I know you did.” Tim stared at his daughter, who he hadn’t even touched yet.
His mother stood swaying back and forth with Chloe in her arms, staring at him as if waiting for him to say more. When he didn’t, she turned her attention bac
