TenAlicia and Katherine arrived home two days later. As the car bounced up onto the drive Kath caught her breath. The front of the house was decorated in various banners and balloons, proclaiming the arrival of a baby girl.
“Oh Jake. That is so lovely,” she said, leaning over and kissing him on the cheek.
“That's why I'm out of breath. Thirty six balloons takes a lot of blowing up.” They got out of the black car, noticing a distinct cooling of the weather. Dark clouds littered the coastline as far as the eye could see. Jake opened the rear door and smiled down at his daughter who was asleep in her car seat. He gently unclipped it from its frame, holding it in the crook of his arm as he closed the door. Katherine was busy unlocking the front door as Jake came around the bonnet of the car
