Cale followed the road back around the way that Cassidy directed, and Cadence asked, “Who let you know to pick us up?”

“Hannah. I just got here a few minutes before you did, so she asked me to wait for you at the airport.”

“Oh, how was your flight?” Cadence realized she was just making polite conversation at this point and hoped he didn’t mind a little bit of normalcy for normalcy’s sake.

“Not bad. The movie was lame, but I had all of the peanuts to myself.” He pulled into a parking lot and flashed her a goofy grin, and Cadence found herself chuckling for the first time in...