Katie glanced up from where she was sitting on the living room floor when Everett walked in.

“Where is everyone?” Everett asked, his gaze running over Rill, who was looking up something on his laptop and lazily stroking Barnyard’s neck.

“Seth is sketching out in the atrium, and Joy took off about twenty minutes ago,” Rill said gruffly, his attention returning to his computer screen.

“What do you mean Joy took off?” Everett asked, stunned.

Daisy gave a happy little shout from her baby swing. Katie imitated the sound, smiling, and stood up.

“I’m going to talk to Everett in the kitchen; can you watch Daisy?” Katie asked Rill.

“Yep.”...