Beth had definitely noticed a difference. She kept looking at each of her sisters, a frown on her face. Mike was eating like they weren't going to ever have food in the house again, but that was just Mike. Emma had a smile that she couldn't wipe off her face. Beth knew that she'd attacked Mike, and it was obvious to her that he had succumbed. She'd figured he wouldn't last long against the three, and hadn't.

She'd heard Sarah and him earlier, as they'd made enough noise to alarm the whole household until they'd realized what all the commotion was, and she was growing more and more curious about...