Bonus Scene Dylan
10 YEARS LATER
I CLIMB THE STAIRS in our old house two at a time, impatient to get to Poppy so I can let her know the girls are gone—all five of them bathed and in their pajamas, deposited on Uncle Chord and Aunt Violet’s doorstep with their pillows and stuffies tucked under their arms. At sixteen years old, Izzy doesn’t need a babysitter anymore, but she’s been a good sport about tonight and agreed to help wrangle her sisters. Ivy and Lily, who just turned eight, five-year-old Willow, and our baby, Hazel, who turns two next month.