"Something like my sister in law the big loner?" asked Cassie rhetorically as baby eyes crinkled into a grin and baby gums tried to chew on the finger without getting sharp baby teeth involved.

And then Mary was back, blowing inside and diving headfirst over the arm of the couch so that she wound up laying with her legs over it. "I am the luckiest #$... girl in the multiverse!"

Cassie just shook her head and tossed a taffy at her too.