Cash was, distantly, grateful for the support of Talbot — without it, he suspected he may sink back to the ground until they found out whatever had happened to his wife. "She's a few inches shorter than I am," he offered, a little lengthier than he'd managed before. Cash was small, so that was not to say that Adrienne was particularly tall — but she was lithe, maybe she would stand out in the crowd.

There was another reason she would stand out in the crowd, too. Cash's face went paler. "She's — with child."