“I think you need to come out here,” Buddy called. He rolled to his feet and yanked the door open. “I told y’all not to need me. What’s so all-fire important…” But his brain drained of words at the sight out the front window. Hailey, Lottie, and May all stood directly in the bus’s path with their suitcases on the ground beside them. Rusty opened the door and the three climbed aboard. Lottie was the first to mount the stairs. “Beau!” She dropped her suitcase and ran into his arms.