Still yelling at her mother, Livy paced back into the living room from the hallway. Without making a sound, Max charged her cousin. Livy was so busy being angry, she didn’t even see her. But taking a step out, Charlie swung her arm in front of Max. Max’s neck ran right into Charlie’s forearm—and it was like she hit a stone wall. Legs coming up while her head didn’t move. Then she was flung backward. The badger hit the floor hard . . . laughing and coughing. Livy missed all of it. Swinging around suddenly and pacing back the other way, still yelling at her mother.
