Daisy gave out a cry of indignation when Lydia took her hand back to walk away and Derek gave her his finger instead, which she promptly shoved right into her mouth, making him wince. Lydia came back a moment later and opened the laptop for him before offering to take the baby. Why she was sticking around was a mystery to Derek, except maybe it was just too much like a train wreck for her to look away.
"Yeah, please," he said after a moment, carefully handing Daisy over to her. "Be careful, she wiggles," he advised, prying Daisy's fist open to get his finger back and sitting down at the desk, pulling open an internet browser and navigating to Google. Safest town to raise a family he typed in and clicked enter. Then he opened another tab and repeated the process, this time typing. Real estate for sale was the second search and while it loaded, he toggled back to the first.
Daisy snagged a chunk of Lydia's hair in her little hand and pulled gleefully.