The baby grunted with frustration and grabbed at Lydia's eye instead, when her fingers were pulled away from the hair, but when she saw her favorite toy she screamed with excitement, making a sloppy attempt to clap her hands together while reaching for the stuffed animal.
Derek clicked a link and scrolled through the article looking for anywhere at least near California because he wanted to be close enough for Cora to still feel inclined to visit, maybe, someday. Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, Colorado... Irvine, California was number three on the list and Derek switched tabs again, clicking on the search area and detailing the search a little more by adding in Irvine, California to it before refreshing the search results.
"Well, I can't raise her here," Derek replied as if it was just common sense. To him, it was. This place had no good memories left for him and he wasn't going to pass that down to his child. He certainly wasn't going to stay here knowing it would make her more vulnerable than she already was being left with him in the first place. "Eleven thousand listings, are you kidding me? How do you—God I hate computers," he growled, shoving the laptop away from himself for a second to gather his thoughts.