Chapter 322: Stairs

There were things in life that just were never supposed to happen. Fish swimming on land. Snakes with fur. Babies born not only talking, but already asking for a cup of coffee instead of milk to help them deal with the stresses of life.

And among those things that were not supposed to happen, Emily was adding a new one.

Cassandra Haven walking up a flight of stairs.

Never in her life had Emily thought that such a thing would happen. Sure, with Derek she could see him doing that. The two of them had gone up and down the stairs at Haven Group headquarters together before. But his mother, from the little that Emily had seen of her, was not a person made for stairs, and it showed. 

Walking a few steps ahead of them, Cassandra looked as though the stairs were offending her simply by being there.