A Dream to Cling To (28 page)

“Just as long as you’re not hurt,” Verna said. “That’s the important thing.”

Yet bet your bippy, Cass thought as her heart rate slowly returned to normal. She remembered that the step had been creaking lately. It was her own fault for not paying more attention to the warning signal. The continual moisture in the air wreaked havoc with the wood in the homes here. She should have had enough sense to realize that her place was no more immune than anyone else’s. She decided she’d call someone out to inspect the entire house for wood rot.

And it beat the heck out of falling through the bathroom floor to find out a checkup was definitely overdue.