Susan really did need a long and hot shower. A shower, a massage and something to help her loosen the tension that was building in her shoulders.
It was a long shower, and she knew she needed it to help get herself in the mood for what she had promised Cass that evening. They had not outwardly spoken of it since then, but she knew it was now or never.
She did find her thoughts wandering to what she had planned, and that did help her feel just a little better as she slowly dried herself. Slipping into the little nightdress she bought for this evening, she wrapped herself in her thick terry bathrobe.
She was lying back on the bed and closing her eyes to relax when she heard her name, and footsteps on the stairs. "In here," she called back, sitting up on the edge of the bed as she finished drying her hair.