Jess circled out and found herself at the foot of the stairs. Sue had wandered to the other end of the house. She might have continued out into the garden in the back acres. From there, she could have worked her way down the cliff trails to their private section of beach. It depended on how mad she was. She seemed pretty mad. If Jess could deal with something else first, she might catch Sue on the way back after she had cooled off a bit. That might be better.

So, Jess looked up the stairs. Ben ...