It was around ten o'clock at night and Kazmiyah was getting a few last-minute things together before she decided to go out for her nightly walk and clear her head so that she could work on contacting her grandmother.
"See you're adjusting well to your new space,"
Kazmiyah was bent over her bag and paused when she heard her voice. She was so excited about leaving Crescent on an adventure, that she hadn't even paid any attention to the presence at the door before that moment.
She stood upright and looked at her stepmother. "You're still here," She found herself saying before she could stop herself.
Crescenda seemed to think that her stepdaughter's choice of words was amusing and shrugged. "Well...this is my home," She remarked. "And...your father is still my husband,"
