She had just reached the second landing and was looking up when the light caught something in the corridor above and made her stop and frown before looking back at the stain glass window that let the daylight shine in.
 
Then she heard the front door opening and looked down, just then realizing how hard she had been holding the stair banister as she walked.
 
She saw both men's expressions.  Although there was a degree of happiness... there was also something almost clouding over it.
 
Philip must have told Nick about the sephlicurs, she thought.

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