Ch. 21

Cassia’s POV

“There now, I know that feels so much better,” Cynthia, the twins’ mom, crooned as she wrapped a fluffy pink towel around Cassia, sitting her down gently on a cushioned seat with no back.

Cassia was in awe of the older woman. She was a bit taller than Cassia, pleasantly plump but quite agile. There was a strength in her features that had softened but still made itself known.

Cassia smiled shyly as Annette turned the water off, and Cynthia once again began brushing her hair. Wet as it was, it could almost pass for straight, and it fell nearly down to her tailbone.

Cynthia and Annette had taken turns detangling it in the shower. It was a nightmare. But now the brush ran smoothly through Cassia’s mane, and Cassia breathed a sigh of relief.

“I - I think that was, maybe the second or third shower I’ve ever had in my life. Although the other ones didn’t have those chairs in them.”

Annette and Cynthia exchanged a look she couldn’t quite place.

“Well we got the chair becaus