Feeling her pulse slow and her breathing return to normal, she finished her business and returned to the kitchen.
“You all right, Jess?” Elizabeth asked, not looking up from her cereal.
“Yeah, just didn’t realize I needed to use the bathroom until the nick of time, I suppose,” Jess replied, busying herself again with making breakfast.
“Happens I guess. Still, better not a minute too soon than a minute too late.”
“Yeah…” Jess said aloofly. She finished preparing her breakfast in silence. She carried her plate and glass of milk into the living room and sat on the other end of the couch from Elizabeth. As if someone were playing a cruel joke, whatever Liz had been watching cut to commercial.