Grace’s cane slipped from beside her chair and fell to the floor, near Victoria’s feet.

Emily reached for it.

But Victoria was faster.

She used the toe of her heel to push it farther away, sending it sliding beneath a side cabinet where no one could easily reach it.

“What an inconvenience,” she said.

“Mrs.

Caldwell!” Emily exclaimed, half rising.

And Andrew — at last, Andrew moved.