Penelope threaded her way through the crowd, a glass in one hand, her phone in the other as she checked the time. It was after eleven. Surely now she could go home. If only she could find one of her friends to let them know she was leaving. Dana had sworn this was the party she had to be at this weekend. That everyone who was anyone would be there. She’d driven nearly an hour and had wanted to leave not long after she’d arrived. She supposed it hadn’t helped that within minutes of meeting up at the front door Dana, Suzie and Harrison had all wandered off in different directions, leaving her alone. She hadn’t seen them since. Tucking her phone back in her purse, she took another sip of her drink.
She looked around the room again. No one. She was getting sick of this. If she didn’t find th
