Chapter 15
Just Like Sisters
Penny arose late the next morning, her body still aching from the night’s adventure, the mirror resting beside her on the covers. She picked it up blearily, regarded it, and remembered her desperation to reach Zoe the night before. She couldn’t remember why, only that it had been important.
Need … coffee.
Yes, that was just the thing she needed. And then a shower. She felt filthy.
She opened up the trapdoor to the house below, letting the ladder unfold smoothly on its way down to the floor, but froze with her foot on the first rung.
“My insurance was paid up, so it’s not a total loss, but it’ll be a while before I’m back in business.” Susan was speaking with someone, maybe on the phone since Penny couldn’t hear a reply.
Susan should be at work, Penn
