They were thirty minutes into their Friday night movie, Susan’s choice this time and not one Penny would have picked, but more to her liking than most of Susan’s. Susan preferred romantic comedies and dramas, anything with lots of kissing and a happy ending. That night, she was in an action-movie mood, much violence and many explosions.
The phone rang, and she reluctantly paused in the middle of a ridiculously destructive car chase scene to answer it.
“Hello?” The look of distracted irritation fell immediately from Susan’s face, and Penny was suddenly, intensely nervous. “Jenny, calm down! What…?”
Susan stopped, her eyes going wide, frantic. Jenny had obviously told her what.
“Okay,” she said after a short but painful silence. “Don’t go in. Just stay away. I’m on my way now.”
