A few hours later, Penny watched Ellen pedal out of sight down her driveway, Ronan following at a discreet distance. Probably to see if she’d keep her promise not to blab, Penny thought. With Susan still at work and the house to herself for a few more hours, Penny decided to spend some time with the photo album. There was still half a day to consider how she was going to break the news to Zoe and Katie that she’d been seen, flying no less, by one of their classmates.
She tried to convince herself they would be ecstatic, excited to have Ellen in on the secret … one of them. But it had been just the three of them for so long, and Penny knew from experience that the longer you kept a secret, the harder it was to share.
Her mother had taught her about secrets, and Ronan seemed determined
