Susan was surprised when they asked to go home early, but she obliged, dropping them off at the top of the driveway before turning around for town again. Susan was opening the shop for a half day, which she did every Sunday during Harvest Days, and after that she and Jenny were going to spend some time enjoying the fair.
“I’ll call about seven to check on you, so you better be inside.” Then she settled back in her seat, regarding them with curiosity for a moment. “Where is it you go all the time, anyway?”
Zoe squirmed a little.
“We have a place up at the edge of the field, in the trees,” Penny said, referring to a grove of old, tall pines that stood where the wild field ended and the wilder hills began. A place far away from Aurora Hollow. “We like to go there because Rooster doesn’t.”
