Penny sat next to Zoe on one of Sullivan’s comfortable reading couches while her new friend cheerily recounted the story of their meeting. Zoe burst out laughing during the retelling of her favorite part, sitting on Rooster’s back and making him apologize.
Susan, for her part, tried not to look too amused as she admonished them both, but wasn’t able to hold the stern look she strived for. The corners of her lips kept quivering with a barely suppressed grin.
Penny, her attention split between the sidewalk past the glass front and Susan, nodded when it seemed appropriate, and promised at the end of Susan’s halfhearted lecture not to beat up any more town boys. She was afraid that weird fox might just trot up the sidewalk and push through Sullivan’s front door.
Slowly, Penny calmed down, c
