Chapter 33

If the Quills truly had a new lady of the house, then things would change drastically. The Farkes needed to gauge Joseph's new girlfriend's personality in order to decide if they should befriend her or not. The call went through, but Penelope turned down the invitation. She came up with an excuse, citing that she needed to deal with her assignments, so she'd be very busy as of late. She also mentioned that she'd be visiting the Farke residence soon. Since Penelope had already given her reason, June knew she couldn't force Penelope to come over. After all, she still had an "understanding big sister" persona to keep up. She made sure to show Penelope her concern over the phone before ending the call. The truth was Penelope had lied. She wasn't busy with her assignments at all—it was just that she wasn't in the mood to visit the Farkes. She had just met Sean, who got beaten up because he didn't have money to pay his debts. All the valuables in his house were already taken away. His mo