Chapter 52

Penelope figured it out—it started when Nora discovered she had no money. On the second day, Nora started attempting to learn more about Penelope's family situation. Although Penelope knew to keep her guard up, she was still fairly naive. She informed Nora about her situation without mentioning that she belonged to the wealthy Quill family. She said that her father had found himself a new girlfriend and didn't care about her, which led to a fallout with her family. The more Penelope shared, the more hurt she felt. Despite that, she didn't share many details about her family. Apart from the principal, everyone else at school only knew Penelope came from a wealthy family. She never talked about them, and it was always Ned who attended the parent-teacher meetings. Nora had heard from Sean that Penelope was the daughter of a rich family, but he didn't know much else. After hearing what Penelope said, Nora came up with her own scenario. She thought that Penelope's life was similar to