Chapter 11

Penny put that thought out of her mind quickly, feeling she was somehow being disloyal to Jeremy. After all, they had only been engaged a few days and there had hardly been time to discuss their future.

"How's the job going?" Audrey asked, breaking in on Penny's reflections.

"Progressing" Penny answered, not without pride. "I really have more work than I have time for at the moment. Making quite a bit of money one way and another"

"What are you doing with it?" Audrey asked, knowing that Penny would not resent such a question from her.

"Oh, shoving it in the bank for a rainy day" Penny replied laughing. "I'm bound to want a nice large bank balance sometime in my future, and apart from living expenses and an occasional dress, I don't seem to have any other requirements.

Audrey did not reply, but sat smoking and thinking deeply. Although all Penny's information regarding herself and her fiancé led her to think that her friend's happiness was without flaw,