Chapter 38

"Audrey, do you really think Joey is in love with me?" Penny asked suddenly, distressed by her own thoughts. "I mean, might it not be... Well, force of circumstances? After all, I was practically the first girl he met when he came back from abroad"

"That would be so if I didn't know my brother so well. But you are everything he ever dreamed about. Penny, he told me so himself. I think that if he had met some girl first, he would still have waited till you came along"

Penny bit her lip.

"Audrey, do you think i should just go away?" she asked on an impulse. "While I am here things will remain as they are. If I weren't here, he might forget about me and look around for someone else"

"I doubt it, Penny. Honestly, if I thought it would help, I would say so. But Joey isn't the type to forget easily... If at all. He would be utterly miserable if you went away now. He would worry himself sick about you. Now you should stop worrying dear, and keep on being good friend