Chapter 7: Penny the petty
The negotiations were just as quick as how it went down in the first lifetime. Jessa and her husband were shocked while holding a cheque, and they forgot this was about another human being. If there was any difference between this life and the previous one, it was Yugi's reaction.
Yugi created a huge fuss, but it was futile because, in the end, Penny still came with Haines.
Today was the same day she went home to the Bennet Mansion.
Seated in the van that looked like a suite, Haines glanced at the young lady next to him. Now that she was heading home, he was expecting to see any slight changes in her usually composed innocence. But Penny was rather calm.
'I guess she's fine,' he thought with a short smile. "Young Miss, why don't you rest for a while? It's a five-hour drive."
Penny sighed faintly. "Mister Haines, can you just call me Penny? Young Miss makes me uncomfortable."
"Then you can call me Uncle Haines." His warm smile contrasted with his strong facial features. "Why don't you rest, Penny? Or are you hungry?"
Was he asking her because of her size?
Although it was obvious Penny gained all this weight without her noticing, it was because she was malnourished almost her entire first life. First was because of Jessa's maltreatment and then she got too busy pleasing her brothers she picked up a bad habit of skipping meals.
"I'm not hungry," she said.
"Then, do you want to talk?" he inquired. "Do you want to know about your family? You have three brothers."
Three insufferable brothers.