Quality of a vegetable- Part 1

Her uncle who had only stepped inside failed to utter any words. His expression holding similar to the one her aunt had shown when she had seen Penny arrive at the door as if they were not expecting her. It was obvious that they had sold her. Penny didn't know why she had agreed to come here even though she had a slight knowledge of what had occurred that day before she was taken to the slave establishment. 

"I don't know what you are speaking of, mister," her uncle spoke to Damien, and upon Damien's twist of neck to look towards the elder man, the man gulped softly, "Where have you been all this time? When we came back you weren't there...we thought you left," her uncle continued with the charade. The man has missed the threat Damien had given to his wife due to which he continued to run his mouth.