Little fairy

Meanwhile…

Penny stopped, her eyes fixed on the floor. When she saw a pair of shoes in front of her, she slowly raised her head and met Mark's eyes. Their gazes mirrored each other, catching the gloom in each other's expressions despite the pretty attire they wore for today's reunion party.

"I don't want to go," Penny blurted out, shaking her head. "I feel like… I feel like I'm going to get sick."

Mark, his complexion pale, nodded. "Shall we not go, Miss Penny?"

"No, I have to — that thing you said before… can you do it?"

"The appointment?"

"Yes! That one!"

Mark drew a deep breath and thought about it. "If I say the matriarch of the Pierson Family…"

"What?"

"If the request came from the matriarch of the Pierson Family, of course, I can."

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