Penny X Sherman Novels & Stories

"Or have you forgotten our business already?" When Xavier turned, he realized that Roth, Jackson, and Charlie were already some ways ahead. Waiting for the two of them. Penny's blush deepened. Was she really so embarrassed about keeping them waiting? Or was there something else bringing the blood to her cheeks? Considering the way she was refusing to look at him again, he was guessing the latter. And was he imagining it, or did her fingers brush against the pocket where that little wooden elephant lay? He hid a grin. Penny had always worn her emotions near the surface. He was glad that hadn't changed.

Presley Quinn came home with his suit jacket slung over one arm and a shopping bag in his hand. I recognized it right away. It was from that luxury brand, the same one as the necklace Vivienne Ashford had posted on her Instagram. He walked in, saw that I was awake, and barely looked up. "Oh, you're home." Then, he seemed to remember something. He quickly crumpled the bag and shoved it into the trash, as if he were terrified I would catch a glimpse of it.

Penny called sweetly, “more tissue.” I handed her another one. I always had them ready. “It’s not her fault she looks like this,” Penny said, smiling at the maids. She turned to me with that fake sugar-glazed expression. “Pimples. Braces. Glasses.” She sighed like she was listing a tragedy. “All the signs of an ugly girl,” she finished. She blew her nose loudly. The sound was thick and wet, and the tissue drooped from the weight of it. For someone who looked like a magazine cover, she always had stuff leaking out of her.

Shut up Noah, I said. Noah laughs at my little joke just then Penny comes down the stairs, and my body tenses at the sight of her. Her body looks like another person, She wears a sleeve collar blouse that hugs her body-like skin, a black skirt that hugs her small waist, and she wore black platform boots. Her hair looks brighter, tied in a perfect high ponytail, and she has her lips adorned with an appetizing dark purple color, highlighting them. She came down the stairs under our watchful eye, which made her blush.

It looked like scrap but it was the only thing affordable in the neighborhood that wouldn’t dig into her savings for Bryan’s surgery. Shit! I forgot to take my money from Drew’s apartment. Dang it. Just as Penny finished removing her makeup and taking a shower in her tiny bathroom, her phone rang. “Cain? This has better be good. I have had a rough night.” Penny rush out. It was bad enough that her money was slashed. “Luck is on you. I have a proposition for you, okay? With the requirements, you are the only one that can do it. I don’t trust the other girls We are gonna split the money.” Cain said, coughing.

Oh, I am too early to even cuss him. He reached for my hand which made me freeze and place it over his thigh. “What would you like to eat, Hya?” He asked as he rubbed my sides. I felt uncomfortable with it since a lot were watching. But somehow, part of me was already used to it. “The fact that we aren’t at your wedding because it was rushed and we are out of the country surely breaks our heart…” Penny said as she reached her chest. All of them mimicked Penny. She had curly red hair and a round-shaped face… she was also voluptuous and gorgeous. I just can’t keep my eyes off those beautiful curves. Her lips were small but full… It was the shape of a heart.

“You okay?” “Mm-hmm.” “You’ve been staring at that paragraph for ten minutes.” I smiled faintly. “Just thinking.” “About him?” she asked carefully. “About both of them,” I admitted. She sighed but didn’t push. We’d had this conversation too many times. It wasn’t until later, when the sun dipped behind the buildings, that Jessy gasped and pointed at the TV. “Oh my god, Haven—look!” The news anchor’s voice filled the room: “…and rising author Haven Thorne’s debut novel, The Glass Garden, continues to top charts nationwide…”