Chapter 32: Accepting an offer (1)

Penelope held onto her father's arm after she exited the carriage. 

Lady Linda Quinn was a close friend of the duchess as well as the queen. Lady Linda had ties to the palace army since it was the men in her family who led most of the king's army.

Strangely, it would be safer here than it was in the palace since the Hensons, Linda's family, were overprotective of her and her children.

Penelope clung to her father's arm, using him as support while her siblings gathered around their mother. 

Everyone entering the gathering took notice of the Collins family since it was the first time they had seen the family together since the latest scandal.

Penelope ignored the stares and chatter from those around her. She could never escape it, but luckily, she had grown accustomed to it to ignore it.