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“Maybe the police department doesn’t, but I do” Or her father did He deposited money into her account he set up for her every Christmas, but she never spent the y she never wanted But if she could help people while also ood, that was a total in in her books She hurried to the counter, where a cute-as-a-button elderly lady orking behind the counter with a Christraphy on the front “Mornin’,” Penelope said, withouta beat “I’ll take it all”

The women blinked “Pardon me, dear?”

“All this yulass displays “I’ll take it all” She reached into her back pocket and grabbed the bank card froot more”

“U atop her head while she twisted and turned “My dear, I’m not even sure what this would all cost Annie?” she called toward the back room

Annie, appearing to be in her early forties, with the same soft brown eyes as Susan, ca Christ”

“Hi” Penelope smiled

“This kind lady—” The woman looked back at Penelope “Sorry, dear, as your name?”

“Penelope Carter”

Susan smiled then said to Annie, “Penelope would like to buy everything we’ve got Can you work that out?”

“Really?” Annie asked ide eyes

“Really” Penelope nodded, feeling good about being good, which was a rarity

“Christ a notepad and a pen and following Susan to the far side of the glass display where the most delicious muffins waited

“This isn’t going to be cheap,” Darryl said

“I know” Penelope turned around, finding Darryl watching her with a perplexed expression and his hands shoved in the pockets of his Levi’s “But it’s money that I never touch, so it doesn’t matter”

One broinged up “Letaround and you choose to spend that oods?”