She stared at the water droplets that were ascending down from the heavens. It felt one after another in slow motion, one of them falling right on her cheek that didn't slide down but splashed on her skin.
The realization hit her, the thoughts and events sinking in. Looking at her aunt, she said, "I need to be somewhere," her words came out to be in a whisper which Caitlin frowned as she wasn't able to hear what Penny just said to her over the sounds of the wind that was breezing around them and the trees in the forest moving their branches to rub the leaves against each other.
Penny didn't know why she hadn't realized this before but now that she did, she had to leave right away. She ran towards the shed where the carriage was parked. Asking the coachman to pull as she wanted to go somewhere. The coachman looked at the dire weather which was only going to turn worse in time but obeyed the lady's words. Pulling the carriage with the help of the horses, Penny stepped inside it.
