“I thought of Mt. Ashland. It will be cool in the mountains and at this time of year the hotels will not be too crowded.”
“Why, Mt. Ashland isn’t very far from Snow Mountain, is it?” Penny demanded with interest. “I’m going to look it up on the map.”
She ran into the house for the big red atlas. A moment later she returned, her eyes dancing with excitement.
“Mt. Ashland isn’t more than a two hours’ drive from Snow Mountain,” she told her father.
“And just what difference does it make?”
“Why, Raven Ridge is located on Snow Mountain, you know.”
“Oh! So that’s what you have in your mind!”
Penny perched herself on her father’s knee, smiling her most beguiling smile.
“Never mind, you little tease,” he said hastily. “I give in.”
“You don’t even know what I want,” she laughed.