The woman eyed her furiously.
“Just what is it that you want me to do?” Rosanna asked.
“I think you both should leave immediately.”
“And allow you to have everything your way,” Penny interposed sweetly. “Now wouldn’t that be nice—for you!”
She took Rosanna by the arm and urged her toward the car.
“Don’t allow Miss Nichols to poison your mind!” Mrs. Leeds pleaded, following Rosanna to the curbing. “Unless you leave immediately you will receive no part of the fortune. If you go without making any further trouble, I might agree to some small settlement. After all, I mean to be generous.”
“Thanks for telling us,” Penny smiled.
She closed the car door and they drove away.
“Perhaps we shouldn’t have been so short with her,” Rosanna said uneasily as they returned to the house on Snow Mountain. “If it’s true that the property has been left to her, then she was being generous to offer to give me anything.”
“Don’t worry, she’d forget her promise soon enough if she succeeded in getting you away from here, Rosanna. I detest that woman. She thinks she is so subtle and she’s as transparent as glass!”