The man regarded her with cold dislike.
“I am not interested in your personal problems, Mrs. Breen,” he said, delivering his ultimatum. “Either settle your bill in full by tomorrow morning, or move on!”
CHAPTER
4
A RECORD ON ROCK
“What’ll we do?” Mrs. Breen murmured, gazing despairingly at her husband. “Where will we get the money?”
Penny stepped forward into Jay Franklin’s range of vision. Observing her for the first time, he politely doffed his hat, a courtesy he had not bestowed upon the Breens.
“Mr. Franklin, have you a cheque book?” she inquired.
“Yes, I have,” he responded with alacrity.
“Then I’ll write a cheque for the eight dollars if that will be satisfactory,” Penny offered. “The Breens are friends of mine.”
“That will settle the bill in full, Miss Parker.”
Whipping a fountain pen from his pocket, he offered it to her.