**Chapter 16: Closure**
**Penny**
“Yes, I’d love some water. Thank you, Gloria,” said Penny. She put her hands in her lap nervously as Nadia’s family buzzed around her. Gloria zipped out of the room after getting everyone’s order. They were heating up after shopping downtown together for the last few touches before the wedding.
Penny turned and faced the room crowded with her inquisitors. Nadia never said she had a large family – and she didn’t – but sitting in a room of six new people, all of them staring at you, asking you questions, trying to figure out what’s wrong with you or why in the world Nadia would want to marry you, they started to feel like a mob. Penny did her best to control herself, to not use her powers at all. She wanted to be polite and get through the day. It didn’t matter if Nadia’s family didn’t approve of her. At the end of the day, Nadia would never leave her. It was impossible.