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She’d have a huge haul down to the laundry room sooner rather than later, since she was almost out of clean things. Mallory perched on the bathroom counter while Penny turned the water on and slid into the shower. “But I think Anna’s pregnant.”
    “Really?” The squeal climbed on a note of delight and Penny stuck her head out to glare at her bestie.
    “Not a word. She didn’t say anything to anyone about it, but she had a peaked, fragile look all week and Armand hovered even more than normal.” Her sister would be a great mom and Armand… Well, he had patriarchal disapproval down to a fine art. Her brother-in-law’s gimlet eyed gaze—focused his youngest brother—hadn’t escaped Penny’s notice. Whenever George and Armand were in the same room, George seemed to shrink in on himself.
    Did he try to make himself smaller on purpose? One thought chased another and she closed her eyes as the hot water washed over her. The one truly sucky part of travel was the feeling of miles and miles of grit accumulated on her skin.
    “Cross my heart and hope to die.” Mallory was still rambling and Penny smothered a yawn before shampooing her hair. “What about your brothers? Did they all make it out there?”
    Translation, how is Hank? Rolling her eyes, Penny took the time to rinse out her hair before answering. Mallory’s crush on her older brother used to be fun, but now it bordered on pathetic, mostly because Hank was a bonehead. “Everyone made it except Brand. He’s still deployed.” Two of her brothers went into the military. One was out and the other seemed determined to make it his career.
    “Aww, that sucks.”
    Though she didn’t press for more details, Penny decided to be generous. “Hank’s working in London for a few months. He’s been training in personal protection and has his first assignment with the family of some tech billionaire.”
    “Oh.” Disappointment weighed heavily in the single syllable. “Great, smack dab in the back pocket of some heiress. He’ll be required to follow her everywhere and be her big, strong man .”
    Penny sighed. That would teach her to keep her big mouth shut. After rinsing one final time, she turned off the water and grabbed a towel. “He’s doing personal protection, Mal. Not being a gigolo to the rich and famous.”
    “I know, but…people who can afford bodyguards are all rich and sinfully attractive because they can afford better bodies.” Her friend scooted off the counter and slid toward the doorway while Penny bundled her damp hair into one towel, then wrapped a second around her body. “He’s going to be around all those hot bods and sexy money.”
    “I just spent a week with the obscenely rich. The bodyguards are like fixtures. The crown molding gets more attention than they do.” After the warmth of the shower, the air in the apartment chilled her damp skin. “Can you turn the heat up a couple of degrees? I need to dry off and get changed.”
    “Can do. Want me to open some wine to go with the pizza?” Since neither of them made much money, they splurged once a month on a bottle of wine. It was January and they’d both been away for the holidays, so they hadn’t blown the wine budget for the month yet.
    “I think I’ll have water. I’m already beat and I need to login and check my schedule for this week.” Also, she’d drowned her liver in liquor and wine for the past week. Five course meals were always served with alcohol. Water sounded perfect. Another sigh and this time Penny stopped moving to stare at her friend. “What’s wrong?”
    “Nothing.” The lie was so transparent, Penny just stared at her. Mallory’s shoulders slumped. “Dad’s talking about running for Senate.”
    “Oh.”
    “Mom is pissed. Christmas was joyful.” The irony lacing the last word wasn’t lost on Penny.
    “I’m sorry, Mal.”
    “Yeah, me too.” But she left to go turn up the heat. Mallory’s father had started off as an assemblyman in their