Penelope was born with a silver spoon, and over the past two years, had lived with increasing extravagance and unbounded glory as 'Timothy's girlfriend' and 'Timothy's fiancee.' One could imagine just how she would end up if she lost Timothy's support.
The reality in that circle was that a person would be held in high regard during their time of prestige. However, a fall from grace would entail being trampled into the mud!
Furthermore, she had offended numerous people during the past two years. None of those people dared to show their anger due to Timothy's reputation, and she dreaded imagining the kind of retaliation she would have to suffer if everyone wanted to get back at her in the future!
Simply thinking about all that was enough to make her increasingly fearful, so much so that the color on her face started to disappear bit by bit.
