Penny stopped suddenly when Era said her name, giving the strange woman a quizzical look. "I beg your pardon?" she asked, politely as she could manage but there was no concealing the fact that something was disturbing her. "It's just, I mean to say... How did you know my name? I... I never told you my name."
She squinted at the woman, knowing for certain that she had never seen her before and she felt a bit of panic rising in her. Was she a friend of her parents? Did she know her father? After all, she could think of no way that this stranger could know her otherwise.