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"Your dad... seemed to have misunderstood
something."
'What misunderstanding could it be?' Penny wondered, glossing her eyes over the faces in front of her.
All of them carried this strange look that had a mix of disbelief, shame, and everything. It tickled her
curiosity.
At the same time, Butler Jen noticed the tip of the cage peeking out behind Haines. He stretched his neck out of curiosity, squinting as he saw something inside.
"An otter?" he blurted out quietly, but with the silence, his confused voice was clearer than it should be. @
"An otter?" Hugo repeated, eyes at Butler Jen.
Butler Jen gazed at Hugo and then at Penny before shifting his eyes to the rest of the family.
"It's not an otter," Haines sighed helplessly, glancing at
Charles to let the man explain.
At this point, Charles's spirit already hit rock bottom.
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He looked at Penny apologetically, retrieving his hand from Atlas and Slater.
"It's a mouse," Charles confessed as he reluctantly stepped away, granting Penny and Hugo a glimpse of what was behind them.
Hugo and Penny intuitively shifted their eyes to the large cage and the animal inside. They looked at it emotionlessly, blinking, trying to figure out what it
was.
"A baby elephant?" Hugo guessed, and at the same time, Penny also spoke. "Chinchilla?"
Atlas's and Haines's faces twitched at Hugo's guess.
"A baby elephant?" Atlas couldn't help but repeat in dismay. Did his brother secretly have eye problems?
Charles sighed helplessly and squatted down to Penny. "Penny, I'm sorry. I don't know what came to me and misunderstood it." - when Penny asked, Tiana was at the table with her, after all.
worry. I'll get it
smiled and said, "No need." - she didn't want to
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sank as
rounder.
response, Atlas and Slater frowned. Their dad tried his best. Was getting her the wrong thing that big of a deal for her not
chance?
hand, raised their brows,
other hand,
"Even if you're upset that Dad got you the wrong gift, you can't just
the flames.
displeased that Penny would be so heartless not to
another chance.
everything in detail to avoid
moods we
She glanced at the
at the worried Allison but uhan
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flinched at the
it was
but he never
was looking at an
turmoil in her heart boil. Haines was like this because of Penny, she
scared her, she ignored him. "So, in a way, it's partly
Hugo spoke. His tone was firm and
would think you're sowing discord between
Huh?
turned pale as she looked at her second brother blankly. "No, that's
someone who will be unset over such
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even if
right." Charles nodded and sighed. "Penny's not at fault here. I was too distracted
it's all my fault."
closer to Penny and held her chubby hands. "Penny, Papa is really sorry, I will do better.
note to put her in her place later. Penny clasped Charles's hand
she added to make
also, a little worried that
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