164 Day out

Meanwhile, in the shopping mall in the city...

"Penny" Slater called, holding an ugly-looking stuffed toy in front of his face.

When Penny turned her head, her face remained the same when she saw the horrendous

stuffed toy. But when Slater abruptly pulled it down, she flinched.

"Penny!" Slater gasped in disbelief. "How could you not flinch at the sight of this stuffed toy, but get surprised with my face?! I don't look as horrible as this one!" She deadpanned. "Really?"

"Hah!" he gasped again. "What's with that look?!"

"Nothing." Penny looked away and set her eyes on the rack of greeting cards before her. She rubbed her chin, scanning the variety of greeting cards.

Slater glanced at the rack curiously. "Is someone having a birthday? Why are you looking for greeting cards?"

"For future purposes."

Future purposes?

Slater observed her side profile, unable to stop his imagination from thinking of her bags. Penny had many different sorts of stuff in her bags to the point one would wonder if she was even bringing a ladder.

'Is this how she usually prepares what to put in her bag, so she's always ready? he wondered, assuming he was witnessing the 'behind the scenes' of her magical bag.

"That one!" Penny's eyes lit up and pointed at the top of the rack. However, she couldn't reach it. even if she tiptoed. Hence, she turned to Slater. "I like that one, but I can't reach it. Can you get it for me?"

"Which one?"

"That!"

Slater leaned his head closer to her index that was pointing at the card as if he could see better if he did. "That one with the red and purple color?

it

frowned but still approached the rack to get the one

their dismay, Slater could barely

him, she realized Slater was still young and short – just like her! He was only several inches taller than her, but it

he's a late bloomer,' she

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164 Day out

Slater's face reddened in embarrassment. He didn't even have the nerve

this rack so huge and tall!?" he gasped. "Isn't this store for kids?! It's not kid's friendly! If anything, it's

went over them and picked out the card. Looking back, all they saw was Atlas. "Is this what you want?" asked Atlas to Penny, ignoring

with both hands. "First brother,

eyes to where she was pointing and unhesitatingly grabbed the

one too! The one next

word, his hand automatically veered

almost everything, and Atlas got it all for her without a problem. Watching this from

short at my age?!" Slater lamented

some shopping to give away to people. While Hugo

couldn't even reach the top of the rack

handed

from

cards.

brows as he watched her check the cards one after another.

see everything from the top shelf, so

until Slater blurted out,

is right. Just buy all of them, Penny" Atlas agreed. "Dad gave his

mentioned that, he remembered his father

maxed out that card! Buy everything that Penny

good and enthusiastic intentions, but for Atlas, their father subtly didn't want them to come home ever.

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