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

an order?" he frowned but still approached the

could barely reach it

looked at her third brother in dismay. Looking at him, she realized Slater was still young and short – just like

a late bloomer,' she mentally

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164 Day out

in embarrassment. He didn't even have the nerve to face her right now

huge and tall!?" he gasped. "Isn't this store for kids?!

Looking back, all they saw was Atlas. "Is this what you want?" asked Atlas to Penny,

"First

to where she was pointing and unhesitatingly grabbed the

The one next to

hand automatically veered to the next

for her without a problem. Watching this from

at my age?!" Slater lamented in dismay. 'This

they were doing some shopping to give away to people. While Hugo and Atlas were already on it, Penny and Slater roamed around to find something she wanted

the top of the rack and as if she was mocking

handed the

First Brother!" she grinned from ear to ear before she started

cards.

watched her check the cards one after another. "What are

she answered without looking. "I couldn't see everything from the top shelf, so I was simply basing everything on the

until Slater blurted

all of them, Penny" Atlas agreed.

he remembered his father

got this! Don't come home until you maxed out that card! Buy everything that Penny needs and wants and everything that she laid her eyes

for Atlas, their father subtly didn't want them to come home ever.

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