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?

Get it

that an order?" he frowned but still approached the rack to get the one

could barely

brother in dismay. Looking at him, she realized Slater was still young and short – just like her! He was only several inches taller than her, but it was

forgot 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 to face her right now and see her reaction. This

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

the card. Looking back, all they saw was Atlas. "Is this what you

nodded, accepting the card with both hands. "First brother,

his eyes to where she was pointing and unhesitatingly grabbed the one she

one too! The one next

word, his hand automatically veered to the

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

my age?!" Slater lamented in

to give away to people. While

help her! Yet, he couldn't even reach the top of the rack and as if she was mocking him, she was pointing at everything on

as he handed

Thank you, First Brother!" she grinned from ear to

cards.

watched her check the cards

from the top shelf, so I was simply basing everything on the color

blurted out, "Why not

is right. Just buy all of them, Penny"

he remembered his father before they parted

you got this! Don't come home until you maxed out that card! Buy everything that

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

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