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 for

still approached

Slater could barely reach it with

gasped as she looked at her third brother in dismay. Looking at him, she realized Slater was still young

a late bloomer,' she mentally

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164 Day out

the nerve to face her right now and see her reaction. This was

would they make this rack so huge and tall!?" he gasped. "Isn't this store for kids?! It's

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

and nodded, accepting the card with both hands. "First brother, can you also get that other one?

eyes to where she was pointing

The

saying a word, his hand automatically veered to

almost everything, and Atlas got it all for her without a

my age?!" Slater lamented

Penny's fan club, 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 to

the rack and as if she was mocking him, she was pointing at

that all?" Atlas asked as he handed

from

cards.

her check the cards

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

until Slater blurted

buy all of them, Penny" Atlas agreed. "Dad gave

moment Atlas mentioned that, he remembered his

Buy everything that Penny needs and wants and everything that she

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

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