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 rack

to their dismay, Slater could barely reach it with

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

forgot he's a late bloomer,' she

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164 Day out

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

he gasped. "Isn't this store for kids?! It's not kid's friendly! If

embarrassment with his anger, a hand suddenly went over them and picked out the card. Looking back, all they saw was Atlas. "Is this

smiled and nodded, accepting the card with both hands. "First

nonchalantly shifted his eyes to where she was pointing and unhesitatingly grabbed

The one next

without saying a word, his hand

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

am I so short at my age?!" Slater lamented in dismay. 'This

away to people. While Hugo and Atlas were

of the rack and as if she was mocking him,

asked as he handed the

Brother!" she grinned from

cards.

between Atlas's brows as he watched her check

without looking. "I couldn't see everything from the top shelf, so I

until Slater blurted out, "Why

all of them, Penny" Atlas agreed.

remembered his

maxed out that card! Buy everything that Penny needs and

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

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