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

could barely reach it with his

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

late bloomer,' she mentally

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164 Day out

embarrassment. He didn't even have the nerve to face her right now and see her reaction. This was

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

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

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

eyes to where she was pointing and unhesitatingly

other one too! The one

saying a word, his hand automatically veered to the

got it all for her without a problem. Watching this from

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

club, they were doing some shopping to give away to people. While Hugo and Atlas were already on it, Penny and

her! Yet, he couldn't even reach the top of the rack and as if she

all?" Atlas asked as he handed the handful of

Thank you, First Brother!" she grinned from ear

cards.

lines appeared between Atlas's brows as he watched her check

"I couldn't see everything from the top shelf, so I was

blurted out, "Why not get all

is right. Just buy all of them, Penny"

moment Atlas mentioned that, he remembered his father before they parted with

Buy everything that Penny needs and

didn't want them to come home ever. How could

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