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 for

still approached the rack

their dismay, Slater could barely

was still young and short – just like her! He was only several inches taller than her, but it

he's a late bloomer,'

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164 Day out

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

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

them and picked out the card. Looking back, all they saw

the card with both hands. "First brother, can you also get that

where she was pointing and unhesitatingly grabbed the one

one too! The one next

without saying a word, his hand automatically veered to the next greeting

and Atlas got it all for her without a problem. Watching this from the sidelines, Slater looked away

so short at my age?!"

club, they were doing some shopping to give away to people. While Hugo

of the rack and

Atlas asked as he handed the

from ear

cards.

he watched her check the cards one

looking. "I couldn't see everything from the top shelf, so I was simply basing

blurted

all of them, Penny" Atlas

Atlas mentioned that, he remembered his father before

out that card! Buy everything that Penny needs and wants and everything that she laid her

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

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