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

still approached the rack to get the one she

Slater could barely reach it with his

realized Slater was still young and

a late bloomer,'

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164 Day out

the nerve

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

card. Looking back, all they saw

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

she was pointing and unhesitatingly grabbed the one

The one next

without saying a word, his hand

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

my age?!" Slater lamented

were doing some shopping to give away to people. While

Yet, he couldn't even reach the top of the rack

all?" Atlas asked as he handed

you, First Brother!" she grinned from ear to ear before she started

cards.

appeared between Atlas's brows as he watched her check the cards one after another. "What are you

see everything from the top shelf, so I was simply basing everything

blurted

is right. Just buy all of them, Penny"

he remembered his father before they parted with

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

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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