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

frowned but still approached the rack to

dismay, Slater could barely reach it with his

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

a late bloomer,' she

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164 Day out

have the nerve to face

rack so huge and tall!?" he gasped. "Isn't this store for kids?! It's not kid's friendly! If

them and picked out the card. Looking back, all

hands. "First brother,

nonchalantly shifted his eyes to where she was pointing and

one too! The one

hand automatically veered to

kept pointing at almost everything, and Atlas got it all for her without a problem.

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

some shopping to give away to people. While Hugo and Atlas were already

of the rack and as if she was mocking him, she was pointing at everything on the top

as he handed the handful of greeting cards to

First Brother!" she grinned from

cards.

he watched her

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

Slater blurted out, "Why not get

Penny" Atlas agreed. "Dad gave his

mentioned that, he remembered his father before they parted

home until you maxed out that card! Buy everything that Penny needs and wants and everything that she

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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