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 the

could barely reach

was still young and short – just like her! He was only

late bloomer,' she

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164 Day out

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

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

out the card. Looking back, all they saw was

both hands. "First brother, can you also get that other one? The

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

one too! The one next

a word, his hand automatically veered to the next

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

am I so short at my age?!" Slater lamented in

away to people. While Hugo and Atlas

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

he handed the handful of greeting cards to

she grinned from ear to ear before she started

cards.

between Atlas's brows as he watched her check the cards one

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

brothers watched her until Slater blurted out, "Why not get all of

buy all of them, Penny"

remembered his father before they parted

you got this! Don't come home until you maxed out that card! Buy everything that

from good and enthusiastic intentions, but for Atlas, their father subtly didn't want them to come home ever. How could they max out a card that had

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