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Penny tiptoed toward the mezzanine. Reaching the railing, she lowered her head and checked over the stair railing. When she was certain no one was around and that only the dim lights were on, she quietly carried on while tiptoeing.

However, instead of using the main entrance, Penny used the backdoor.

The problem she had was not sneaking out undetected at that point, but the long walk she had to make to make it through the high fences around the mansion. Good thing she knew there was a secret route out of the mansion without going through the main gates.

That was the garden.

"I think it's in here..." she muttered as she went on her knees, pushing the bushes out of her way. "It should be here."

Penny took off her bag and, in a matter of seconds, a flashlight was already in her hand. Lighting up the bush, she moved it away with the other. Her lips stretched as soon as she saw some broken metal bars of the fence behind the bushes.

The hole was small, but it could fit a child.

Penny wore her bag securely once more and was about to crawl her way inside, only to stop when a hand grabbed her bag. She froze instantly as her breathing hitched.

She was found.

"Penny, are you... sneaking out?"

Penny closed her eyes as her heart sank to the pits of her body. Of all the people she expected to find her out, the person to find out was no one but her father. Slowly, Penny looked back and smiled awkwardly. "Papa?"

"Penny" Charles sighed faintly, cocking his head to the side. "Where do you think you're going?"

"He he he."

Would it be too late for her to act like she was sleepwalking now?

"You're worried about the girl and her mother from earlier today, are you?" Charles guessed, watching her pursed her lips. "It's okay, Penny. I'm not angry

If Penny was more agile a little bit more, she would've crawled as fast as she could to leave. Her father might get angry, but she also didn't want to be stopped. Hence, she crawled her way back: and stood in front of him, wearing her most adorable and pitiful expression.

expressed while looking up

reassure her. "Are you

She nodded.

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gather evidence to make a police report... was what she wanted to

if she was being scolded. He hadn't even scolded her yet, but with the sight of her, even if he had the intention, he would have second thoughts.

at him. "We are strangers and I know I shouldn't meddle with other people's family matters. I can't

than the officer we

bit her

wasn't so trustful of the people in power's words. It wasn't like she was assuming Charles was lying, but what

Charles nodded, watching her slide her eyes to the

"Huh?"

turned up on his face. "I can't just let you on your own, especially in the

and round eyes blinked in surprise before life slowly shone in them.

her hair

followed her father to one of the mansion's parking

glance at her father, who was behind the wheel. Her lips were drawn into a thin

sneak out on her own and commute to District 10. Who would have thought the ending

she blurted out curiously, looking back

smiled. "I was taking a

"A night walk?"

about a lot of things," he summarized. "One of them is

"Oh.

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about it and that's the reason you told us that night you want to go to

sorry for

sorry for." He shook his head, sighing. "You just did what you think is