GoodReadAfter a long discussion, Alison and Alexa finally decided to buy a quality pen for Torey to thank him for helping them with math during this period.
When Alison was adopted by Alexis, Alexis gave her a debit card and deposited 5,000 dollars into it every month as pocket money for Alison.
But Alison had never withdrawn any money from the card, as she had money. Her grandmother had left a sum of money to her before death.
Though the money was not much, it was enough to pay the tuition fees for four years of college.
Since her grandmother's death, Alison had done part-tjobs on weekends and during winter and summer vacations to earn money. But her money was usually taken away by her aunt-in-law under the guise of saving money for her.
Alison didn't refuse to give the money to her aunt-in-law, as she was timid and helpless during the beginning days when she lived with her aunt-in-law.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtBut since she menstruated, she hadn't even had the money to buy sanitary pads sometimes. So, she stopped giving her money to her aunt-in-law.
She'd never told anyone where she would go on the weekends or on vacations.
Besides, she only brought a little money that she had earned with her, the rest of which she asked Sherry to save for her. From the second year of middle school to the second year of high school, Alison saved almost 20,000 dollars.
Since she lived with Alexis, Alexis had bought all the necessities for her, and she didn't need to spend money on them.
So, even if Alison didn't withdraw money from the card given by Alexis, she still had money.
Although Alexa had much pocket money, she was used to buying expensive things and saved little money.
When Alexa cout this time, her mother had only given her 1,000 dollars, and she didn't dare to buy something very expensive.
They two strolled along the street and finally stepped into a famous pen shop to buy a pen worth 1000 dollars.
They each paid 500 dollars.
It was the first tthat Alison had bought such an expensive thing.
Looking at the exquisite packaging, Alison deeply realized how poor she was in the past.
"What's up, Alison? Do you think it's expensive?" Alexa knew that Alison was Alexis's foster daughter.
And it was quite embarrassing for Alison to be adopted at this age.
Besides, when Alexa stayed with Alison, she found that Alison was very frugal, so she didn't buy expensive things casually in Alison's presence, for fear that Alison would feel inferior.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThough Alexa didn't deem the pen expensive, Alison might have a different view.
Alison looked away and shook her head. " No. The packaging is beautiful." Alexa found that Alison looked normal, and she was relieved. "Ha ha, the packaging is really exquisite. Torey must like it!" Hearing Alexa's words, Alison felt happy.
As Torey had helped them with math for a month and a half, they had made noticeable progress.
The clerk handed them the packed pen, and Alexa took it. "Alison, store it. I'm very careless, and it's likely forto forget to take it to school." "Well, okay." Alison turned around and asked Alexa to put the pen into her school bag.
The two hung around for more than two hours, and it was tfor lunch.
Alexa took Alison to eat hotpot. It was the first tthat Alison had eaten hotpot, and her lips beca little swollen. But she liked the spicy hotpot, as it was delicious.
After lunch, Alexa felt sleepy and yawned beside Alison. "I'm so sleepy, Alison." Alison suggested, "How about going to a coffee shop?" "Okay." There were a lot of people in the coffee shop on Saturday. When Alison and Alexa entered, there were no vacant tables. As Alexa was outgoing, she led Alison to share a table with others.
They ordered the cheapest coffee. As soon as Alexa sat down, she fell asleep with her head on Alison's shoulder.
Visit our social media platform to read fascinating stories every day and connect with the community!
