Ivy was the first one to spot Shelly and called out excitedly, "Shelly!"
Shelly immediately turned around and was stunned when she saw Ivy and Robert.
It was a big city filled with countless people so she could not fathom the odds of running into them.
"Ivy, Robert." Shelly instinctively hid the bag containing baby formula behind her. "Are you here to buy flowers?"
"Yeah!" Ivy's attention was drawn to Samuel. "Shelly, is this your family member?"
"Yes. This is my younger brother, Samuel," Shelly said. "Samuel, these two are Ivy and Robert. They are Hayden's younger siblings."
"Hello," Samuel said politely.
"Hello, Samuel. What are you two looking for? I will buy it," Robert offered generously. "Pick anything you want. We are here to get plants as well."
"It's fine. We were just walking by and came in to have a look, so we might not even buy anything," Shelly said.
"Since you are already here, just buy something!" Robert said before starting to pick plants for them. "I think these few pots look great. What do you think?"
Both Shelly and Samuel agreed. "They look great."
"It's settled, then." Robert glanced at the owner and gestured that he would be taking the plants he had selected before walking farther inside. "We will need to pick a few larger plants for New Year's, don't you think?"
Shelly could tell that Robert wanted to buy them more plants. "Robert, my apartment is quite small, so I don't need that many. Only one will do." Shelly could not find a way to refuse his offer and decided to take one plant.
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