“Hello grandfather, I'm Madeline. Happy 80th birthday,” Madeline greeted with a warm smile on her lips and her head bowed a little while greeting, in respect of the old man. The man glared at Elias for a while before turning back to Madeline and giving her an obviously fake smile, which didn't reach his eyes. “Thank you, Miss Crayon.”“Sorry I didn’t bring a gift for you, grandfather,” she apologized, feeling guilty for not bringing a gift to the old man’s birthday party. It didn’t seem right for a person like her. Grandfather Johan laughed for a while before replying to her. “It’s okay. Even my own grandson didn’t bring me a gift so why would I expect one from an outsider?”Old man Johan said that and walked away from their sight, back to his friends. ‘He’s weird,’ Madeline thought. Truly he was weird. He didn’t even bother to welcome her well and he seemed angry after Elias’s introduction. Did she do something wrong? That was the question lacing in her brain ever since they start
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