"Technology today is overshadowing things," Penny was saying. They were all seated together in the large parlour, "it will be nice if you include order services," she suggested.
"Yup, Penny is right," Alexis chipped in, "like the stores in the mall, the ones like the grocery department, you can employ people to post the product and if any one needs them, you are willing to deliver."
Jerry thought it was also needed, "yeah, jot that down."
"You need an app," John also suggested.
"Yes," Penny agreed, "John studied programming. There's this app he made for mom that no matter how you put off the alarm, it will still ring," she added.
Jerry smiled and they all smiled, "you can make apps?"
"Yes dad-" he began, " sorry- er dad Henry put me up for the class," he added feeling anxious. The teens also felt it.
"It's okay, he is your dad," Jerry said, "I'm not worried." He smiled sincerely.
John smiled and calmed down. They all calmed down.
"John will make the app," Alexis suggested, "he is our new technologists."
"Sure, I'm ready to start work," John agreed. And it was noted down in the notebook.
"The stores are eight in number and you guys are four," he was saying, "invest in those stores. It is yours," he added.
"Wow!" Penny exclaimed, "I will choose the clothing store," she added.
"No, that's on me,"Jerry said, "I owe it to someone."
"Oh okay," Alexis smiled and brought out a list of the stores. "On the list, a clothing store, accessories store, restaurant and coffee shop, hair and beauty services, department store, grocery and confectionery, pharmacy, photography and technology gadgets."
They all smiled as each one had marked the stores to invest in. Jerry told Alexis to choose first but they all insisted he chose his first before they decide which one to choose. He chose four stores, the clothing store, accessory store, department and pharmacy store.
"Alright, thank you Uncle," Penny said taking note of the remaining stores.
"I will take the photo and tech store," Alexis told them and they nodded, ticking the taken ones on the list.
"I will take grocery/confectionery store," John let them know and it was ticked.
Penny said, "uhm, I will take the restaurant and coffee shop."
Bryn was super excited to take the hair and beauty service store. The kids were grateful and promised to take care of the shops they were to invest into.
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They went to the mall the next day Monday to select which shop they liked. Penny chose the second to the biggest store because of what she what she wanted. Alexis chose a small store due to the nature of his work but the small store had an inner room which he made mainly for photography and the outer room for display of the gadgets like phones, TV's, laptops, cameras etc. Bryn also made her selection. Of all the spaces, it was John who had the biggest store because of what he had to sell.
The four of them after seeing and selecting the stores, went on sightseeing. Bryn held John's hand while Alexis held Penny's hand. They all wore sunglasses with matching outfits. Penny had dark hair while Bryn had a blonde colour hair. They took pictures and visited other shops to see the way things were arranged. They went to a confectionery shop and saw how confections were arranged. They bought some cakes and ice cream in the store and left to a restaurant to eat. Everywhere they go, people looked at them because they were so good looking. On arrival, the waitress met them to take their orders, she met Alexis who smiled at her and was the charming boy among them. She was excited and shared the menu for the day. Penny took note of that. Updating the menu everyday. They took their orders and removed their glasses. They were too cute for the waitress to bear. She smiled at them and left to prepare their order.
"Bro," she called Alexis, "you are very cute."
"Thank you," he told her and smiled.
As they were eating, a woman came up to them, "are you newly wedded couples?" She asked.
"No, we're not," they replied at once and laughed.
"We're siblings," Penny told her and blushed at the woman's question.
"Oh! You guys look cute," she complimented and they smiled while telling her thanks.
"We're siblings. We came to set up the mall that is located at Ruth's Street," he advertised, "we will like to see you patronize there when the mall is officially opened," Alexis told her.
"Oh that mall?" She asked and they nodded, "sure! I will be there on the day of the opening. This is my card," she told them and gave them a card from her purse.
Alexis collected it and gave it to Penny who looked at it. "Oh wow! You are a restaurant architect?"
"Yes, I design restaurants even existing ones," she told them.
"Sure, this will come handy," Penny told her and smiled.
"I am leaving you guys now, take care," she told them and they smiled as they waved her goodbye.
"You sure should check her up," Bryn advised.
"She came in time," Penny replied her, "but I will first check her website and also see her designs layout."
"That's a nice plan," Bryn said to her and they both smiled.
The boys were engrossed in their own conversation while the girls ate and drank.
After everything they took a taxi and went back home.