Scattered to the Winds
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 22
by
copier
· original author:
penslayer5
The Polar Bear Parlor wasn't necessarily a spot Lisa frequented, but the whenever she did sit down the service was top notch. Old man Wei took the time to get to know his customers and his son Chen was just as personable. It also helped that the menu was pretty good.
As Lisa entered the ice cream parlor, she was greeted to the smell of sweets and the sound of music. Whitney Houston was blaring but the teen instead focused on scanning the shop for her enlarged cousin. So far, she didn't see hide nor hair of her. Had she just missed her or had she not shown up at all?
Needing some information, Lisa walked to the counter where old man Wei was working on what appeared to be a half solved Rubik's Cube. She honestly felt bad about disturbing him since he seemed fully invested but the situation might as well be dire. With that in mind, she rang the bell.
"Excuse me... Mr. Wei?" She called gently.
The old man put down the cube and adjusted his glasses. "Ah, Lisa. Long time no see. What can I do for you today?"
"No ice cream today." She smiled. "I was actually wondering if my little cousin Kenzie swung by here a while ago."
"That she did." The old man answered. "She told me she had a little growth spurt and put a little bully in his place. I gave her an ice cream on the house for a job well done."
Lisa filed that little tidbit of information away for later. She also noticed Mr. Wei didn't seem all that bothered by her cousin's sudden amazon status. "And her growth spurt didn't seem odd to you."
The old man looked a little embarrassed. "To be honest I didn't have my glasses at the time so everything was a bit of a fuzzy mess but I know my way around the store by heart so it didn't much matter."
"I see." The teen responded. "And I take she left already."
"Yeah, you missed her by quite a bit." The shop owner informed her.
"Do you have any idea where she might've headed off to?" Lisa asked almost desperately.
The old man shook his head. "Unfortunately not. She ate her ice cream and scattered to the winds before my son came back with my glasses."
Lisa's shoulder's slumped. "Well thanks anyway. Have a nice day."
"Don't be a stranger." Wei smiled before a new voice called him from the backroom.
"Dad... inventory will be here soon and you need to sign off."
"On it." Wei sighed.
Lisa watched him go and with that, took her leave. As she stood outside on the barren sidewalk she looked upward toward the sky and silently cursed her rotten luck. She was back to square one and tried to ponder what she should do now. Did she keep searching for Kenzie or focus on maybe trying to prepare the shrink ray. She was no scientist but she did have a knack for putting things together. How hard could it really be?
As Lisa entered the ice cream parlor, she was greeted to the smell of sweets and the sound of music. Whitney Houston was blaring but the teen instead focused on scanning the shop for her enlarged cousin. So far, she didn't see hide nor hair of her. Had she just missed her or had she not shown up at all?
Needing some information, Lisa walked to the counter where old man Wei was working on what appeared to be a half solved Rubik's Cube. She honestly felt bad about disturbing him since he seemed fully invested but the situation might as well be dire. With that in mind, she rang the bell.
"Excuse me... Mr. Wei?" She called gently.
The old man put down the cube and adjusted his glasses. "Ah, Lisa. Long time no see. What can I do for you today?"
"No ice cream today." She smiled. "I was actually wondering if my little cousin Kenzie swung by here a while ago."
"That she did." The old man answered. "She told me she had a little growth spurt and put a little bully in his place. I gave her an ice cream on the house for a job well done."
Lisa filed that little tidbit of information away for later. She also noticed Mr. Wei didn't seem all that bothered by her cousin's sudden amazon status. "And her growth spurt didn't seem odd to you."
The old man looked a little embarrassed. "To be honest I didn't have my glasses at the time so everything was a bit of a fuzzy mess but I know my way around the store by heart so it didn't much matter."
"I see." The teen responded. "And I take she left already."
"Yeah, you missed her by quite a bit." The shop owner informed her.
"Do you have any idea where she might've headed off to?" Lisa asked almost desperately.
The old man shook his head. "Unfortunately not. She ate her ice cream and scattered to the winds before my son came back with my glasses."
Lisa's shoulder's slumped. "Well thanks anyway. Have a nice day."
"Don't be a stranger." Wei smiled before a new voice called him from the backroom.
"Dad... inventory will be here soon and you need to sign off."
"On it." Wei sighed.
Lisa watched him go and with that, took her leave. As she stood outside on the barren sidewalk she looked upward toward the sky and silently cursed her rotten luck. She was back to square one and tried to ponder what she should do now. Did she keep searching for Kenzie or focus on maybe trying to prepare the shrink ray. She was no scientist but she did have a knack for putting things together. How hard could it really be?
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