“I'd rather you stop buying me things. I’ll buy them for myself if I need anything,” Annabeth Cates said firmly.

She had already said as much numerous times, but Sharon Lindt and Wilson Batton ignored her with their reasons to do otherwise.

“We enjoy buying things for you, so you have to accept whatever we give you. There's no point refusing or protesting,” Wilson declared.

They had always been very generous. How could she not say anything?

“But your gifts are far too expensive, and you buy