Douglas had no intention to do such a thing, but Lily was overpowering his decision and he had no choice but to compromise to her shenanigans. 2
However, the attendees were not surprised at all.
When she announced how much each gift was worth, they could judge how well or bad their old classmates were doing after graduation. After all, comparison and jealousy were human nature. Then, Lily started the announcement.
"Thank you, Jack Brown, for your one thousand dollars!" 1
"Thank you, Bella Walsh, for the pair of gold ingots!"
"Thank you, Ola Bivers, for the beautiful vase!"
"Thank you, Clinton Tucker, for your ten thousand dollars!"
The first few gifts, whether money or physical items, were mostly worth around one thousand dollars.
Suddenly, when it came to Clinton, his ten thousand dollar monetary gift sent a shock wave across the restaurant.
thousand dollars were a big amount for the
people looked at Clinton with
of smugness on his face. It seemed that he had easily become the icon of admiration among
you, Charlie and Claire, for the
the
painting? Was it even worth
a little
well as the class reunion that cost a few hundred dollars per person, how dare they come with
started sneering. "Charlie, you can afford a BMW 520 and its modification, why are you giving such a tattered thing on your old pal's opening
know its origin, why do
You've bought the fake and nasty stuff to pass off as good stuff
in an interrogative tone, "Honestly, how much did that old painting cost you?
dragging part before you came here? I gave them ten thousand dollars and we have about twenty-something classmates here. If each of them has given Douglas one thousand dollars, it would add up to twenty-something thousand dollars. Do you mean to say that
"More than that."
"Hahaha!"
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