The Mighty Dragon Warrior

Chapter 28

Jacob chuckled from the garden as he watched his father try to justify his reasoning.

“It’s just a bottle of wine. It’ll probably cost maybe three hundred max!” Suzie retorted as she stared at the lone figure standing in the garden.

“Hah! Three hundred?!” Franklin barked. “Suzie, you’re way off! You can’t even buy the bottle for a hundred!”

“How much is it then?” Suzie glared at him.

Franklin immediately reigned himself in. He shook his head and replied honestly, “I don’t know.”

Before his wife got angry, he quickly added, “But if I remember correctly. They auctioned off a bottle from 1905 a couple of years ago for at least ten thousand.”

“Ten thousand?!” Suzie’s eyes were about to pop out of her head. “It’s just a bottle of wine! It’ll be gone once you drink it. Is it really that expensive?”

“And that is just five years after this one!” Franklin happily stared at the wine in his hand. “This Lafite was cellared for five more years than that one. I’m sure the price will double if we ever decide to auction it!”

is so

silently considered. How had he spent these six years away from

me that 1900 will double

they have to sell a bottle of wine for ten thousand?!”

their eyes simultaneously

deeper understanding with women. With one sentence, he ended the discussion. “You

caused by the six years he had spent away seemed to

room to see the table full of delicious looking dishes. Jacob raised an

Your uncle.” Franklin looked

Jacob frowned. Since when did he have

there was a loud noise from the garden. Janelle

threw her bag onto the couch and skipped her way before Jacob. She grinned at him

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