Triumph Above All novel

The tray was covered with a piece of silk fabric, displaying six nuts de cuerno that were the size of meatballs.

The color, texture, and patina were top-notch.

The host made an impassioned introduction of the nuts before opening for bids.

The bid started at five million dollars with increments going for at least five hundred thousand dollars.

Five million dollars for six walnuts was a bit much. Many who were not in the collectible nut business were shocked, to say the least.

Still, there were people who did their research on these unique collector’s items. They were tempted to place their bids on those nuts on the tray.

“Six million!”

Taking Skylar’s instruction, Yulia raised her bidding card and shouted.

“Six million five hundred thousand!”

A middle-aged man in the back named his price.

Another voice echoed, “Ten million!”

Uff!

their heads to

his bidding card and looked smugly at Skylar and

his eyes was

Nolan, Skylar only

came down to it, Skylar

Nolan, the heir of the Oakleys. I have my eyes set on the nuts de cuerno,

hesitant about putting in a bid, drop out of the bidding

the Curreys, the Belmonts, and the Whitlocks were

social class playing catch-up behind

was Nolah’s maternal grandfather. There had been marriage unions between the Belmont family

between both

were not as rich as the Moodys, the family’s

the nut

unnecessary to cross the Oakleys, maybe even the Belmonts, over an auction

that the others withdrew from the bidding war, Nolan glanced at Skylar with delight and taunted, “Skylar,

it, Skylar and

public funds to purchase the

a big hit, they

had no means to beat him

Nolan’s monologue by raising his bidding card and uttering,