I was curious about the son of the Murphy family. I looked around the auction area and asked, “Where is Mr. Murphy? I don’t see him.”
She pointed at several places around the area and replied, “The place is filled with surveillance cameras. The young master of the Murphy family is watching everything from the shadows.”
I pursed my lips. He sure liked to waste his time.
I looked back at the box onstage and said after a moment’s pondering, “Are you sure the Murphys won’t auction it off?”
She shrugged. “I can’t say for sure.”
“Okay. The current bid is four hundred and fifty thousand. Are there any more bids? Four hundred and fifty thousand going once, four hundred and fifty thousand going twice…” announced the host.
“One million!” someone yelled out, cracking the calm atmosphere.
The bid had come from Joseph. I was appalled and asked in befuddlement, “Mr. Campbell…”
He looked at me solemnly and replied, “Mr. Fuller has requested that I buy this box. It might be able to open your box.”
to Grandma. I just want to take a look inside. But, it doesn’t matter whether I’m able to open it or not.
that you’ll be
continued calling for one
not a huge loss to buy it for one million. You have
box on its own. It was a good idea to open
about to bang the gavel. I was sure the
a deep voice
crowd. The bid had far
bid a higher price, but I stopped him.
never opened. If we really wanted to open it, we could always try asking the eventual buyer of the
spend
around curiously until I found the person
seat of the VIP section, Stacey sighed. “This must be the assistant. The boss
looked at the man who had raised the paddle. He was dressed in a black suit and his hair was immaculate, giving him a stern
Stacey, “How do you know he’s not the
charisma, he had to be a successful person. He seemed like a boss to
at his clothing choices. His clothes are all branded and must cost at least a million. He’s very well put
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