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.”
belongs to Grandma. I just want to take a look inside. But, it doesn’t matter whether I’m
“Mr. Fuller hopes that you’ll be able to
calling for one
buy it for one million. You have both boxes now, which means
open the box on its own. It was a good idea to open it. They
was about to bang the gavel.
voice bellowed, “Ten
erupted amongst the crowd. The bid had far
bid a higher price, but I stopped him.
fine if the box was never opened. If we really wanted to open it, we could always
was not worth it to spend so much money on this
looked around curiously until I found the person who had called out the
section, Stacey sighed.
the man who had raised the paddle. He was dressed in a black suit
do you know he’s not the
his charisma, he had to be a
shook her head. “You’re not observant enough. Take a closer look at his clothing choices. His clothes are all branded and must cost at least
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