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.”

“The thing in the 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 find out what’s

continued calling

“It’s not a huge loss to buy it for one million. You have both boxes now, which means double the value.

not open the box on its own. It was a good

thrice and was about to bang the gavel. I was

a deep voice bellowed,

roar erupted amongst the crowd. The bid had far exceeded

a higher price, but

fine if the box was never opened. If we really wanted to open it, we could always try asking the

not worth it to spend so much money

curiously until I found the

VIP section, Stacey sighed. “This must be the assistant. The boss is still

the paddle. He was dressed in a black suit and his hair was immaculate, giving him a

asked Stacey, “How do you know

from his charisma, he had to be a successful person. He seemed

Take a closer look at his clothing choices. His clothes are all branded and must cost at least a million. He’s very well

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