A fortune was sold for a fraction of its worth. One man left to collect the payment and never returned.
In a notorious neighborhood, four people arrived to purchase a large shipment of chocolate that had once belonged to a wealthy woman who fled the neighborhood, leaving her possessions behind.
Among them were a chocolate expert, a dishwashing expert, a performer who now stood on the maple leaf stage after learning the art of performance on the bear's stage, and the head of the family, known as Vreditel.
Inside the chocolate shop, they were greeted by a large man accompanied by three others.
Before the chocolate expert could inspect the shipment, one of the three men approached the large man and whispered in his ear.
"I think we should tell them the truth."
"What truth?"
"Some of the chocolate bars aren't entirely pure. They've been mixed with biscuits."
"And why should we tell them?"
The man glanced toward the chocolate expert.
"Because she'll know the moment she examines them. Better to admit it now than let her discover we tried to deceive her."
And so, the large man admitted that some of the chocolate had been mixed with biscuits.
Vreditel listened to the confession, then laid down two conditions for completing the deal.
"You will reduce the price by seventy-five percent, and one of your men will accompany us out of the neighborhood to collect the agreed payment."
The large man was not pleased with the terms, but eventually accepted them.
And so, the four buyers left the shop with one of the three men, who was supposed to collect the payment once they were outside the neighborhood.
That man never returned.
As for the chocolate, it melted and disappeared, as though it had never existed at all.
Your writing style in this story is rare and unusual. You must have enjoyed writing it. I like the fact that the product of such high value...melts away into nothingness. A fear that many investors try to hide.
Prime-Time Crime Time (600 pages) is a collection of 35 fictional crime/detective stories and the work is author Jay Dubya's 43rd published hardcover/paperback book.
In a notorious neighborhood, four people arrived to purchase a large shipment of chocolate that had once belonged to a wealthy woman who fled the neighborhood, leaving her possessions behind.
