“I am ready to buy them right now.” Smith replied with a smile.“So am I! Mr. Sam, I will take them.” Ivy immediately agreed to the transaction.Kevin shook his head,“What a shame!” He thought to himselfA real string of Pearls like these would be worth a couple of hundred thousand dollars.“Ma’am, are you trying to snatch these away from me?”Smith asked.Then he turned around and looked at Sam,“I will tell you what, I’ll give you seventy- five thousand dollars.”Ivy was a little un-nerve,“Mr. Sam, you came in here with a valuable item. I just said that we are buying the Prose and now you are saying you want to sell it to this man? Don’t you have any integrity?”The on-lookers all nodded their heads in agreement.Smith’s behavior was not the way reputable people did business.One of the on-lookers said to him,“This is not an honest way to handle things. You came in here for President Anderson.”They were all on Ivy’s side in this.After all, the family has a good reputation in t
It wasn’t really their faults, the Gold sun-burst Pearl was very rare and valuable.They probably have never seen the real one in their entire lives.“You had better find proof, otherwise I am calling the police” Sam continued.“Wow… you really are stubborn.”Kevin turned around and looked at Ivy and said,“I am sure you have some equipment in your lab. Go ahead and check them out, I’m sure these are fake prose maybe even made out of plastic that had been chemically treated to fool the eye.”Ivy handed them the broken prose and said,“Go and examine it, quickly.”“Yes president, right away.”Mr. Gilbert quickly picked up the string of pearls and headed to the lab.“But how will I know if you won’t switch them with fakes?”Sam shouted out loudly.“Don’t worry, we will never do such a despicable thing.” Ivy answered shortly.She was no longer offended, she definitely felt lucky.If Kevin had not been there, her reputation would have been tarnished.Mr. Gilbert returned quickly and whisp
“In any case, I owe you my thanks. I will treat you to dinner some other day.”After Officer Helene said this, she headed out towards Squad car and left.The owners of the neighboring antique shops also left.Ivy slowly walked to Kevin and said very sincerely, “Thank you.”“No need to thank me, it was my pleasure.” Kevin said with a smile.When Ivy heard him say this, a faint smile appeared on her face.“By the way, I could tell through your discussion of the pearls that you know a lot about this subject. Have you had any old training in antique appraisal?”Kevin thought for a second and said,“I used to know an old gentleman who thought me a lot about antiques.”What Kevin didn’t expect was that Ivy would be so curious and excited to hear this.She asked him,“Are you still in touch with him? Do you know his name and address?”Ivy gave Kevin a hopeful look. She wondered how he had been able to see through the deception at a single glance.He obviously knew things that she didn’t.Ivy
A little over an hour later, the four staff members who had screwed Kate’s show entered the CEO’s office and saw Collins Coke sitting in the office’s chair.“Why are you still staying with the Jones family?”“I have my reasons mate, let’s just drop this subject for now.”Kevin answered.After a few more minutes of small talks, Kevin asked Miss. Johnson to walk Collins back to the elevator.Then he let her know that if Williams Media needed hotel in the future, they should put Whitefield hotel on the top of the list.After Collins left, Kevin’s phone rang.Martha’s voice glazed Kevin’s ears,“You are a real piece of work, you haven’t been home in days. Do you have any idea what just happened? Hurry up and meet us in the Jones mansion!”Actually, Martha didn’t want to see Kevin. It was Grandma Jones who ordered everyone in the Jones family to come right away.She was furious.“Alright, I will be right there.” Kevin responded.Then he hung up the phone and rushed over to the Jones mansio
He quickly sneered and said confidently, “What right do you have to question my involvement?”“Then how can you be so sure that this is my wife’s responsibility?”Kevin noticed something in Drake’s reaction and said,“Could it be that all these is your fault?”Drake looked at Kevin awkwardly.Just as he was about to attack Kevin physically, he remembered what had happened at Grandma Jones’s birthday party and he lost his nerve.Kevin took advantage of Drake’s hesitation and said,“I don’t care who caused the troubles at Kate’s show. All I know is my wife Lily, is innocent.”Kevin’s intent was obvious and they all knew what he meantHowever, nobody was willing to agree without some solid evidence.“I think you are deliberately trying to cause trouble. Who do you think you are to say all this nonsense?”Drake clenched his fist.“Remember, you are not a true member of the Jones family and you have no say here.”“I didn’t say you did it Drake. Why are you getting so worked up?”Kevin repl
Kevin couldn’t really understand what Grandma Jones was thinking.How could she refuse to believe Kate and these four men?“We are telling the truth.”The fourth employee blurted out.“I still have the receipt of the bank transfer. I have not removed a cent out of the money he gave me.”As he spoke, one of his partners took out his phone and shouted,“I’ve got proof too!”“Don’t try to put all the blame on us.”Said the other one as he tried to pull out his phone.They knew what kind of man Drake was but however, they decided that they would rather face Drake’s wrath than to explain themselves to Collins Coke.Drake was furious.He stared at them as they were holding up their phones.“Drake, are you really responsible for all this?”Grandma Jones looked really upset.Drake didn’t know what to say to her.Suddenly, Kevin nudged to Lily’s shoulder and asked her mischievously,“How are you doing? Do you feel any better now?”“Shut up!”Lily scowled but she was definitely relieved.After
Without looking at the caller ID, Kevin didn’t answer right away.“It must be my boss looking for me, I have to go back to work now. Take care of yourself Lily.”Kevin didn’t give Lily a chance to ask him any further questions, he just turned around and left.He walked pretty far from the Jones Mansion before he took out his phone.He checked his call logs and saw that it was Ivy that called him earlier.Slightly confused, Kevin dialed the number.“Sorry, I wasn’t able to pick the call earlier. Is there anything I can do to help you?”Kevin asked.“Kevin, I really need your help. Do you have the time?” Ivy sounded anxious.“I think I can pull away from work for a while. Where are you?”Kevin asked straight-forwardly.“I’m at the store, I’ll be waiting for you at the door when you get here.” Ivy replied.She wanted to make sure that Kevin had a better welcome than last time.After hanging up, Kevin waved down a taxi and got to Anderson Antiques in less than an hour.As he got off the t
Kevin turned around and looked at Ivy. He asked,“How much did he ask for it?”Before she replied, the man said hurriedly“Two hundred thousand.”“That sounds about right.” Kevin nodded slightly.The rude on-lookers said loudly,“Who does he think he is? It is not even worth fifty bucks. Mr. Anderson already said it was a fake.”Tony was disappointed to see this.Looking at his daughter Ivy, he asked calmly“So, this is your expert?”If there hadn’t been so many people around, he would have scolded his daughter.She was actually paying this guy a hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year? Sure, they could afford it but he still didn’t like to waste his money.When Ivy heard this, she thought to herself.How could Kevin come up to a decision that quickly?Did he even know anything?She was starting to her doubts.Tony looked directly at Kevin and asked him warmly,“Can you tell me why this thing is worth two hundred thousand dollars?”Kevin thought the painting deserved ten times that