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Secret Meetings
RWDrabble 2.0.046 | Manufacture
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“We should stop meeting like this, Ted; people will start gossiping about us,” Emily says. Her shiny blouse shimmered under the loose cashmere coat in the elevator light.
“Yes. He’s watching us like a hawk. Does he suspect something?”
“Not at all. I manufactured a believable story. Did you get it?”
“You’re a creative manipulator. I hid it inside an office envelope in my safe.”
“Later tonight, he will get the surprise of his life.”
“Agreed. He would never suspect the company would buy him a signed first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone as a retirement gift.”
The Harry Potter book series has been translated into over 80 languages and has sold over 500 million copies worldwide.
A first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone could be worth between £5,000 and £ 100,000, depending on its condition and whether it is signed. (Source.)
I enjoyed Anna Soldenhoff’s and Stephen Dalton’s drabbles:
