61 Second Try (3)

#201

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Bundled in lots of ten.

Gold coins were lined up across the whole desk.

“One, two, three...”

Isis carefully counted them.

I had wheedled them out of Xingfei, whose household was already being squeezed by crushing interest rates.

“The count's off, though?”

“Doc, do you think I'd pocket something like that?”

“It's a different amount from what we agreed on.”...