Chapter 284. And She Loved Lilies

What Carlos had experienced the night before had to be the best midnight gala Carlos had ever experienced and he’d bought the second painting as a keepsake. For only twenty thousand dollars, he bought the painting that singlehandedly shut up the entire underworld. No one had put up a fight.

Everyone was allowed to bid and it was thrown to the audience to place the starting price and Carlos had started with twenty thousand dollars thinking that at least someone would challenge the bid and raise the price a bit but no one did.

“Going once,” the auctioneer had said smiling to Carlos as though they were sharing an inside joke and perhaps they were. “Going twice, sold twice, sold to the first bidder.” The mallet had gone down and Carlos had become proud owner of the painting that would, like the auctioneer had said, be one for the history books.

After a satisfying night, Carlos woke up to a day that was ultimately a sad day but would finally be turned into a satisfyin