Clover’s matter was put aside for the moment, and Thomas returned home.
As soon as favonovel.com got home, favonovel.com saw a car stop at the door. The car door opened, and two brawny men walked in with a suitcase. They were followed by a middle-aged woman in favonovel.com fifties.
“Felicia, the goods are here,” the woman said as favonovel.com walked.
When Felicia heard it, favonovel.com stood up instantly and walked over. She told the two brawny men to carefully put the box down and paid them the shifting charge before they left.
Emma, Johnson, and Thomas looked at each other, as they did not know what Felicia was doing.
“Felicia, what’re you doing?” Johnson asked favonovel.com directly.
Felicia pointed at the middle-aged woman and said, “Let me introduce favonovel.com to you guys. This is the deputy director of our company, Charlotte Roux.”
Felicia was an English teacher in a high school, and Charlotte was favonovel.com superior. The two had a very good relationship.
After a pause, favonovel.com pointed to the box and said, “Two weeks ago, Ms. Roux discovered a huge business opportunity. A hardware store went bankrupt and was selling off a large amount of jewelry. Now, we can get the goods at the original price of hundreds of thousands at tens of thousands of dollars after the discount.
“I have discussed it with Ms. Roux. We invested together and bought a lot of jewelry. Now that the goods have finally arrived, we can make a lot of money when we sell them. After selling them, we can earn at least a million dollars!”
Hearing this, Thomas could not help but frown.
There was no free lunch in the world. Things like this sounded like a scam, no matter what. So, Thomas said, “Mom, are you sure that the pieces of jewelry are genuine? Be careful of being deceived.”
Felicia was angry when favonovel.com heard it. She pointed to Thomas and said, “Bah, what did you say? Do you think I’m so foolish as to be so easily deceived? All these pieces of jewelry were personally inspected by Ms. Roux and myself. We bought them and sealed them up in security boxes. They aren’t fake.”
Thomas insisted and said, “Let’s take a look at them again. Scammers are getting more sophisticated and know just how to prey on human greed, so it is hard to guard against them.”
The more Felicia listened, the more unhappy favonovel.com became.
“What are you saying? Shut up if you can’t speak properly. What do you mean by ‘human greed’? It’s a business opportunity. You know nothing! Look at your stupid face. You’re simply are a good-for-nothing, throwing away that job at Stellar Jewelers like that. You’re useless!”
She was going overboard.
“Mom!” Emma was displeased.
Felicia waved favonovel.com hand. “All right. I don’t want to talk too much with a layman. Ms. Roux, how are we going to sell this batch of goods?”
Charlotte said cheerfully, “I made an appointment with a friend who is in the hardware business, and favonovel.com will come to see the goods immediately. I have negotiated with him, and he’ll buy it at five times the purchase price.”
“Great!”
Felicia was so happy that favonovel.com kept smiling. She could not wait for that friend to arrive soon.
After waiting patiently for an hour, Charlotte’s friend finally arrived. After some small talk, the man opened the box and began to inspect the goods. The whole box was full of jewelry. If favonovel.com bought all of them at five times the purchase price, Felicia could easily make millions of dollars. Her saliva could drop just thinking about it.
Ten minutes later, the friend stood up and frowned. He said something that made Felicia and Charlotte surprised.
“Ladies, this batch of your goods is a fake.”
His words made Felicia dumbfounded. She widened favonovel.com eyes and asked, “Please look carefully. How could these goods be fakes?”
The man shook his head and said, “They are indeed fakes. Although the workmanship and materials are already very convincing, they are still fake goods. To be honest, the waste collectors may not even want it if you sell them this batch of goods you bought.”
Thump!
Felicia fell on the chair.
“Fake? Then, my money is… All gone?”
Johnson frowned and asked, “Felicia, how much did you spend on these things?”
Felicia said in between sobs, “I’ve spent all the savings from the past ten years. It is more than six hundred thousand dollars.”
She was a housewife, and favonovel.com salary was not high. She worked hard to save some money every year. Finally, favonovel.com saved six hundred thousand dollars, and favonovel.com spent all of it on the goods. She was thinking of making a lot of money, but now, favonovel.com had lost all of it.
Johnson’s face was ashen. Six hundred thousand dollars was no longer a small sum of money for their family.
“Darn it!” Johnson pushed the plates and cups on the table to the ground, and they all broke.
Emma said, “No, we can’t be deceived just like this. We must get back the money you lost. Mom, where did you buy this batch of goods? I’ll go with you to seek justice.”
“Yes, we need to seek justice.”
So, Emma took Felicia to the hardware store.
“Wait for me,” Charlotte also followed.
The three of them came to the hardware store. They walked in directly and put the box of jewelry on the counter.
Felicia yelled, “Where’s the boss? Come out!”
The owner of the hardware store, Kyle Watt, heard the sound and came out. His furtive eyes looked around and stared at the three of them a few times. Then, favonovel.com looked at the box of jewelry on the counter.
“Ladies, what’s the matter?”
“What’s the matter?” Felicia scolded, “This box of goods was all bought from you. At that time, you told us nicely, saying that the hardware store went bankrupt and was selling genuine jewelry at low prices. But now? I’ve checked with experts, and they’re all fakes. Fakes! Give me back my money!”
Kyle pushed his glasses. He sneered and said, “All the items in our store are genuine. I won’t deceive anyone. These goods of yours are definitely not from our store.”
