“Both, if possible,” the man said. “I’ve always dreamed of having a little shop with an apartment over it, you know? La vie Boehm, if you will.”
“Oh, I… see. Well, I’m afraid at the moment there’s nothing in Coven Grove that quite fits that profile but—”
The man very casually, and with a wide, confident smile, drew something out of his pocket and laid it on the desk between them.
It was a solid gold bar, just a few inches long, and about an inch thick. While Linda wasn’t sure of the current exchange rate, at a guess she imagined it was worth about three or four thousand dollars.
“I’m happy to buy someone out,” he said. “Well over the… what’s the term? The market value. Say… thirty percent?”
“Thirty percent over market?” Linda asked, incredulous.
The man drummed his fingers on the desk, his lips pursed with thoughtful consideration. “Yes, you’re right. Make it fifty percent. There’s a little shop across from the bakery in town that looks utterly delightful.”
“The wine shop?” Linda blinked, tearing her eyes away from the gold bar in front of her, and pulled the lower drawer of her desk out to flip through files. She found it, one-twelve main street, and looked over the most recent estimate of it’s value. She grimaced, and slid the open folder over to the strange man. “That property is worth about a million and a half. At fifty percent over market… after fees and such… you’d be looking at about two point… three million or so.”
“Ah,” the man said, looking over the paper in a cursory way. “I see.” He stood from the chair, smoothing his suit as he did, and turned to leave.
“Sir,” Linda said, because she was an honest woman, “you… you left your, ah… gold bar. But, perhaps I could show you some other properties if you have a budget?”
He turned, surprised, his thin, perfect eyebrows lifting slightly. “Ah, no. Forgive me. That price suits me fine. But I’ll need to retrieve more capital to meet that price. I only have so many pockets, you see.”
Linda’s heart pounded in her chest. She had a good mind for numbers. At three percent… that was almost seventy thousand dollars for her commission. She tried to speak, but found that nothing suitable came to mind.
The man smiled at her, and gave a slight bow from the waist. “I’ll return shortly,” he said. “Please do make the arrangements.”
“I… alright,” Linda stammered. Before the man left the office, she came to her senses. “Oh, sir? I’m sorry, but I didn’t get your name.”
He turned to her again, at the threshold of the office, and smiled with large, white teeth. “Ah, do forgive me. I’m not in the habit of giving it out casually. My name is Mr. Dove. Amadon Dove. A pleasure to meet you, Miss Mackey.”
Linda nearly laughed. A man in white, named Mr. Dove? But, then, Coven Grove was often an odd little town. “You’ll fit right in here, Mr. Dove,” she said. “Welcome to Coven Grove.”
“Yes,” Mr. Dove said cheerfully. “I think I’ll like it very, very much.”
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These books are all from my Caesars Creek Series
A Frozen Scoop of Murder (Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book One)
Death by Chocolate Sundae (Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Two)
Soft Serve Secrets (Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Three)
Ice Cream You Scream (Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Four)
Double Dip Dilemma (Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Five)
Melted Memories (Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Six)
Triple Dip Debacle(Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Seven)
Whipped Wedding Woes(Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Eight)
A Sprinkle of Tropical Trouble(Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Nine)
A Drizzle of Deception(Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Ten)
Sweet Home Mystery Series
Creamed at the Coffee Cabana (Sweet Home Mystery Series Book One)
A Caffeinated Crunch (Sweet Home Mystery Series Book Two)
A Frothy Fiasco (Sweet Home Mystery Series Book Three)
Punked by the Pumpkin(Sweet Home Mystery Series Book Four)
Peppermint Pandemonium(Sweet Home Mystery Series Book Five)
Expresso Messo(Sweet Home Mystery Series Book Six)
Whispering Pines Mystery Series
A Sinister Slice of Murder (Whispering Pines Mystery Series Book One)
Sanctum of Shadows (Whispering Pines Mystery Series Book Two)
Curse of the Bloodstone Arrow (Whispering Pines Mystery Series Book Three)
Mad River Mystery Series
A Wicked Whack
A Prickly Predicament
Eden Patterson: Ghost Whisper Series
The Mystery of the Courthouse Calamity
The Mystery of the Screaming Elms
The Mystery of the Morbid Moans
The Mystery of the Ominous Opera House
Witchy Women of Coven Grove
The Witching on the Wall
A Witching Well of Magic
Witching the Night Away
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