He jabbed his finger at me, his voice getting sharper with every single word, as if I owed him a personal debt."That 100,000 dollars was before I factored in all the time and energy I wasted on you. Now that I've been stuck here this long, that sum doesn't cover it anymore."Add another 20,000. That's 120,000 dollars total, and I'm not taking a penny less."His sidekick immediately backed him up, bold only because his boss was backing him up. "That's right! You think we've got nothing better to do than stand around dealing with you all day?"120,000 is more than fair. Keep dragging this out, and the number will go up again, just so you learn what happens when you waste our time."A small crowd of other families there for funeral arrangements had already gathered around us. Someone inhaled sharply and muttered under their breath, "This is insane. It was 100,000 a minute ago, and now it's 120,000."Someone else sighed with a mixture of pity and frustration. "The kid should've ju
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