VOWS OF DESIRES (DS1)
I called Aeun first.
Then Haze.
“We need to meet,” I told them. My voice sounded calm. But inside, everything was falling apart.
We agreed to meet at Haze’s clubhouse.
The glass hit the table a little harder than I intended. The sound echoed through Haze’s clubhouse.
“Seven hundred eighty-five million dollars.”
Aeun froze mid-sip, “Wait—what?”
Haze slowly lowered the bottle he was holding and stared at me, “You’re joking.”
“I wish I was.” I poured another drink into my glass, my hand slightly tense. “That’s the estimated damage from the museum in Florence. Destroyed paintings. Torn canvases. Missing pieces.”