The Price Of Time Novels & Stories

“That’s cute.” My blood runs cold. “You took your sweet time,” he continues. “And time, Michael, is money.” I straighten. “What does that mean?” “It means the price has gone up now.” I close my eyes slowly. “How much up?” “Seven hundred and fifty thousand,” Abel says without hesitation. “Cash. In the next twenty four hours or you find your beloved wife's body.” “That wasn’t the deal,” I snap. Abel scoffs. “There was never a deal. There was an opportunity and you should have taken it when you still had the chance. You missed it.”

"New documentation in place. Cross-referenced and clean. The twelve days are fully accounted for. If Nathan Price goes back to those entry records, he will find a complete and consistent timeline. Nothing to pull." I exhaled. The long kind. The kind you hold for two days without realising it. "Good." I pressed my fingers flat against the bench, feeling the cool solidity of it under my hands. "Thank you, Ray." A brief silence followed. "There is something else." His tone shifted, just slightly, in a way that made the back of my neck tighten. I set the tool down slowly. "Nathan Price made three calls today." Each word was placed with the care of someone delivering something fragile. "One to th

On the other end, her voice remained unhurried, as if the threat to Tommy’s life had nothing to do with her. She slowly set her cup onto the table before speaking, as though she were granting me a favor. “From the moment I told you the price, twenty minutes have gone by. “You’ve wasted twenty minutes of my time for nothing. So now, four thousand five hundred dollars isn’t enough.” “One hundred more for every minute — twenty minutes means two thousand dollars. Transfer it.” She spoke as if it were the most natural thing in the world, as though I were the debtor and she had come to collect.

As she spoke, she then continued speaking with some concern, “Grandpa, if that person who entrusted the pills is really planning to use the Rejuvenating Pill that has been split into four parts to pave the way as you’ve said, there is no doubt that as soon as everyone sees the first successful bidder taking the first part of the Rejuvenating Pill, the price of each subsequent part of the pill will definitely be higher than the previous one. And every time the bidding ends, it would be a huge trigger for the next person. If we were to go one step at a time, I’m afraid that the last whole Rejuvenating Pill will really be auctioned for a sky-high price when the time comes!” Jordan smiled helple

Suddenly, the stage light focused on me, unfortunately I hadn't covered my eyes in time, the bright light stung my eyes badly almost making me go blind. My heart jumped in my chest, I was so scared. _I felt so useless, naked, devastated, name it._ I then heard an exorbitant price ring out from amongst the crowd. "12 million dollars." The prices rose higher, and it felt like it was a battle between two people.

I groaned loudly " what do you want !" I asked in annoyance "We want you to get up and prepare. We have somewhere to be at the moment " they said wiggling their brows at me " we can always get a car in the afternoon why this early?" I asked " because it's cheaper in the morning " Martha chirped in I furrower my brows confused "How is that possible? Is the car price not constant ?" " yes, it is. What they do is, the first buyer for the day gets a huge discount "

The customer buys one t-shirt but gets a new t-shirt every fourth day of the week, when the shirt goes for a wash. ‘Have you offered these t-shirts to any other buyer too?’ the buyer asked ‘You are the first,’ I asserted. ‘What do you call this new technology?’ ‘Deplete.’ I said, inventing the word at the spur of the moment. ‘The price is six hundred rupees for one. If I give you twenty-five hundred pieces, the price would be Rs. 1, 50,000.’ ‘We can give you five hundred rupees for one. That would cost Rs. 1.25,000 for the whole lot.’

I could still feel the anger I felt when I had read his reply. ‘The price you had in mind is too expensive. Since it is only 30 minutes, I think the price should be lower. As well as we could do transactions through chat or email only. You wouldn’t have to come here, which saves you both transportation as well as time. Since I am helping you save, you should help me save as well. I think $10 per problem would be enough. I would be sending pictures and I expect you to solve it within the time frame. If you are to solve more than one, then that would be great. I could probably add a few dollars in if you could, and that would be from the kindness of my own heart. – M’

Clearly, the Carter family had spared no expense over these past few months. "Ms. Shaw," she began timidly, much like a startled deer. "I know I was wrong, and I'll accept whatever punishment you give me. Just please don't be angry with Mr. Carter anymore. "You're the only one in his heart. While you weren't home, he had the housekeeper clean your fragrance studio every day, afraid it would gather dust." "Brooke." I cut her off, my voice cold as ice. "You don't need to put on an act for me. The money Alex gave you initially was enough to buy a luxury home in any major city and live lavishly for life.