― It’s the matter of taking advantage
of what people are taking for granted.
"The food must be here in a minute," he said as he came out of his room. I heard his footsteps on the receiving area and back to the hallway after seeing I'm not there. "I asked them to prepare it before we came here so you don't have to wait longer." He found me.
"What is this?" My eyes were fixated to the paintings. There's seven of them that's all familiar to me. The trees. The flower. The cloud. The sky. The sunset. A single leaf. I felt the coldness in my stomach.
"Paintings?"
I don't have time to argue with his answer. The frames in front of us caught my attention.
"I brought them in an auction. Not as expensive as expected."
"Why would you have an interest in these kinds of arts? They don’t look i
