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Abby, Two

Copyright© 2019 by Old Man with a Pen

Chapter 35

“Well,” said Daddy, “You were looking for a bigger place.”

“Daddy,” I said. “I didn’t bid.”

“You certainly did,” he said. “You waved your white attention getter.”

“I was stifling a sneeze,” I said.

“Have we ever gone auctioning?”

“No,” I said.

“So you don’t know,” he said.

“I know I’m not supposed to wave my hand unless I want to bid. I didn’t wave my hand.”

“Close enough,” he said.

“Yes,” said the auctioneer. “First time I ever sold a property for back taxes ... and a dollar.”

“Taxes?” I said.

“And a dollar.”

“The council let you do it?”

“Let? No. Insisted? Yes.”

“Why?”

“Albatros around the neck.”

“Scarlett letter?”

“Eye sore. Hadn’t you seen it?”

“Umh...”

“That’s a no.” He queried Daddy with a look. “Why did she bid?”

“I didn’t ... I sneezed.”

Daddy said to the auctioneer, “As close to home as it is, and as long as its been vacant ... I don’t think she’s ever looked.”

“Close to home? Daddy ... are we talking about the vine-pile?”

“Across the fence,” he said.

“There’s a building under that?”

 
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