" Hesmile and said, "And were off to deliver the other part of the shipment,"as he retrieved the clipboard from Carrie."My God," Barbara exclaimed, "J...yce must have sent over half the store." Well let's not spend time on opening them now," Carrie said, "I want tosee the look on Colin's face when he opens the first box."Barbara took control of the computer and brought up an outside view of thehouse. It was not long before the delivery truck showed up in the driveway."Ok here we go," Barb said.. Courtney’s mother came to my rescue after a few minutes.“Ok, that’s enough. Brian is here to see Courtney, not entertain you old geezers.” she said.She grabbed me by the hand and pulled me out of the crowd and into the kitchen. She told me Courtney would be down in a few minutes, to make myself comfortable. Less than five minutes later, Courtney came down ready to go. We started out passing through the family room when her Dad called out to me.“Wait before you go Brian, come here for a minute.”. “Hello, pretty lady, sleep well?” he asked.Anita blushed. “Just fine. What are you up to?” she asked. She stepped out into the hallway naked and closed the door behind her. She looked at her host quizzically.“Don’t you remember? I’m taking the two of you over to Glens Falls to pick up your Jeep. Are you up to it?”“Well, sure, why wouldn’t I be?”It was Malcolm’s turn to blush. “Well, I mean, after yesterday ... Are you okay?” Anita turned beet red but nodded with a smile. “Good, good. I was. Septima showed me two more releases. One was beneath the rear of the carriage and the second was behind the fold-down bed attached to the inside wall of the carriage. When both were depressed at the same time, one of the floorboards popped up, allowing us to remove six more floorboards. They revealed a hidden compartment filled with silk, ivory, peppercorns, and cinnamon.Pulling the bags of coins from beneath the driver’s box, three of the bags weighed nearly double the others and I assumed.
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