Twice.” He gave an overly-long pause before banging his gavel. “Sold to Contessa Helena de San Finzione for one-hundred million dollars. That conc...udes this evening’s proceedings. You have thirty minutes to finalize your purchases and arrange transport. Good evening, we hope to see you all next time.”And with that, the Auction was over. Helen and Troy walked over to the cashier to arrange the money transfer. Mander rejoined them as Ultimados arrived to load the items into the two Winnebagos and. As she put on the waist belt she tightened it as much as it would go (the belt hole at that point was well worn from previous usage), lined up the roller buckle with the closest hole, slipped a padlock through both holes and snapped it shut. There was finality to the sound of the padlock latching. She knew it would be quite some time before it was unlocked again. She paused to take a few laboured breaths. The belt was really tight! But it would undoubtedly feel even tighter before she was done.. Mom! I said, opening the door. She looked all wasted. She had a bottle of Vodka in her hand. Two of her friends were carrying her. “Beta, she got a dare of drinking a bottle of vodka and that too raw.”,said one of them. “Take care of her.”, said the other one. All this while she was making really funny faces. I took the charge. I with care hold her hands. They left. I brought her in. She was continuously drinking. “Thank you RI”, she said. She was drunk, really drunk. She could not even stand. Music, off. the music stopped instantly and Jane sighed. Its me, Rosie. I was waiting for George. I ran into Mr. J at the fueling station. He said he had to go out of town, and since I had his clothes from the dry cleaners there in the car, he took it and said that he was going to catch the first flight out so he could get started on this deal hes working on. He told me to tell you that hed call as soon as he checked into the hotel. Jane knew that George loved her, but the fact that he hadnt.