Even the air feels different now.
He doesn’t speak at first.
He just opens it.
Inside—
A diamond ring so rare, so bright, it instantly outshines every piece in the store.
Gasps ripple through the customers.
The same saleswoman who just mocked them… freezes completely.
The old man finally looks up.
Calm. Controlled.
And he says:
“I was going to buy this store today.”
A silence so deep it feels like time stopped.
The girl behind him slowly steps forward again… eyes wide, not with fear anymore—but confusion.
And then—
The saleswoman whispers, shaken:
“…Who are you?”
TO BE CONTINUED…
