with @mindmastered || continued from x
“But they’re so pretty,” sighed Kate, who had absolutely no intention of selling on any diamond that she happened to acquire. “And, more to the point, so am I, so I look fabulous in them. A van Gogh, well, not so much ...”
There was no denying that they were valuable, though - in fact, paintings like that were pretty much priceless if you found the right buyer - and, after the Gauguin heist last spring, she had plenty of contacts in that field, but on this occasion even the prospect of a big payday could not distract her from the allure of something so beautifully shiny. “Tell me, does the blue moon of Josephine have enough ‘name recognition’ for you, Mr. Ford, or would I better off taking my proposal elsewhere too?”