"Heavy, ain't it?" Al grunted, sliding the chest out of his truck bed.
Elias deleted the Facebook message thread with Al and went back to scrolling. He’d just spotted a "weird old typewriter" listed for twenty dollars in the next town over. sneaky buy and sell
Back in his workshop, Elias didn't find gold doubloons. Instead, tucked into a false bottom he’d suspected was there, he found a bundle of letters wrapped in oilskin. They were correspondence from a mid-1800s diplomat, detailed accounts of private negotiations that had never made the history books. "Heavy, ain't it
The local "Buy/Sell/Trade" Facebook group was usually a graveyard of stained sofas and outdated electronics. But for Elias, it was a goldmine of desperation and overlooked treasures. He wasn't a criminal, exactly; he was an "arbitrage specialist." Back in his workshop, Elias didn't find gold doubloons