Chapter 58: The Gamble
Sophina stared at Edrin, his jaw dropped his eyes almost popping. He had just screamed causing everyone in the room to become alarmed but shortly after he waved at them to tell them he was fine. But Sophina’s mins was now easily put to rest, "Just who is Edrin talking to for him to be this excited." The thought of it being another woman crept into her mind but she cast it aside since she believed Edrin to be a noble man.
Edrin threw himself on the sofa close to him and looked up at the ceiling where a gold chandelier hung. "Bob, listen. I don’t like when I’m being joked with, it usually doesn’t end well for the said person. I found you amusing a while back but now I can’t say the same."
Sophina sat next to him, her mind trying to decipher who he could be throwing a threat at.
Alto was at the other end of the line, he had hoped that this exchange would be less talkative than the previous but it seemed that would not be the case. His buyer was beginning to doubt him and he could not have that, from the way he spoke he could tell a few things but one stood above all others. "From the way he’s talking he’s confident that he can get rid of me whenever he wanted, that means he really is a high standing individual and maybe from this star system. No that can’t be, there isn’t anyone as influential in this part of the vast galaxy."
Alto cleared his throat and cued in his Bob to take over the conversation with his made up prestigious accent. "Listen mister E, you heard me right. I have fifteen old mech designs each more valuable than the last. I could send over scan sheets for confirmation." He made sure to add the term valuable to the discussion.
Edrin rolled his tongue in his mouth and thought a bit before saying. "Let’s say I believe you Bob, if that is your real name."
"It’s not you dumbass, you named me that." Alto made sure to keep his thoughts private.
Edrin continued. "I am no fool, Bob. Am I expected to believe that you happened to come by fifteen old mech design models, now you’ll tell me you’re an antique collector."
Alto was beginning to feel himself losing the edge in this transaction, he knew he had to think fast in this situation. He knew Mister E to be someone who only heard what he wanted to hear so he used his words against him. "As a matter of fact I am, though not illegal, my sources are very secretive. I usually don’t tell anyone, you know what? I will send over five of the models for confirmation and we’ll talk from then."