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I sat down opposite Alejandro and George, a s Christuitar fro with reverence Then, slowly, he lifted the guitar out and blew off so" He held it out to Alejandro "What do you think?"

Alejandro glanced at the guitar and nodded, then he grinned atme like a normal person? Could it be that he did this to every woman he met? No wonder everybody loved him

Then, I was even more surprised when he reached across the table and took my hands in his "What would you like to drink?"

Wow, he was so intense-way too intense forconned here

As lass of wine to steadythat would reduce me to a puddle on the deck of the pool So I pulledfor uitar back in its case "You don't uitar authenticated, do you?"

I shook my head and tore e instead Released froy, I was able to focus again I gave George a steely stare "I' it to your authenticator and hile it's being examined" I put on my business face "And by the way, I've done some research on this since we last spoke Seems to me that it's worth much more than a few thousand dollars if it's real"

Alejandro curled up one corner of his uitar is worth?" He considered the guitar briefly, then returned his gaze to me

"Well, let's see," I forced e offered me a few thousand dollars, but I know it's worthfor six hundred thousand" I let a partial se's head snapped to attention, and he glared at rin even wider After a few seconds, George grunted "You have been doing your homework, haven't you? Okay, let's split the difference and say three hundred thousand But I doubt we can go her"