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Alejandro pointed to one guitar on the wall "This one was stolen froe stole it?"

Alejandro blurted out a laugh "No, he wouldn’t do that But he bought it on the black uitar here was stolen I like rare guitars, but George has a thing for ‘etting busted?"

Alejandro rolled his eyes "George has balls the size of Jupiter He once boasted to uitar while cops watched hiet aith anything And he thinks the police are stupid" He nodded toward the guitars all around us "So far, he ht"

I walked to the display case in thethere looked very siuitar "This doesn’t seeht It’s not that special It’s just a basic Martin guitar--a Dreadnought, or ‘dread,’ as they’re called But George had one of theot a soft spot for theinal D-1 uitar?"

Alejandro groaned "Not very well, but he likes to pretend Still has his original dread at home And he’s so sentimentally attached to it that he paid seven hundred thousand dollars for this prototype They only ht of them, and four were destroyed in a fire The others o" He pointed into the guitar’s sound chamber "See how it’s sta tiets a new number The D-27, the D-45, and so forth But a D-1 is a rarity, and the prototypes are even more valuable Notice how underneath the D-1, instead of a serial number, it says ‘Prototype 6’ That’s a true collector’s ite in trouble?"

Alejandro just shrugged "Not really Besides, there’s nothing I can do about it If George wants them here, it’s his business Also, these are incredible instruuess my morals are somewhat imperfect Besides, I appreciate beauty" He turned to face rin