The White Letter

Weighing the moneybag, although most of the time Lucien was able to stay quite calm, now he was a bit thrilled.

"Well… I can be quite a moneygrubber sometimes." Lucien mocked himself a bit in mind. Lucien was aware that there was supposed to be thirty-four gold coins in the bag, but he did not say anything about it, and of course Hank would not mention anything as well. It was an unspoken rule, Lucien knew that.

After leaving Hank’s office, Lucien decided to visit Pierre in the library. After all, they worked together for more than two months. Lucien should a least say goodbye to him as friends.

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Staring blankly, Pierre was sitting behind the counter, which was blanketed by two outspread newspapers.

"Good morning, Pierre." Lucien greeted.