Chapter 154

The moment the auctioneer announced the start of the bid, I raised my hand. "Thirty-five thousand dollars." No one else called any bids. After all, they had not heard of the artist behind this painting, and it did not have any collection value. All of a sudden, someone else shouted, "Forty thousand dollars!" I turned back to look. I wasn't surprised to see that it was Mrs. Acosta. She acted sorry as she said to me, "Oh, Mrs. Linden, I'm sorry. I'm quite interested in this piece too." I turned ahead once again. "Fifty thousand dollars." Mrs. Acosta called, "Fifty-five thousand dollars." I frowned even deeper. Jonathan looked over fiercely. "Who's that? Why is she bidding against you? Is she crazy?" I hesitated for a couple of seconds before calling, "Seventy thousand dollars." Another voice called out, "One hundred thousand dollars!" Frowning even harder, I turned to look. Mrs. Bryant was interfering too. She shot me a smug look, then looked at Logan beside me and