‘What era is this? Why would she still have that mark?’ Darryl thought. He walked toward Lily.
He asked, “Honey, what does Yvette’s family do?” He was curious as to why she had a Gecko Cinnabar.
Lily laughed, “I have no idea. Yvette never mentioned her family. Though she’s a strange girl. She is extremely knowledgeable but does not know anything about technology. She only registered for a chat account a few days ago. I guess she was born in a conservative traditional household.”
Lily harrumphed. She asked, “Why are you asking all these? Do you have feelings for her already?”
Darryl shook his head immediately. He could sense that she was jealous. He laughed awkwardly then stopped prying further.
After some time, the group was done with the motorboats. Declan asked Manny, “How much was our rental?” He fished out a stack of cash.
Manny laughed and said, “You guys are done? Ok, let me calculate.”
He lit a cigarette, pressed on the calculator, and said, “Not much, about seven hundred and twenty thousand. Seeing how we hit it off, I’ll give you a discount, seven hundred thousand.”
What? Seven hundred thousand? Declan was stunned. He thought he misheard. The rest were all bewildered too. This was daylight robbery.
Declan came to his senses, he said, “Are you crazy? You’re clearly asking for a beating! ”
Miles chimed in too, “Are you trying to bully us? Before renting you told us it was thirty for one round. Tell us, how did you get to seven hundred thousand?”