A few thousand! Classic. He was low-balling us with that figure, which he assumed would be enough to interest us, but not enough to force him to pay what it was worth. Now was the time to get serious.
“Well, if anyone’s going to bring that guitar to you, it’ll be me. I don’t want Mom dealing with these sorts of things.”
George smiled, apparently happy to be dealing with me. But he wanted to confirm this with Bea. “You don’t mind?”
She flipped her hand. “Debby takes care of business for me. If you want to buy it, talk to her.” Then she pointed her finger at me. “See? I told you it was worth a lot. Just don’t let him cheat you.”
George slapped a hand to his chest. “I promise I wouldn’t do such a thing. Call me up, Deborah.” He smiled and leaned closer. “Bring the guitar. I bet Alejandro will be interested in it, too. And I’m sure you’d like to meet him.” He winked.
I gave him a quizzical look, still feigning ignorance of Alejandro. But on the inside, my heart was beating just a little faster at the thought of meeting the man. This con was going to be ridiculously hard to pull off.