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#Chapter 75 – Treasure Found
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Annabel introduced us and then said to her husband, "Let me tell you quickly what is going on."
And then, in the fastest French I have ever heard, which sounded like a-shoo-blah bahn-swah-blah, voo-lez-blah, cush-evec-blah to me, except everything sounded like she was speaking through her nose, Annabel caught Anton up on the story and brought him up to speed.
Anton and Annabel turned to us and smiled.
We all walked into the kitchen.
"Look at the tiles," Anton said. And I did. They were all very light blue except for six large tiles that were paintings of different famous Paris landmarks, the Eiffel Tower, the carousel, the Louvre Museum, etc.
"I will go get my tool kit," Anton said.
“What are we going to do?" Mia asked.
Arthur looked at her. "We’re going to carefully remove the tiles."
"How?"
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