and even though I remained skeptical,
I agreed.A few days later,
a crated painting arrived and
was added to my goods
ready for delivery to New York.
I had always subscribed to
the theory that if something appeared
to be too good to be true,
it probably was. However,
my greed prevailed and
the painting was on its way.
I was unaware at the time
that my fortunes were about
to go into a downward spiral.
My benefactor, it turned out,
was a man with a grudge
against me. Irrespective of the fact
that I felt a deal
we had made years before
had been fair, he felt
I had cheated him.
I was about to be
the recipient of his wrath.
When my agent in New York
went to customs to retrieve
the shipment, he was greeted
by a squad of police waiting
to detain him on
charges of smuggling cocaine.
It appeared there was a bit
of a discrepancy between
what I was told was in
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