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Chapter 21 - The Bet

When they came, she had just finished preparing her daily cup of tea. While enjoying it and some light snacks, she was reading her favorite book for what seemed like the 100th time. The pleasant sound of the wind chimes rang in the air as they approached her door.

Hesitating one of them lifted a hand and then...

Bang!

The door was ripped off its hinges and came crashing down!

It came crashing down on the poor man who had stepped forward to politely knock. (Author: How could you ever suspect that such a polite young man could so barbarically breaking into her house like that?)

While the youth struggled with the door that was heavier than a door should have been, a figure emerged from the shadows of the house.

"How dare you take longer than three seconds to knock on the door! How dare you make me lose the bet. Do you know how much money I lost because of that? You must make it up to me."