The closure was only half of the workload.
"Big Sister Nancy, I'll close Astraline's mine deal with the King of Deltoine."
Nancy choked and coughed. She was chewing 2 chocolate chip cookies when Maxine proposed her idea. To end her misery, she chugged the tea in the teapot.
Maxine ordered the maids to call a physician, but Nancy grabbed her left arm and shook her head.
"Fine, but we'll get you a new dress."
She called one of her servants and sat in her chair.
"Phew!" she spits out the last drops of tea. "That tasted like cough syrup made by a quack doctor!"
"That's why you had to put sugar cubes."
"Fair Enough. However, how did you get the classified information?"
Her habit of fidgeting with her fingers resurfaced. This was one of her targets, so she had to be honest with
