Repairable Love

Chapter 41

Elizabeth brought the ginseng into the hall. The robot zipped over, scanned it, and exclaimed, “Whoa, it’s the rare ginseng everyone’s hunting for on the black market!”

Elizabeth clapped her hands and crossed her arms. The robot asked, “Glory M, where’d you get it?”

Felix grinned, “From a pile of junk waiting to be trashed.”

The robot was speechless. Felix stared at the robot, and its screen turned into a chaotic display of stars, then an electrocardiogram image.

“What the heck? Did it just crash?” Felix thought. He’d been at Hidden Camp for years, and it was the first time he’d seen a robot’s screen go blank.

The robot rebooted, and big eyes appeared on the display. It said, “I fainted and woke up again! So the ginseng is with Glory M!”

Felix was both amused and exasperated; even the robot was so excited it crashed. “Boss, what do you want to do with this ginseng?” Felix asked Elizabeth.

Elizabeth looked at Felix, a smile playing on her lips. Felix squinted slightly, trying to figure out what Elizabeth meant. Was she going to sell it? he wondered.

“We’re rich!” Felix immediately started spinning in circles. A billion bucks! That’s enough to create all sorts of cool stuff!

“I’m not selling it,” Elizabeth said. Felix was floored. ‘Not selling it? She tossed the ginseng in the trash, so why keep it?’

“I’ve got plans for it,” Elizabeth said, glancing at the big screen. “Make sure to block any info about this ginseng on the black market.”

In the black market, blocking info meant someone had already claimed it. If he did this, people would lose their minds!

Felix took a deep breath and went to handle the black market info. In less than ten minutes, Lisbun was buzzing.

“Someone snagged the ginseng!”

“The ginseng, which hit a billion dollars, had its info blocked on the black market three minutes ago! Who got it?”

At the hospital, Esme saw the news and shot up. ‘Someone else got the ginseng?! How could this be?’ she thought.

“Alexander,” Esme put down her phone and looked at him, worried. Alexander was resting with his eyes closed. Hearing Esme, he opened his eyes. Esme’s eyes were red, and tears started to fall. “It’s over…”

Alexander frowned. “What happened?”

Chapter 41

“The ginseng was bought by someone else!” She handed her phone to Alexander, showing him the news.

“The price on this thing is nuts; it’s no surprise someone bought it. You can get Lily something else,” Alexander said calmly.

Esme bit her lip. “No way! I need that ginseng!”

“Esme, Lily never said she specifically wanted ginseng,” Alexander reminded her.

“But it’s the best gift right now. If I give it to her, she won’t hate me anymore. Then you won’t be stuck dealing with us, right?” Esme’s eyes were sad as she looked down.

Alexander’s gaze softened. Everything Esme did was for him. He sighed, his impatience fading. He gently took her hand. “I’ll figure something out.”

Esme looked up, hope flickering in her eyes. ‘Is Alexander really going to help me get the ginseng?’ she wondered.

“I’ll do my best,” Alexander promised.