The Bitter Truth

The package was tightly wrapped.

It was a box within a box, surrounded by foam, and then another box, and yet another.

Stella kept unwrapping layers but still didn't find anything.

Paul, standing nearby, chuckled. "It must be something very valuable to be packed like this. Maybe it's a piece of jewelry worth more than 200 thousand dollars."

Though Stella doubted it was worth more than 200 thousand