100 Word Story: No Sale

“Are you thinking of buying the house with cash?”

“Well, I could. I have cash in the car.”

“That’s pretty unusual that a person would have enough cash in their car to buy a house.”

The buyer laid down in the grass and then turned his gaze to the foundation.

“I see cracks.”

The seller followed his gaze to where the cracks were supposed to be but there were none.

“And the porch steps, they seem askew.” The buyer sat up.

“You see many faults in the house.”

Nodding softly, the buyer went to his car and lit a cigarette.

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