C29 The Barter

“What’s that, my dear?” Claudia directed her eyes on the medium box that Sonya put on the table, in front the two of them.

Sonya deeply inhaled and beamed. She rubbed her forehead. She lost some words in her mind. “I…” She paused and turned her back to the shop’s closed front door.

“Yes?” Claudia dilated her pupils as she waited for Sonya’s next sentence