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The Mighty Heirloom
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The parcel that had arrived today, contained an old key and a list of instructions to use it. I couldn't but admire the exquisite and intricate carvings made on the antique key. After the partition of our estate, three-fourth of it was placed into my hands by my grandfather, Mr. Solomon Zachariah. Relatives, as usual, weren't content as to a boy (I was 28 by the way) receiving most of the heirlooms.
The old key belonged to an underground room below my grandfather's bungalow, the Shangri-la mansion. There had always been stories regarding one such room, but my grandpa had always denied about it. But I was at a fix as to why he granted me the secret key to a room that he always contradicted to exist. Some say that the confidential matters of how our forefathers acquired the riches lay there and some go with the...
The parcel that had arrived today, contained an old key and a list of instructions to use it. I couldn't but admire the exquisite and intricate carvings made on the antique key. After the partition of our estate, three-fourth of it was placed into my hands by my grandfather, Mr. Solomon Zachariah. Relatives, as usual, weren't content as to a boy (I was 28 by the way) receiving most of the heirlooms.
The old key belonged to an underground room below my grandfather's bungalow, the Shangri-la mansion. There had always been stories regarding one such room, but my grandpa had always denied about it. But I was at a fix as to why he granted me the secret key to a room that he always contradicted to exist. Some say that the confidential matters of how our forefathers acquired the riches lay there and some go with the...
