Written by S.A.Y.

Calvin Reynolds, the richest man in the world, spent the last several months spending great amounts of money to buy luxuries that would please his wife, Elvira, for he thought she was unhappy for some reason. She has not shown any, not even subtle, signs of happiness, joy, ecstasy, or any other positive emotion since some months ago after she and Calvin had gotten married. After looking up signs and symptoms in books and talking to several local doctors, Calvin eventually came to the conclusion that she was depressed. He tried to make her feel better by buying her valuable and rare material objects such as jewelry, fine linen, satin and silk, rare plants and animals but to no avail. Every day, Calvin grew sicker with worry. Elvira never even cracked a smile. He told her he loved her countless times, he gave her anything when it seemed she wanted it, he did everything he knew how to do and he still could not see what the problem was. Until one day she finally spoke to him.

“I'm bored.” She then walked...