Close

'that's it. If we don't find £20,000 in the next 3 seconds we'll have to close. Over..the end. What's that you're got?

£20,000

@130story

Everything shimmered in t'heat; eerie and somehow unreal. Sipping an ice cool beer, Stan exclaimed "ah, but it's close by 'ere". @130story

In "God Bless You, Mr Rosewater" Vonnegut shows with his humanist prose that nobody knows when life draws to a close. So it goes. @130story

'Was I nearly there?'
'Where - and what's that?'
'It's the 4th letter. I'd lost it.'
'You'll be missing if we're open tomorrow.'

@130story