DREAM HOUSE It was a dream come true. After renting apartment after apartment and cleaning everyone’s mess each time, Laura and Michael finally bought their first house. While searching in a quiet neighborhood, they found a perfect little house. They had saved enough money to buy a small cottage. Laura and Michael were married with no children. When they moved, Michael was very busy at work and did not have a lot of free …showed first 75 words of 599 total…

…showed last 75 words of 599 total…family portrait that seemed real were in fact crystals. These rare and valuable crystals hidden in the painting had the power to hypnotize people. But the expert told Michael that once they were removed from the painting, the crystals would cease to have such power. Relieved that Laura was not seriously ill, Michael was in a hurry to return home and he did so with the precious crystals in his hands leaving behind the painting.