Million Dollar Essay

“Now Mr. De Gaulle, if you will simply sign on the dotted line the house will be yours.” As carefully as possible, I placed my signature on the dotted line just as asked and I was now the proud owner of a brand new mansion in the Cote D’Azur Region of France. Genvieve, who had long been a part in my real estate dealings couldn’t keep her small, fragile hand from shaking as …

…wanted anything more” Our lips met in a passionate kiss and I picked her up and twirled her around the terrace. When she finally was back on the ground our lips met one more time and a cool sea breeze swept over the terrace. Later that night as I crept into bed a thought crossed my mind, “Could this night ever have come true if that man had never given me that one million dollars?”