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shows her appreciation.” I paused and heard Tyce’s voice in my head telling me to just say fuck it and go for it. I steadied my beating heart and did just that.
    “Claudette, I have two questions. One, do you have this same quality diamond in a three carat? The second question is, are you into younger men?”
    The older woman let out a f lattered chuckle as she narrowed her eyes a bit. Her tongue tickled her teeth before her thin lips parted into an immense smile.
    “The answer to both questions is yes Teddy, I do. ”
                  She politely excused herself and disappeared into the back room of the store to retrieve the stone. However, before she left she made sure to place the two carat diamond back in its see through thin container and returned them both to the locked case. I looked over my shoulder at the salesman, who was busy helping a young couple pick out a pair of earrings. The gem scope was still on the counter along with the folded envelope. Claudette returned moments later with the biggest diamond I had ever seen in real life. It looked exactly like the one I had in my mouth; except that one was worth more than two dollars.
    “Here we are. We keep these in a safe in the back room. This stone is of exceptional quality, like the other two, however this one is much larger.”
    “Claudette, you are amazing! This is exactly what I’m looking for. Now if the color is right, I don’t need to see any more. I’ll buy this one.” Peck pointed at the stone.
    It was in the same black and clear case as the first two , but Claudette quickly took it out and placed it in the crease of the envelope.
    “Take a look. I think you’ll agree with the GIA certificate that it is indeed an E to F color VVS 2 stone.” She passed me the gem scope again.
                  Smiling at her, I lifted the envelope to my chin. I positioned the scope in front of my left eye and completely covered the front of my face with the paper. The paper and the stone were in my left hand, the gem scope was in my right hand and my mouth was completely blocked from Claudette’s view. Ever so calmly, I ran my tongue along the gum line of my right cheek and brought the cubic zirconia to the front of my mouth.
    “This stone is stunning Claudette. Did you say it was an E or an F color? I also think this girl is slightly overweig ht, but that’s a good thing.” I leaned in closer.
    “Yes she is, the carat weight is 3.05 so she’s five points over three carats and the color is ahhhh F, Teddy I’m sorry. It’s not an E color stone.”
                  That instant distraction was all the time I needed to conceal the real diamond under my thumb and spit the fake diamond into the deep fold of the envelope right in front of her face. Once the switch was done I gave the envelope back to Claudette. Now that was a crucial moment. It was the moment of truth. As she looked down at the substitute diamond, she took the creased piece of paper from my hand. I let the thumb covered stone slide to the edge bringing my waiting forefinger underneath to secure it in place between my two fingers. I had to have a delicate yet firm touch to pull it off. Too much tension in the slide and she would’ve noticed. Too little friction and I would lose the grip on the big rock and then I would be fucked. However, the exchange went smoothly and the diamond was safely trapped between my thumb and fore finger. I quickly put my hand in my pocket to deposit the stone and pulled out a credit card.
    “Put it all on the Visa.” I held it up with a confident grin.
    “Great!” Claudette returned the imposter to the transparent cage.
    Looking down at the stone, I had to admit that it did look just like the one in my left pocket.
    “On second thought, would you mind wrapping that in a cute little box while I run to the bank and pull out the cash? I mean, why pay interest when you can pay cash right?”I put the card back in my pocket.
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