((top)) — Chloe Chevalier

It was a crest. A coat of arms.

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"Mr. Thorne," Chloe said, stubbing out her cigarette in an overflowing ashtray. "You’re early." It was a crest

Chloe approached the painting, her hand hovering near the canvas. She knew every inch of it. She knew the way the woman’s eyes seemed to follow the viewer, the strange, almost imperceptible shimmer in the background waves, and the heavy layer of yellowed varnish that had turned the scene into a murky twilight. Since then, she has gone on to [list

"It buys me a museum," Chloe corrected. "This house will become a museum. That’s the only way to pay the debt."

Chloe turned back into the studio, her boots crunching on the stone floor. On the central easel, draped in a dust cloth, sat the painting. It was a portrait of a woman in half-profile, wearing a dress of deep midnight blue, standing before a turbulent sea. It was unsigned, dated roughly 1640, and attributed to a minor Dutch artist.