Questions

He felt as if he skipped a heartbeat, he couldn’t think of any particular story that he could tell the people who were registering for the show. Would he be able to pass the test? He had to think of something to get out of this situation because no matter what he had to find answers to all his questions and sell off the painting. What would he do now?

Background

Rue’s family was quite famous in the town so he thought he might be able to skip the questions required to get an entry in the roadshow. So he started to find someone who he might know so that he could directly enter the place. After a while,  he found a person who was helping in managing the whole show. He didn’t waste a moment and straight away went to that person for help. Would the person help him get through the long queue?

Lucky

Luckily, the man recognized him and allowed him to go inside the show without any questions and filled his registration form too. Rue thought as if he had passed a huge hurdle that could possibly come in between him and the truth about the painting. He sighed in relief as he moved inside the room in which the show was being filmed. His eyes hurriedly searched for the appraiser because now he wanted to sell-off the painting away at the earliest.

Wait

He waited for a while and waved his hand to the appraiser. When Colleene Fesko saw him, she came near the painting to examine it. There was no doubt that Rue was a bit scared of the consequence if the appraiser too realized that the painting was a fake. But her expression changed the moment she set her eyes on the painting. Rue on the other side was just praying it to be a positive sign.

Amazed

Rue could make out from her expression that she was amazed by the painting. Had she seen something that could have gone unnoticed by him? He too focused his eyes on the painting to guess what she was looking at. She then turned her head to face Rue. He was desperately waiting for her to reveal something about the painting. Was she going to unravel the truth that was hidden for years?

Opinions

Rue wasn’t able to understand what was intriguing her so much. She then pointed out the signature that was at the bottom right-hand corner. The appraiser said that it was deliberately written in a hurry. And that’s why the experts at the San Antonio Museum of art might have said that it was not an original work. The signature was irregularly scrawled at the bottom. She then started to unravel the mystery behind the painting.