Saturday, 23 June 2012

Buying Happiness Carolina Borello and Franca Bernasconi


The results of your tests were a blow to me as well.  I’m…really sorry.  I don’t know how—I’m just really sorry.  I wish I weren’t telling you this. If I can do anything for you, just let me know. – said Dr. McDanell.











A few more minutes of silence passed, Nick stood up, and without thinking much, went to the nearest cash machine and left his bank account in the red. Now that he knew that he had only 3 months left, Nick decided to spend his whole nest egg, convinced that selling all his sacrifices would bring him happiness, at least for a little while.




Nick popped into every shop he came across and, as if he were a sleepwalker, he started buying on impulse. During the whole afternoon, he got through money like water. Nick’s hands were now full of bags, his pockets empty and an open plane ticket in his wallet suggested that he might give a peaceful ending to his life. Perhaps, these were the rainy days Nick had put money away for.

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