Key to Love

Okay. Yep.

That's nice.

Wind machine?

Give me more.

Yes.

Yes. That's it.

Uh...

More dirt on the chest, please.

Perfect. Thank you.

You ever read any of these romance novels?

Honestly, not my thing, Josh.

But apparently they sell

because the ladies love your hot body.

Now, come on! Pump up those pecs.

Nice!

Now gimme some attitude.

I love it. There it is.

You know, you should really read this one.

It's pretty good.

You read romance books?

I gotta get into character.

Come on. You're a total pro.

Honestly, I'm just not the romantic type.

Sure you are.

You're always hoping romance is around the corner.

We live in hope.

Now. Come on.

Gimme some more of that Viking pillage and plunder.

I live to loot!

Yes. Okay.

Gimme the looting look again.

Yes, there it is.

Okay. Perfect.

Oh.

Okay. Get in there.

All right. Ready?

Big smiles.

Perfect. Thank you.

What's going on?

The covers. They really do sell these books.

There is nothing like a good Viking romance

for summer reading.

I never meet any guys like that.

What? Your last two dates had long hair.

Well, I don't think long hair

necessarily means handsome, Sam.

Just means they're not bald.

I could never date a bald guy.

Wait till you're over 50.

He may be good looking.

But is he boyfriend material?

He's a little two dimensional.

But I do love a man in uniform.

Found Books. Tammy speaking.

Yeah, she's here.

Hello? Samantha Hill speaking.

Samantha.

It's Lauren Lawrence here.

Oh, hello.

Long time no speak.

Yeah. I think the last time I saw you,

you still had braces.

Well, I'm all grown up now and running my own bookstore.

That's what I wanted to talk to you about.

My father and I are acting for the estate

of the late Robert MacGraw.

He had an extensive book collection.

We'd like you to go and value it with a view to purchase.

Sure. We can do that.

We usually buy books by the yard.

We sort them into colors and then we resell them.

Content is irrelevant.

Price depends on condition.

And then we recycle the ones that we can't use.

He had some great leather-bound books.

Oh, those are even harder to sell.

Except for people who want an instant antique library.

We just want the place cleaned out.

Well, we charge a fee for that,

which we deduct from the value of the books.

Fine.

How soon can you get there?

We're a little busy right now.

But by the end of the week, for sure.

When you get there park in the back.

The lockbox code on the front door is 1234.

Do you think you can remember that?

I will try.

Okay. Bye now.

You never did like her. Did you?

Nope.

Since high school, we moved in different circles

and I haven't had to deal with her, fortunately.

But business is business.

Well, Mr. MacGraw did buy a lotta books

from us over the years.

His library could be a real gold mine.

Oh, let's hope.

It's worth checking out.

Just so you know, Mr. MacGraw was a very wealthy man

and he was a pillar of our community,

but he kept to himself.

Beautiful old house.

Wow!

Wonder who'll inherit all of this.

Not sure.

I don't really know too much about the family.

Hey, there's supposed to be a keypad around here somewhere.

Ah.

1234.

How original.

I could live here.

I'd for sure need a new wardrobe.

Okay. I'm gonna get started.

And I'll get the boxes.

Perfect. Just make sure that you hit the

home key lock button on your way back in.

- Got it. - Thanks.

Wow.

Oh.

Okay.

100 yards at say 30 bucks a yard.

3,000 bucks.

What are we looking to offer?

1,000 to start.

And if they want more, we'll settle for 1,500.

But then we have to deduct our cleaning out rate fee.

Perfect.

Okay. So let's start sorting these books.

Oh wow.

There's a lot of old books here.

There's some modern novels too.

Some really nice coffee table books.

Can make a few dollars on those.

There's a lot of trashy paper backs.

So we're probably just gonna recycle those ones.

I like trashy paper backs.

Of course you do.

Go get 'em.

There's dozens of them in good condition.

Some are brand new.

They might sell.

It's summer.

People love a hot, sexy, steamy, trashy romance.

You're probably right.

Okay. Let's start packing those too.

Aw! A poesy of dried violets.

How romantic!

That is cute.

Ooh. If we find any valuables,

let's just put them on the side here.

What's that?

It's an old house.

They make noises.

Or the ghost just woke up.

Ooh!

I'm just joking.

Well, hello, handsome.

I think we've met before.

He is dangerously good looking.

He's not bad.

Some of these covers too.

This one's a few years old.

The Viking must be at the modeling game

for a really long time.

Not exactly the sort of reading you'd expect

for an old guy.

Yeah. It is kinda weird, huh?

Okay. It's okay.

Let's go see what's-

what's going on.

Call the cops.

911, what's your emergency?

Somebody has broken in and is in the house.

MacGraw Mansion. Door code is 1234.

We're dispatching somebody right now.

Okay. Understood.

Okay.

Follow me.

Let's try to find a back way.

Okay.

Sam! Sam!

Come on.

Yeah. Right.

He saw us!

I think he's right behind us.

Let's get outta here.

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Stand back.

Freeze!

Drop your weapon.

It's a letter opener.

Yeah, well. Drop it.

He's a thief.

I'm not a thief.

Then who are you? And what do you want?

Drop the, the, this...

The fireplace poker?