It was an ordinary morning at a cozy little café in Delray Beach when Inspector François Baguette, a retired French detective, bit into a fresh croissant—only to find something unusual. Inside the flaky pastry was not chocolate, not almond paste, but... a solid gold nugget.
"Mon dieu!" François gasped, his mustache quivering. "Zis is not butter, zis is gold!"
Determined to solve the mystery, he grabbed his magnifying glass and traced the croissant back to a local bakery. But the baker, a woman named Beatrice, shrugged. "I get my flour from a normal supplier, my butter from France, and my gold from—wait, I don’t buy gold!"
Realizing something was amiss, François did what any reasonable person would do—he took the gold nugget straight to Premier Estate Buyer Delray Beach. The appraiser inspected it closely. "This... this is part of a 16th-century Spanish doubloon! Where did you find it?"
"In my croissant!" François declared, slamming the pastry onto the counter.
Further investigation revealed a shocking truth—a secret gold smuggling ring had been hiding treasures inside baked goods all over Delray Beach! Following the crumbs (literally), François and the experts at Delray Beach Gold Buyer uncovered a hidden vault beneath the bakery filled with gold coins, antique jewelry, and a suspiciously well-preserved baguette from 1824.
With the case solved, François did the only logical thing—he sold the doubloon to Estate Buyer Delray Beach, made a fortune, and opened a bakery where every croissant was legally 100% gold-free.