I was not expecting to play something with this much quality and care when I read your description - "my first game".
SPOILERS:
The first paragraphs immediately set the tone for me - the disgust for the buyer, the weary sophistication of the main character, and the growing sensation that something very wrong was about to happen with the statue.
The pacing of choices and the number presented, along with the consequences felt like they were done just right. I'm an interactivity junkie, so I don't normally appreciate the longer prose between decision points, but I felt like you nailed the really tough in-between of descriptive passages along with player agency.
I also played again and again until I managed to escape. :)
Please keep making more games! You're very good at this.