Blood Tainted Diamonds by K.J. Dahlen

Author:K.J. Dahlen [Dahlen, K.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-02T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

“Do they know what happened?” Sazon asked.

“They told me that at about two this morning a rusty car drove past and they threw a flaming bottle at the front window of my shop. Seconds later, the entire store was on fire. By the time the fire department got there, the whole front of the shop was gone,” Talli whispered brokenly. “I can’t believe this. Everything is gone.”

“Maybe not everything.” Barshan took her hand. “We won’t know until we check things out. We can go down there and walk through what’s left and see the damage.”

“Wait a minute.” She glanced over at Yuri. “What about the men you had inside? Did they get hurt? Are they okay?”

Yuri reached for his phone and discovered a missed call. “Kosta called me but I missed the call. Let me phone him and see what’s what.” Yuri got up and walked away from the table.

He spoke to Kosta for a moment then returned. “Kosta was there when the firebomb hit. He said it was the same group of guys we spoke to yesterday afternoon. He told me the front showplace is gone but the fire didn’t do much damage to the back offices. The water from the fire department took care of that. He did manage to save some of the paperwork and your drawings. He’s still there watching over everything along with one of Demi’s men. He’s also calling in some of the other guys for backup. He said everything in the safes is all right. The fire department said the safes were fireproof.”

Demi reached for his phone. “Let me get some more of my people there as well.”

Talli got to her feet. “No thank you gentlemen. I can take care of this on my own. Please excuse me.” She turned to walk away.

Barshan stopped her. “Sweetheart, you can’t do this alone.”

Talli wrenched her arm away from his hold. “Yes, I can.”

“Honey, they firebombed your place of business,” Barshan reminded her. “That means they won’t stop until they get to you. I won’t allow that to happen. You need us even more than ever before.”

Talli raised tear filled eyes to him. “Maybe I just don’t fucking care anymore. They destroyed the business my father began thirty years ago. If he were still alive, they never would have gotten close to that. He would have stopped them in their tracks.” Swiping the tears away she added, “Now some bastard has managed to ruin everything my father worked his whole life to build up. They have destroyed his dream and there is nothing left.”

Barshan raised his hands and thumbed away her tears. “That’s not true. The shop may be gone but your father’s dream still lives on in you. You are the future of your father’s legacy to the world. You are what matters, to me and a lot of other people.”

“But you don’t even know me,” she whispered. “Not really, deep down. We only met a few days ago.”

Barshan smiled. “Sometimes you know a person the moment you meet them.

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