Unfinished Business by W. Soliman

Author:W. Soliman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amazon
Published: 2011-09-17T04:00:00+00:00

Anton removed his hand from Nadia’s but she snatched it back.

“Do you care for me at all, Anton?”

“You know I do.” His expression was anguished. “When I think of you with him, when I hear you together, I can’t—”

“Then please, tell me what I need to know. I have to understand. Why was my husband talking about my sister?”

“Nadia, I can’t tell you these things. You know how he is about loyalty. He wouldn’t hesitate to kill us both if he even suspected.”

“Then why do you work for him? You’re not like Viktor and the others.” Nadia couldn’t bring herself to say he wasn’t like Igor. She’d been forced to see her husband in a very different light recently but still couldn’t think of him as a cold-blooded killer. “Why do you stay?”

Anton finally lifted his eyes to meet hers. “You know why I stay. And as for why I first agreed to work for Mr. Kalashov…” He looked away again. “It was an opportunity too good to pass up. There was nothing for me in Russia. You’ve seen for yourself how it is for the ordinary people there. I wanted more than I’d ever be able to achieve in my homeland. Your husband needed someone with my expertise in the field of computers, I was recommended to him and jumped at the opportunity to prove myself. Like you, I soon learned to pretend everything was all right and to keep my mouth closed.” He paused. “Then he asked me to accompany you sometimes, and by then it was too late. I could never walk away from you and the children.”

Nadia, moved by Anton’s straightforward sincerity, couldn’t think of anything to say. Instead she reflected upon the hopelessness of her situation, gradually becoming aware of Jasmine’s fighting spirit reemerging from where it had been crushed deep within her. The essence of the person who’d kept the mighty Igor Kalashov dangling for so long was clamouring to be heard, telling her to protect her baby sister and keep the children safe, regardless of the cost.

Jasmine’s determination gave her fresh hope. It was time to stand up for herself again.

“Tell me about Kara,” she said.

He sighed. “She’s trying to find you.”

Nadia gasped. “Why, after all this time?”

“She thinks you ought to know about Brett. And she wants to know why you disappeared all those years ago.”

In spite of the enormity of the situation, Nadia smiled. How alike she and her sister were in so many ways. “How does Igor know?”

“He has people everywhere who report to him. Charlie Hunter used to be a policeman and he was assigned to look into your disappearance. Your sister approached him and asked if he would help track you down.”

“They must be stopped. We must warn her.” Nadia jumped to her feet. “It’s too dangerous for her.” She pulled her mobile phone from her bag. “I know where she lives. Perhaps I can get her number from enquiries.”

“Don’t use that!” Anton snatched the phone from her hand.

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