Diamonds in the Dust by Charmaine Pauls

Diamonds in the Dust by Charmaine Pauls

Author:Charmaine Pauls
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9782491833015
Publisher: Charmaine Pauls


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I get my car and drive to the end of the docking area where the debt collectors hang around, playing cards. Alexis is having a conversation with one of the men.

Walking up to my brother with brisk strides, I say, “A word with you.”

He saunters around the corner, his hands in his pockets. The minute he turns back to me, I slam my fist into his face. His head bounces back, hitting the wall. Blood pours from his nose.

Grabbing his nose between his hands, he gives me an incredulous look. “What the fuck, Max?”

“That,” I point a finger at him, “is for mentioning Zoe’s cunt.”

“Are you fucking crazy?” He fumbles for the decorative handkerchief in his top jacket pocket and presses it against his nose. “You just said it yourself.”

“Only me.” I stab his chest with the finger I was waving in his face. “I’m the only one who mentions, breathes, fucks, and eats out Zoe’s cunt. I’m the only one who thinks about her cunt. Get it?”

He raises his palms. “Calm the fuck down, man.”

Now that I’ve put him back in his place, I am calm. The problem with being part of the family is that if you don’t enforce the rules, every dick like my brother will try to break them. If I can’t stand up for what’s mine, no one will respect my property. It’s an important lesson. No one will fuck with Zoe after this.

I turn and walk back down the road that stinks of diesel and fish.

“You’re fucking nuts,” Alexis calls after me.

I don’t look back. Doing so would mean I care about the insult. Alexis’s laughter follows me into the car. I start the engine and clench the wheel. I should be going to the office in the city. I should catch up with the Italian deal. Instead, I turn the car in the opposite direction.

I need a vent for my anger, and my vent is at home.



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