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- Authors: Lauren Landish
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NATHAN – SIX WEEKS PRIOR
“Here are your damn diamonds,” my brother Caleb announces
as he bursts through my door, a snide hint subtly cached in
the crass words.
I turn from the window of my office, leaving behind the idyllic view of
some of the most breathtaking scenery this side of the Mississippi to take in
his appearance with a barely repressed sigh.
He’s in baggy jeans and a tank top, his hair mussed in a way intended to
look careless but which takes him numerous products to achieve.
It’s a cultivated casual look that I suspect he adopted mostly to annoy
our more formal father when he was alive.
And now, he continues it as a rebellion to differentiate himself from me,
the older brother whose shadow he both loathes and relishes in equal
measure.
Though Caleb has come in on his own, Grant stands in the doorway,
ever a bastion of propriety as he needlessly announces, “Sir, Mr. Stone
wishes to see you.”
The experienced professional face is carefully neutral, but I can see the
hint of distaste in his eyes, even from across the room.
He served my father for decades, and along with the business, I
inherited Grant’s employ as a house manager and personal assistant. He
cares for both Caleb and me in his distant way, but he decidedly doesn’t
care for manners to be glossed over or skipped altogether, so Caleb drives
him a bit batty.
“Would you like me to pour you two a scotch?”
“No thank you, Grant. That won’t be necessary.” He hears the discreet
dismissal and with a nod, closes the door behind him. Despite saying no, I
move toward the bar, pouring a generous tumbler for myself and one for
Caleb.
Though Caleb takes the offered drink and trades me for the small bag
he’s brought, he’s still surly. “Do you know we almost lost Jake to get you
these? What makes them so important anyway? You said you’d explain
once we had them in hand, so time’s up. Explain. I don’t think any of our
men are worth losing over a fucking rock.”
I sit at my desk, setting my drink aside to focus on the bag’s contents,
which I spread on a velvet mat. Grabbing the magnifying loupe, I hold one
up to examine it more closely.
Under the magnification, I can see every flaw but also appreciate the
beauty more fully in the kaleidoscopic lines and prismatic reflections.
Mindlessly, I answer part of Caleb’s line of questions.
“I did not know about Jake. Please pass along my appreciation for his
dedication. I trust he’s okay, otherwise you would’ve said as much.”
I hum, turning a second stone and then a third as I appraise each one.
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