I've tackled a couple of short stories recently, and now I'm trying my hand at something a bit longer. Every day this week I have dropped one chapter of a five-chapter story I have written. Today is the final chapter - and epilogue - of "All That Glitters."
CHAPTER FIVE
“I still don’t understand why we’re here,” Karolina said as she pulled up beside the trailer. “Because of you this site is in lockdown. I don’t see how you can expect to fix any of this yourself.”
“I don’t intend to fix it,” Jan replied. “I just want to see what kind of damage we’ve done.”
Karolina stared at him, unamused. “Your damage. Not mine. Wait, what are you doing?”
Jan, ignoring her, climbed into the backhoe. “You’ll see. Maxie, turn on the lights.”
“Sure thing, boss,” his stepfather sneered sarcastically as he flipped the switch on the generator, sending a sharp cracking sound out into the night. “This better be good.”
Oh, it will be, thought Jan as he started digging up earth, piling it neatly in a mound. After five minutes he heard a soft thud and turned off the engine, clambering out of the cockpit. Jumping into the newly-created hole, he vanished momentarily, reappearing with a 33-carat square shaped diamond ring, gleaming with a brilliant intensity in the floodlights.
“This is for you, baby,” he declaimed to Karolina, as she stood there dumbfounded. “For all of us.” Max, Harald and Samantha beamed in delight as the two lovers embraced passionately.
“Karolina … oh, Karolina,” Jan whispered.
EPILOGUE
DALLAS (Reuters) – Elizabeth Taylor’s Diamond, valued at over $10 million by famed auction house Christie’s, was almost stolen on Thursday, Dallas police said.
Staff at Christie’s storage space heard noises in the room containing the ring. Upon entering, they saw a young man attempting to drill through the safe using a commercial power drill.
The disturbed young man became agitated and police were called. The youth stood up quickly, startling the officers, one of whom fired her gun, hitting him.
Despite attempts to save him, the young man bled out and died at the scene, apparently mumbling the word “Karolina” repeatedly.
The Diamond goes up for auction in Highland Park in December.
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