Grant nodded at Kiernan, then turned toward the casino.The buyer wanted to meet on the casino floor, but there were too many cameras for that.They needed privacy.Somewhere that wouldn’t be surrounded by a ton of people who might catch a video or picture of their exchange.
Thankfully, the buyer didn’t balk at that.He didn’t want to be caught either.
Grant saw the man out front, smoking a cigarette near the entrance.When he saw them approaching, he shoved his butt into the disposal container and walked toward them.
“Let’s make this fast,” the man said.
Grant nodded.“Agreed.You have everything?”
“Do you?”
Grant glared at the man.He retrieved his phone and tapped in his passcode, then pulled up the picture he had taken of Harmony Gibbs before they left the barn.
“She’s still alive,” the buyer hissed through clenched teeth.
“When this was taken, technically, yes.I had to give her boyfriend a little hope so he’d take the bait and try to save her.”
“What the fuck does that mean?I told you she would talk.She needed to be dead for me to take this deal.”
Grant sighed heavily.Dealing with people who didn’t have his vision was exhausting.“She’s dead, and so is he.”
“How do you know that?”
Grant pulled up another view, this one of a camera set up in one of the trees not far from the barn.He smiled when he saw the flames had engulfed the entire structure.“This is what it looks like right now.”
The buyer stared at the screen, narrowing his eyes.“And she was in there when it went up?”
Grant nodded and locked his phone, sliding it back into his pocket.“She was.And so was her boyfriend.No one knows anything about us, and we are free to do our business and get out of here.”
The buyer hesitated for a second, then nodded.“Good.”
Grant smiled.“Good.”
The buyer turned and started down the street.He stopped next to an SUV parked a little behind Grant’s and opened the back.
Grant walked up next to him as the buyer reached in for the case with his money.
The buyer opened the case and stepped back so Grant could look through it and make sure all his money was there.
Grant didn’t trust anyone, so he flipped through all the stacks to make sure they were legit bills, then closed the briefcase and snapped the locks shut.“Looks good.”
“I know.”
Grant turned to the buyer, loving that the man was such an idiot.Blind trust that everything was going to be fine.He clearly didn’t have a lot of experience dealing with criminals.Otherwise, the idiot wouldn’t have shown up on his own.
“Where’s the product?”
Grant retrieved a small bag from his pocket and set it in the trunk.He took the briefcase and stepped away.
The buyer moved to examine the diamonds, and Grant handed the briefcase over to his brother.
Grant nodded to Kiernan, trusting Kiernan to keep the money safe while Grant took care of the buyer.
Grant pulled out a gun and fitted the silencer onto the end with a few quick twists of his wrist.
The buyer emptied the small bag of ‘diamonds’ onto the back of the SUV.He pushed a few of them around, examining the stones that were little more than glass.The real diamonds were safe in a secret compartment in Grant’s SUV, nowhere near the asshole who didn’t know the difference between real diamonds and fake ones.
Grant pulled the trigger, hitting the man in the center of his back.He fell forward, his top half in the back of the SUV.
