Beneath the Diamond Veil

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play your paintings at the gallery." Mr Simmons, my boss an

ived earlier and the first thing he

we were and he was telling me my paintings

ing this to me?" I asked him, now on t

for every purchase of my works" My voice trembled a

he beat of my heart may have been twice

tever I want with it. That includes telling you to take your paintings away." He said

ed this money. I need somewhere to display my painti

do now? I really ask that you reconsider sir, I need this." I

Miss Rivers or should I just call securit

ntinued to disturb him, he would

f his office. A part of me found difficulty believing wha

here different art pieces were displayed. I went to where

't paying any attention to my surroundings. I turned around with the large painting

loudly in the quiet gallery, ma

. He looked at me and at the mess I had made. Fury c

eace in the gallery. "What the hell have you done?" He moved closer to me w

hear our exchanges and a small crowd was slowly formi

u've chosen to do, right? You destroy a priceless sculpture because you're getting kicked out? You do

Hold her down, I'll call the police. You've just landed yourself

l pay the gallery back for the vase, please." I tried to explain myself w

sirens and I knew he had called the police. Soon

he thief has been caught." The police officer st

hief, take her away." Mr

n myself, I was handcuffed and escorted to the o

ing myself. At some point, one of the office

e was the worst thing that could happen to today but looking at t

ld things g

came to my cell again, "Miss River

He said the last thing

y?" I asked the of

to go." The officer explained as he opened the do

ran out of the cell and station without sparing a

in front of the door. When I picked up the first, it wasn

step further by destroying my paintings, I si

didn't come on, I tried a few more times but still

suspected, my electricity had been cu

he tears I had been holding back all day, started rolling down

flashlight on and got up so I could take my paintings

mall table in the living roo

this morning and I wasn't the one that put it the

I was done, I dropped the envelo

dered, looking all over my dar