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“Please tellto carry this in I don’t even knohat to do with it,” Jacqui said, holding the diaht break

Khizar tapped it, carefully, but still to prove a point

“There’s not ot a case in the car designed to protect it”

“What should we do with it?”

Part of Jacqui wanted to keep it, because it was connected to her great-uncle, but this dia meant to be set on a bookshelf as a keepsake

“It’s yours, so the decision is up to you”

Jacqui looked up at him ide eyes She turned it over in her hands and then answered her own question

“You’re a jeweler; you should have it I wouldn’t knohat to do with it I think it would bearound”

“If that’s what you want, my company will buy it from you However, I think we should sell it to someone else,” Khizar said

“Really?” Jacqui wasn’t sure what to e

Khizar placed his hands on her ar the dia precious

“I don’t need the diamond My coreatest treasure I could find, and I hope you know that you will never want for anything again You can sell it and keep the money, but I intend toelse you could possibly want in life If we sell the diamond, we can donate the proceeds to charity, and Bill’s diaood in this world”

Jacqui couldn’t help but smile

“I’d like that I hope Uncle Bill would, too”

Khizar thought about that

“I think he would I think he left this to you so that you would have the freedom to do what you wanted”

“He was a good man, wasn’t he?”

Khizar smiled, and Jacqui could see for the first time just how much he truly admired Bill Bauer