Gianna frowned as the line failed to connect once again, sending her straight to an automated voicemail. It had been several days since Gavin assured her the two Monet’s were in his possession. The cost had been substantial, but it was of no concern to her, as she had two much desired paintings within her hands. That was all that mattered.<br/><br/>However, when the time came for Gavin to deliver them, he never showed. The man rarely ran late, but he had a few moments, so she was willing to wait a while longer. Now stretching two days, her patience had worn thin. If Gavin wished to collect on his reward, he had better walk straight through her door with the paintings, or his reward would be as good as a punishment.<br/><br/>When she was unable to reach him, she knew something was wrong. So she made another call, this one to a few of her more shady contacts, and then waited for the results. There wasn’t anyone in the world, let alone a man, who would keep her waiting.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>She was furious. Not only was Gavin nowhere to be found, but she discovered that the paintings had been bought by someone else! She knew Gavin had a hand in it, because there was no way he could have been negligent enough to let that happens. The only explanation was that he stabbed her in the back.<br/><br/>But she also knew that Gavin lacked the motivation. In fact, he had plenty of motivation to do<em>her</em>bidding exactly as she wanted. No, there was someone else involved, someone that paid him a lot of money to let the paintings slip away. Whoever that was also had<em>her</em>paintings, and she was going to find them and make them pay.<br/>