CHAPTER 37BETRAYAL
The sunset was like any other in the tropics, rapid but gentle and beautiful. Our mission here in Liberia had been completed, and we were beginning to look forward to returning to the US and picking up where we had left off. I had enough diamonds to make the business solvent again, once cut and converted into capital. Honorable Williams was very agreeable and promised to visit us in the States. West African Air Service was now profitable and looked forward to a prosperous future.
We bantered pleasantly and discussed what we thought would be the final chapter in our latest Liberia adventure. Bao had been celebrating along with us that night. He was rambunctious and playful, like he knew good things were ahead. Toward the end of the evening, he cuddled up next to Sam, an
