Another day dawned and the carnival was packing up. Nathan was helping Karl to get Floss hitched to the caravan when he caught sight of Boris marching towards them.
“Oh s**t,” he said, causing Karl to look up from the bridle he was attaching.
“Don’t worry, I’ll handle this,” he said.
Nathan rested a hand on Karl’s shoulder. “No. I’d better take what’s coming.”
“You!” said Boris, pointing a finger. “Vandal! You want to burn down whole carnival? You want friend unemployed?”
He reached up and slapped Nathan on the face, taking him completely by surprise.
Nathan brought a hand up to retaliate.
“What do you think you’re doing?” stormed Karl.
“You stay out of this,” growled Boris, his face like blackest thunder. “You!” His attention turned back to Nathan. “You think nobody see you? You t
