-- has asked for. I don’t need anymore time or assurances to know I’ve got the payment needed, but that doesn’t answer the twenty-five --

-- thousand dollar answer.. Where the fuck did Rory. get this from. This shit is as pure as snow can get. Colombian grade, if --

-- my eyes and tongue don’t deceive me. This is such better quality than the Mexican sludge that I’ve been peddling.] Hey, James, come --

-- here for a sec. [Calling out to my driver and personal security guy, having the need to get his opinion on the product in question. --

-- Lifting my gaze as he enters.] Who is pushing powder this clean and why don’t I have it? [I can see that he’s a little hesitant to --

-- respond, but as he can tell by the look on my face, I’m not interested in subtleties and I think that’s what gets him talking. --

-- “Remember that kid from LA? One that was an up and comer… you told him he wasn’t going to move weight through NorCal without paying --

-- dues? Rhys, I think was his name. He’s the only one I know of that has connects with that much capability.” Fuck me. I remember that --

-- kid. Some young punk that had all of his shit handed to him on a silver platter. Didn’t have to rise through the ranks. Didn’t have to --

-- work his way up. Went from slinging dime bags to moving big boy product. I should have made a deal with him when I had the chance, but --

-- how the hell does Rory. know some of my competition? I’d say it’s a small world, but something tells me there’s more to --

-- this than meets the eye. A problem for another day, surely. Right now, I need to hold true to my word. Pulling out my burner cell, I --

-- give Thomas Smith a call. He’s my forging expert, though you’d think the asshole would give himself a better name than that..] Tommy --

-- boy, it’s Ram. I need you to put in some work for me and fast. I’m sending an email with everything you need. I’ll wire you the money --

-- once my /friends/ have been taken care of. [Thomas doesn’t say much, never has. He’s a man that’s more comfortable talking to a --

-- computer than he is to another human being, but whatever, guess that’s what makes him the best.] I’ll send you the info on where to --

-- ship the docs, just get it done. [As per my usual, I don’t wait for a response before I hang up the phone. I’ve got my end of the --

-- bargain started, now it’s time for me to pry into little miss Thatcher’s relationship with Rhys McLeod. Pulling out my regular cell --

-- phone, I immediately flip through my recent call log and dial up Rory., wanting to let her know that the deal is good and --

-- to find out what I can about her little expensive gift giving friend.] || Rory.