A good smuggler was hard to come by. Onyx had a reliable guy in St. Paul who imported from Australia, but after getting in touch with him, and Sapphire- and Red Agate- her smuggler was refusing to accommodate her move to Pittsburg. So she had found another guy, one she hadn't vetted as thoroughly, but now they were meeting on the edges of the city, to pay $10,000 for an inland Taipan- Onyx's preferred snake, although she had worked with cobras and vipers.
Gerry, the man called himself, opened the trunk of his car, and turned to Onyx with a closed bucket, "One snake...as promised." Onyx noticed how his hands shook. He was unreliable.
Hemie would be hearing her complain how a good criminal was hard to find.
Onyx took the bucket from Gerry, and handed him a computer bag containing the cash. She never did electronic transfers for her purchases.
"Pleasure doing business." Gerry said, clearly unsettled by Onyx's silence.
Gerry, the man called himself, opened the trunk of his car, and turned to Onyx with a closed bucket, "One snake...as promised." Onyx noticed how his hands shook. He was unreliable.
Hemie would be hearing her complain how a good criminal was hard to find.
Onyx took the bucket from Gerry, and handed him a computer bag containing the cash. She never did electronic transfers for her purchases.
"Pleasure doing business." Gerry said, clearly unsettled by Onyx's silence.