Chapter 29

"I'm merely saying that you trying to harm Moses will not undo the events of today, not at all, it's all happened, what we do is think of the next plan, next step" she stated and moved to the sofa to sit as her sides ached.
Nick and Valeria both looked to him expectantly. Pete sighed dramatically and sat on his his stool, his feet still tapping on the floor.
"Whatever we do involves the boy, we gotta show his father and bitch of a mother than we aren't just busy feeding him and changing his diapers. They need to see some action" Pete said and turned to look at the duo.
"That sounds like a plan that nobody will like" Nick stated with a shrug.
"Maybe not but it's what will surely yield results" he responded.
"And see where your 'results' the us so far? Nowhere?" Valeria snapped.
"We'll be sending another package to them and real fast" Pete said.
Nick simply nodded wordlessly, his second apple crisp now in the tray.
"Nick, check is the line they called us with is still connected the external access?" Pete instructed and Nick grabbed his laptop on the centre table and began to type away.
"Like is said, they need to know we mean business and can go any length to achieve what we want. It's what I call plan X" he added.
"Sounds like a shitty plan" Valeria stated.
"Great, because your opinion doesn't matter, Vee" Pete snapped at her and then turned poop to see Nick nod.
"Connection's still intact" Nick replied.
"It's simple, let's rough the boy up and send pictures" Pete shrugged
"I've always known you to be a monster Pete but I will not allow you exhibit your sociopathic, psychopathic, monstrous habits on Moses! Never!" Valeria said and rose from the sofa, lunging at Pete, Nick intercepted them and held Valeria back.
"You're forgetting your place Vee, you're forgetting who owns this team"
"Own? You don't own anything! You are worthless without me, you wouldn't be able to pick up a pin from the Tailor's shop without me, you may get the ideas but I bring those ideas to life! You're like a stupid bald cripple old man with wise words and my action, even sometimes those words aren't wise, just demented!" She replied in a yell.
"Let's keep our voices down guys" Nick advised.
"Why would he want to hurt Moses, the boy didn't offer to be kidnapped! He's an innocent child for fuck sake!" She retorted
"Ha! Here she is, playing mother again, you knew what the job was about Vee, you knew it! So don't come playing holy now" Pete mocked
"You said we would take a child, get our stack cleaned up and some money too then get to the next gig" she replied. "Nothing involved hurting a baby"
"While, our stack aren't sorted are they? That means jobs not done" he reasoned.
"And who's fault is that? Your shot the Senator yourself" Valeria snapped.
"No point reading blames, the deed has been done" Pete shrugged. "But I have another plan" he added.
"That doesn't involve hurting a one-year-old boy right?" She asked.
"We could get our stack cleaned up still" Pete stated, ignoring her statement.
Nick sat up, absolutely interested in getting all his loot.
"This gig has been more risky than the rest if we're being honest. We've never been on the run for a whole month, it's been two now and still he are hiding. If you ask me, I say we make the most of this" he began.
"Senator Tommy promised us authorization and legal documents to clean out all we've got, cars, jets, yachts, helicopters, jewelries, ammunitions, you name it, our names would be on the papers, we could make it all legal and the ones that we know would bring too much attention then be promised us connection that buyers that would buy them within a blink without leading anyone that us__"
"What's the point? Tommy is dead" Nick reminded him calmly.
"But Brownson isn't. Look at it this way. We could offer Brownson the same deal, it's his son after all, he could still get us those authorization and buyers and send us our merry way in exchange for his son" Pete completed.
"Assuming he still wants his son, Tommy may have been a corrupt pig but how do we know Brownson is that corrupt too, he may not have the connections to the black market like Tommy did" Nick said.
"You don't get it do you? Every government official out there is corrupt, the right bargain reveals that" Pete stated boldly.
"So we present him the offer? How do we know he won't send us the FBI as buyers?" Nick asked.
"We don't show our cards yet. Moses will still be with us, one wrong move and he dies" Pete stated carelessly.
"This is madness! Can you hear yourself?" Valeria asked, astonished.
"Hopefully it doesn't get to that" Nick said in his usual positive manner.
"That is the only way, we can't risk another show like what happened yesterday, we need to be sure they know we mean business, we need to send a bold and clear message to them, along with our offer.
Nick said the line's still connected that means we have a chance to still reach them. They are hoping we do reach them. If they didn't want to baby they'd have closed all communication lines.
And the news didn't mention any ransom, just a shooting at the fairgrounds. My guess is they still want the kid, they were just trying to see if they could outsmart us, that's to our advantage, now they'll be more gullible" Pete explained.
"We have $40,000,000 in our possession, all authentic currency, why don't we take the money and leave Moses behind and just go, like we meant to do in the fairground" Valeria asked.
"And risk us being tracked?" Pete asked.
"That is bullshit and you know it! We could leave him right here, at the reception at the mall, with a tag, someone would find him, send him to the police and he could get to his parents. We have the ransom we demanded, why are we still keeping Moses?" Valeria asked angrily.
"I don't know about you, but cleaning my loot seems like a good deal, why not use what we have to get that done" Nick explained to her calmly.
"We are risking that boy's life" she replied.
"It's part of the job Vee, you've always known this" Nick said, staring squarely at her.
Valeria sighed, outnumbered and slouched on the couch.
"Remember this is your last gig right? Make the most of it" Nick advised her.
"Now that's settled. We first make a demand a f ransom. We'll need some money to reach Spirit, the guy in charge of the vault, we will make all the deals from here and that costs money. We'll first try out the authorization on something cheap, if it works then we can give clean the rest our, give back the baby and leave. It's all depends on how fast they respond.
First things first, we're demanding $1,000,000,000 for a start. With that and the authorization, we are set up for life, may as well start a new life somewhere" Pete suggested.
"A billion? Are you crazy? Who would give that out? Was makes you think he has a billion dollars anyways?" Valeria asked.
"Well, he may not have it in paper but his assets are thrice that amount. Twelve homes, two in England, one in UAE and three in France, others in several other countries around the globe. Has a gas refinery, an oil well in Nigeria, has shares in over sixty companies within USA.
Martha, his wife, is even richer. Ex first lady of USA, one time Minister and one time secretary the the states, she owns more than ten fleets of jets, two oil Wells in Nigeria and over a dozen shares in oil companies nd technology brands. In all, these guys are so corrupt that if counted right, there's over a trillion worth of embezzled funds scattered around the globe from both himself and his very ambitious wife" Nick said accurately from his findings and smirked.
Valeria sighed.
"This is our only chance" Pete added.
"Fine" she replied without a choice and left the sitting room.
"Let's commence" Pete said to Nick and they both rose.

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