At
the office, the ever-moody lieutenant Castillo has his crew together
in the conference room.
"Fill me in on the Tivola Case, Sonny"
he says.
"Well, so far we have come close to Jason Benjamin, who can get us in touch with Alberto Tivola, if we get lucky. We were to pay him a visit this afternoon to check if we talked to Tivola about it." Sonny informs.
"Not
only can he set us a deal of 250 kilos, he also knows Tivola's ways
of distribution along the coast." Detective Rico Tubbs adds,
Sonny's partner.
"He mentioned this a couple of days ago,
when he was bragging about his so-called partnership with Tivola. He
is supposed to become partner now that Vinny Moreno is out of the way
and under the ground. Well, I doubt the man can become partner, he is
hardly even a sidekick." Rico laughs. "But, he is our only ticket
in, for now and I do believe he can really fix the deal".
After
they all filled each other in on all current cases, Sonny and Rico
leave in Sonny's black Ferrari to check on Jason Benjamin. At their
arrival Jason Benjamin was just about to step into his car with two
of his security people and take off, they're just in time.
"Mr.
Benjamin," Sonny says as he gets out of the Ferrari and holds out
his hand to shake Jason Benjamins hand.
"Gentlemen" he
replies, shaking both their hands. "How are you doing? You're not
here to tell me you want out, I hope? I just got word from Mr.
Tivola."
"No,
we're actually here to confirm we're in." Sonny answers.
"Good. Mr. Tivola has agreed on your price for the 250 kilos.
But as I told you, he didn't agree to meet you. However…" Jason
Benjamin continues.
"That's unacceptable!" Rico says with his Jamaican accent. "No meet, no money!"
"However… if you'd just let me finish… " Benjamin responses irritatedly. "Mr. Tivola understands that his customers will not take any risks when it concerns these quantities. Therefore, he proposed you start with a smaller buy of 50 kilos. If everything works out well, he will meet you and you can arrange the remaining 200 kilos directly with him."
"Well,
we don't have the time to wait around for two separate deals."
Sonny says.
"I think we'd better see our other contact, whom
we trust and met in person. The only problem is that the price we get
is slightly higher. But we can overcome that, off course. Since it
will buy us a secure deal." They turn around to walk away.
"Wait! I… will talk to him again. I will contact you tonight, ok?" Benjamin tried to save his ass with Mr. Tivola. He would not be exactly thrilled with enthusiasm if he finds out Benjamin let them walk out.
"I'll make sure we will be reachable at the number we gave you." Rico ended as they get back into the car to drive off.
