Chapter 87
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After school RJ took Eve to his house where he showed her his supply. Candy, soda, chips, shampoo, soap, make-up, perfume, lipstick, ciggarettes. Eve started drooling, RJ gave her a candy bar and a soda free of charge. He was probably trying to tempt her, but she liked it, the plan was working. It would be up to Eve's discretion which items to take, who to sell it to, it just had to be accounted for. Eve figured she could give people little pleasures to help them get through these hard times. RJ also sold liquor and sleeping pills, Eve avoided those. She could take what she wanted for herself, just had to be sure to pay these guys from her own salary. RJ even gave Eve a new backpack to keep the new contraband in. He offerred Eve a specific salary and they shook on it. And so, on October 11th Eve officially became a black-market footsoldier.
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When Eve returned home on Tuesday evening she told Karen about her arrangement with RJ and his superiors. Eve never directly accussed Karen of stealing from her, but the implication was clear. At school on Wednesday Eve was wearing the colors that RJ gave her. A few students asked to buy shampoo and/or food. Eve sold it to them quietly, trying to avoid the security guards seeing this. RJ said most of them were on their payroll, but why tempt fate? At Ravenwood Eve kept her new backpack. Mr Mendez seemed suprised, but not angry, by this. Eve gave hi a complimentary soda and put her own cash in the side of the compartment. Only a few people here bought these things from Eve today. On Thursday Eve went to school and made a few sales. She still hadn't made enough sales to clean out this inventory, she feared what this might mean to her new bosses. RJ hadn't said who his employers were specifically, but he seemed somewhat afraid of them. On Friday after school Eve was suppossed to meet RJ before heading to work. A part of her wondered if she should avoid him, but decided that it would be worse if they thought she was stealing from them. RJ checked Eve's bag, the cash and receipts. It all added up. RJ said Eve could return this inventory, keep selling it, or even get some more to sell. He didn't seem at all angry that there was so much left. Eve was new, but honest. Eve decided to keep selling, maybe she'd pick up some more stuff over the weekend. This job might not be so bad after all.