Chapter 12: Planning A Heist
An hour after Paul Dericourt left Geraldine sits in Sunny's living room as they begin to think about the situation that they put themselves in.
"Shit, what the fuck are we gonna do?" Geraldine begins to wonder "How the hell are we gonna pay off that much money?" "I don't know but we got to find a way too pay him back or else we're both dead" Sunny says as she tries to act as calm as possible "Why don't you ask your boss to work things out with him?" Geraldine suggested, Sunny scoffs at that idea "Did you forget that he said that him and Park do business together? Last thing I want to do is too tell Park that tell I got into a bad situation" "You're that scared of your boss?" Geraldine mockingly asked "I had to pay off one debt that cost me everything...I had to pay him back and that wasn't easy for me" Sunny said with a serious look on her face "If I were you I wouldn't joke about that" "Sorry, just messin' around".
Sunny sits next to Geraldine trying to come up with an idea "How about we give him the money that we took from Brady?" she wondered, Geraldine gave her a look that she wanted slap her "Fuck you, no fuckin' way! Give him your mom's money, I'm not gonna give him that money!" "It was just a suggestion Geraldine! If you got a better idea then give it to me!" Sunny angrily exclaimed. Both stood there for several minutes until an idea popped into Geraldine's head "You remember what happened last year at that jewelry store, Vangelicos?", Sunny gave her a funny look "Yeah, a small crew used knockout gas and managed to take all the jewels", Geraldine gave her a smile "Well why don't we do something like that?".
Sunny almost wanted to laugh "What? You mean pull off a fucking heist?" she looks at her realizing that she was serious "You know how hard that is? It can't be just you and me; I mean we gotta put a crew together, we gotta get resources and everyone's going to want a piece of the take. You think you and me could pull that off?" she curiously looked at her apprentice "Yeah, I think we could do it; listen, their might be a guy that probably could help us out" Geraldine eagerly looked at Sunny seeking her approval for the job "Alright, let's do it. But you got to find whoever this guy is" "I was a bounty hunter, remember?" Geraldine remarked "Finding people is my specialty" she got up and left Sunny's apartment.
Sunny's phone starts ringing, she picks it up and see's Roberta's name on the screen, remembering about the situation back the Last Ride. "Hello?" she answered "Sunny? Are you alright?" Roberta asked with a huge amount of concern in her voice "I'm fine but I'm afraid I got some bad news...Tully's dead" Sunny said with an uneasy voice, the other line was very silent for a minute "How? What happened exactly?" "Well...me and my friend went over too try and talk to him but he freaked out because he thought that we were somebody else, so he ran and we ended up chasing him; we tried to stop him and talk it out with him but his car went too fast and he ended up accidentally going over the cliff" Sunny tried not to laugh as she spun her little make belief story of the days event.
"Sorry, Roberta, accidents do happen..." the line again was silent for another minute "I'm not sorry" Roberta surprisingly responded, Sunny herself was surprised by her girlfriends reaction "All he's done was treat me like crap, I'm not sad that he's gone" "I guess you're right but their's a bit of a silver lining...you're the new boss of that place" Sunny smiled "Yeah...Yeah, you're right!" Roberta excitedly said "Congratulations, boss" she quipped "Thanks; I hope you weren't hurt during the whole thing" "No, I was glad that I could help out".
They talk for at least for an hour until it get dark.
After saying their goodbyes and hanging up Sunny goes to her bedroom, as she sits on her bed Sunny begins wonder if Geraldine could find this mystery guy, whoever he was. She knew that if they find any help both her and Geraldine would be dead before they could an apology could issued. Dericourt said that this little deal of their's was just between all of them and that Park wouldn't find about it. That was the thing that worried Sunny, what would happen if Park found out about what she did? He may be a cool and collected person but he could be rather ruthless if somebody stepped out of line or if someone questioned him. She herself never saw him get angry before but she always heard the rumors.
That's the last place that she wanted to be in.
Whatever heist that they're going to pull off, it had better be sure worth a lot of money. And whoever this guy was he better be that damn good.
2 days later
Sunny sits next to Geraldine in her Cavalcade; earlier in the morning Geraldine called Sunny and told her that she found the man that may be the solution to their problems. They met up, Geraldine didn't say where they were going but that it was an expensive place to be in.
They peered out into the open of the Los Santos Golf Club, which was considered rather fancy for those who could afford to come in. "So who is this guy that we're looking for?" Sunny asked as Geraldine hands her a file, she opens it and see's a black and white photo of a young man in his mid 20's "The guys name is Dominic Coronado and he might be able to help us out" Sunny looked over at Geraldine "How exactly?". Geraldine takes quick breath "This motherfucker used to be thief, this guy was pro back in his days; he managed pull off some pretty big jobs that would make any motherfucker out there scratch their heads" "It says here that he only got caught once for selling hot property, how is that considered impressive?", Geraldine smiles "He did four years for that but he was small time then, the guy comes from a big ass family of thieves. Everyone from his dad to uncle and gran dad were thieves" she boasted "So what's he doing in a stuck up place like this?" Sunny wondered "He's retired sort of but he's always seen at the bar here, talking and shit like that".
"What does he look like now?" Geraldine reaches at the bottom of the folder and pulls a photo of a burly man with brown hair with shades of gray walking down the pier, his face was slightly unshaven and he wore a cheap pair of sunglasses. He was rather quite well for his age which appeared to be in his late fifties "Are you sure about him? What makes you think that he wants to help us out?" Sunny curiously asked "Look, he's the only one that can do the things that we're gonna do; if you know someone better than him then tell me if not then shut your damn mouth" Geraldine looked back at her with a hardened stare. With an uneasy sigh Sunny sighs and shakes her head, she opens the door and exits the SUV "Are you coming or not?".
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The whiskey in the glass seemed a lot more watered down than before, it didn't even taste like whiskey anymore "Bartender," he called "can you get me something stronger than this crap?" Dominic demanded, the bartender didn't seem to respond let alone didn't seem too care about his request "God, I think he's ignoring me" he told himself "Hey, is my money not good enough for you?".
Dominic sits in his stool surrounded by every stuck up person in this club, they were here to drown out their worries and whatever depressing moment they had in their lives. He's here most of the day drinking a pathetic excuse for whiskey, if retirement was this boring than he'd back in the game living it up. Instead he comes to this poor excuse of a clubs to drown out whatever woe he has with watered downed whiskey. He talks with those who listen or those who just pretend to listen too him, either way his life and existence doesn't mean anything since he left the business.
"Dominic Coronado?" a female voice called out his name; he turns around and see's two women, one was Asian and the other one was African American. "Yeah, what'd you want?" he sneered "I'm Sunny, this is Geraldine and we need your help" the Asian girl said, he studied the women, they weren't security that's for sure "I'll give you both a grand each if you strip down and if we do it in the shower I'll give you a few more grand" Dominic quipped, Sunny almost had the urge to vomit "I wouldn't screw you for all the money in the world let alone let you touch me" she disgustingly retorted "Just relax, just having some fun. Now like I said, what'd you want?".
Sunny inhales a quick breath "This is a bit crazy but we heard that you were a thief and that you did lots a jobs, we were wondering if you could help us pull off a heist", the veteran stands there and begins to chuckle "You're hiring me for a job? Heh heh...you're joking, right?" he looks at the both of them "You're not joking...why should I help you two out?". The red headed woman steps up "Look, my girl here killed some guy who tried to tongue her girlfriend and she-" "We" Sunny corrected "Right, we found out this motherfucker owed some money to a French guy" "How much exactly?" he asked "$1.2 million", Dominic almost laughed "Are you fucking serious? He owed that much money? Why the hell are you two paying that frog legs eating prick?" "I don't fucking know, he's French and he doesn't give a shit" Sunny shot a glance at him "Even if I help you, what's in it for me?".
Sunny and Geraldine look at each other "Okay, how much do you want? Let me guess 10%?" Sunny guessed "No...how 'bout 17?" Dominic says as he pulls out a toothpick "You're joking...12" "13" both stared at each other for a moment "15 and that's my final offer, take it or leave it" Sunny said as Dominic starts too think.
"Fine, can't argue with that" he said as he agreed to the terms of the agreement.
"So you guys have a location?" Dominic wondered "Not yet, look we only have a few weeks to pay this prick off" Sunny shakily answered "Well, it can't be some liquor store or a jewelry store. Not since that thing that happened at Vangelico's" he started to think for a minute "Let's go for a ride, I think I know of a place that we can take".
The three of them go to the parking and enter Geraldine's Cavalcade.
"So where are we goin' exactly?" Geraldine asked "Lombank in Pillbox Hill , I'll explain everything when we get there".
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The Cavalcade is parked across from the bank. The two women and the one man look on "So why here? What's so important about this place?" Geraldine asked "Their's a lot in there, their all in bearer bonds; most of that stuff belongs too white collar scum and mid level wanna be gangsters" "How much is that all worth exactly?" Sunny asked "Depending on how well the expert can clean them...750 a piece, which if done properly will be over $5 million by the time we get it through", both Sunny and Geraldine looked at each other both stunned at the amount of money that could potentially be their's.
"So how do we do this thing?" Sunny asked, Dominic pulls a pen and a suit jacket "Put this on; this pen has a camera in it, it'll let me see what the security's like" he hands the jacket and pen along with a Bluetooth earpiece.
"I'll feed you some instructions when I notice something" Dominic hands Sunny a pair of glasses, the nerdy types to be exact "Are you giving me these because you're trying to give me a proper disguise or because I'm Asian and you're trying to make me stupid?" "You need to look the part of a security expert and this is the only thing that'll make you look right, if you got a better idea smart ass then give it me but if you don't then shut the fuck up and put this on".
Lombank, the lobby
Sunny enters the bank, the air conditioning of the building quickly dries up any sweat that she had.
"Alright, got a view of the place" Dominic said the over the ear piece "See if you can get a view of the security guard; let's see what he's packing", Sunny turns to the left and see's a uniformed guard; around his waist is a flashlight, a standard issued baton and a walkie talkie. No gun though. "He doesn't have a gun, good", he breathed some relief "I want you to find the manager" he ordered.
"Excuse me, can you get the manager for me?" she politely asked. A minute later a meek and twerpy man who looked like a 40 year old who probably took his job too seriously came to Sunny. "How can I help you?" the manager politely asked "I'm a security expert, I'm looking for faults in systems" "Oh my..." he looked concerned "I need to check a few things here so nothing bad happens, mind if you show me around a bit?" Sunny asked, the manager complies. "Keep your eyes open, I'll let you know if I see something" Dominic ordered.
They walk down the row of bank tellers and customers; all of them too busy to notice Sunny.
"Ask him the kind about the cameras in the building" he said through the Bluetooth "So I noticed the cameras around here, are they functional?" Sunny asked, she tried not to sound like she up too something "They're functional, the system is ten years old but we make sure that they're updated", they take a turn to a room marked 'Surveillance', the door opens and they enter the room. At least four rows of monitors line the room with three guards staring at them, the activities of the people on the screens which range from simple money withdrawals to transactions and two co workers having a mouth to mouth session in the break room. Just another day at the office. "You said that this system is ten years old but that they're updated" Sunny said while looking the screens "That's right, you might get a few glitches here and there but nothing serious, their's nothing we can't handle" the manager proudly said "Ask him about the alarm".
"So the alarm works properly, I assume?" "It works just fine; not just the main alarm but also the silent alarm" he cheerfully boasted "It sounds sophisticated, I hope the police can get here in time" Sunny says as she turned her attention to the manager "Well their is this thirty second delay but nothing too serious" he smiled "What about the electrical source? You know, in case of a black out?" she wondered "There's a back up, so don't worry".
"It's time to go too the safe, let's see how he opens it" Dominic sounded rather excited.
They head towards an area that was covered in bulletproof glass, above the door handle was a numerical pad. The manager types in the number, Sunny was tempted to see the number but hesitated because of the staring at her. The door opens and they enter; a large metal door is in sight. The managers stops and pulls out a key, he goes to a keyhole and counts too three; at three he turns the key and the locks turn. He grabs the handle and opens the vault. They step inside, numerous deposit boxes surround them. "Ask if he has the keys".
"So I assume that you have all the keys to the boxes or does somebody else have them?" she curiously wondered, the manager pulls out another "This is the master key, it opens all of the boxes" "Do the numbers that you typed into the lock, is it the same or does it change?" she asked "It's the same".
"We're done here, I got everything that I need; shake his hand and tell him to have a nice day" Dominic commanded, Sunny shakes his hand and thanks him.
She returns to Geraldine's Cavalcade, Dominic orders them to an abandoned brewery in Cypress Flats. The name of the brewery sounded either Irish or German, no one could say. They go to the owners office, Dominic managed to download the data onto a laptop. Everything seems to be in order. "Alright, give a couple of days to process this; I need a little bit of time too come up with a plan" he said as he was downloading prints of the bank "Fine, if that's what it take; let's go" Sunny motioned Geraldine to leave.
As they exit the brewery Sunny looks over to Geraldine "Are you sure we can trust this guy?" she asked "Girl, just trust me, besides remember what he said? $5 million when we this thing goin'" Geraldine says with a smile "I hope you're right".
2 days later
Sunny and Geraldine arrive back at the brewery, as they enter the smell of freshly made coffee filled the air.
They go up to the office and see Dominic standing near a black board "Welcome back" he greeted "It took a while but I found the solution to this", Sunny and Geraldine take a seat "There are two ways of doing this: Option A, we hack into the system. Remember what that twerp said about that thirty second delay? We use a hacker, that person should buy us enough time to grab the manager and clear everything out of that vault. The hacker should be able to distract security for a while so that we can get through everything, we're also going to need a hired gun for crowd control and a driver to get us through traffic" Sunny and Geraldine sat there rather impressed with the first idea "Option B: It's the same as the first one but a little different. We cause a brief blackout, I manage to find the breaker in the underground; it should cause the back up to kick in, we use the hacker to disable the phones, cameras and alarms. Once the system's down, we should able to grab the manager and clear everything out", the two women stood there in awe of the plan that the veteran thief laid out.
"What do we use for the getaway vehicle?" Geraldine wondered "No cars, that'll drag us down; we'll use Bati's, they're pretty fast and durable" Dominic said as he took a sip of coffee "If you're going with either option then you're going to need disguises, if we're going with A then you're going to use a janitors uniform; if it's B then you're going to use a construction crews uniform" "What about a crew? It can't just be us" Sunny said as she gets up. Dominic pulls out a bunch of folders and puts them down on a table "These are some people with really good skills, trust me they're worth it".
Sunny skims through a folder for a hacker, she spots one that catches her eye "This girl, Paige Harris, she charges 15% but I don't think that's going to bother me"; for the gunman she spots some one with quite the skills, a South African with an impeccable record "Victor Klausner, 10%, seems pretty right". For the driver Sunny saw a name that she recognized "Eddie Toh, 14%, heard about this guy the way he drives which is just for this type of situation".
"If it's possible, I want Geraldine to be on one of those bikes" Sunny looked back her apprentice "I think I can handle that" Geraldine enthusiastically smiled "Let's go with option A" Sunny confidentially said "Alright, I'll get the uniforms and I'll make some calls" Dominic clapped both of hands together "I'll take care of the guns" Geraldine said as she got up "We only got a few weeks to do this, let's make it count" Sunny said as she headed out with Geraldine.
Dominic gets on his cellphone and starts to dial a number. His heart is jacked, he hasn't felt this excited in years; maybe this is the lucky break that he's been waiting for?
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