Ninety-eight

Terry’s heart beat rapidly as he inquired about his consignment from Fes. He’d never been so scared like that in his entire life. This was everything he’d ever worked for, everything he believed in—the pillar of his finances. He felt his heart race in anticipation of Fes’s answer and how he dug his finger to his palm subconsciously was a sign.

“Boss, I’m sorry I didn’t ask your permission before taking the reins of order. But I placed a call through to one of my close friends and he told me about a newly discovered underground warehouse in the southside,”

The southside was a secret code for ‘confidential location’.

“And so, as soon as I got tipped off about the raid, I remembered the warehouse and called a friend of mine and that’s how I put the men to work. We loaded all the trucks and transported it at midnight to the warehouse,” Fes said with a tinge of fear lingering behind his confidence.

Terry took a very deep breath and pulled his mouth into a smile. If Fes were to be in fro