Looking toward the parking lot, Dallis surveyed the trucks arrayed in her view, whose grilles looked, honestly like they were the size of the average barbecue’s grill surface from here, but up close were more likely to be as large as she was tall. Surprisingly, there weren’t actually a lot of dark-coloured trucks, and even if there were dark-coloured trucks, their trailers were even less likely to be dark coloured — as a result, an all-black unit would be easy to spot.
The cleaners had informed Ratko that the money Bentley had given them was not only legal tender, but the serial numbers on it were by no means concerning, as a result, the money had been divided up, and Dallis had deposited the first instalment in her bank account, and they were also following the instructions.
Overall, the instructions on the paper weren’t all that much more extensive than what Bentley had said. They were to look for a black truck that wasn’t likely to be a cabover unit — not that Dallis had honestly ever seen a lot of those in her lifetime — and would be hauling a standard-length enclosed trailer that, like the truck, would be emblazoned with the ESM Secure Transport Services logo, which was minimalist and modern, and didn’t seem to belong on a truck based on the picture included in the instructions.
According to the instructions, both truck and trailer would bear Washington plates — as in the state, not the district — and the driver was also stated to be safe, as in, not the sort of person who was going to get defensive or hostile.
One of them — owing to the limited seating capacity of such trucks — was to get into the confidence of the driver in such a way as to gain a ride with him to Charleston, after which they were to guide him by as much force as necessary in accordance with directions they would receive via text from a number in the instructions, which they were to text in Charleston.
From there, they would follow the directions and receive the final payment of $1.275 million they were owed in order to make the full promised $1.5 million.
Since there was more than one truck stop in the city, Ratko and Javor had enlisted some friends of theirs to help in watching for the truck, which they’d been assured in the instructions would pass through the city in that week. If it didn’t appear, they would receive an extra $50,000 for their time — which Ratko and Javor had both expressed contempt for, believing it ought to be $50,000 each.
Ratko and Javor were also hoping to be able to get at least $50,000 extra for each of their enlisted friends, even though the instructions bore no mention of accommodating such people, with the instructions seeming to believe that they had a host of minions to do their bidding like a gang, when they were just three siblings who were independent of all that hierarchal stuff.
Pronunciations:
Javor: yahvor
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