Gladwyn admitted to dealing in the neighborhood, but told the two henchmen that he really wanted someone to move a lot of product, a big organization or someone with contacts. Pablo and Delmar assured him that they could handle the job themselves, and would gladly do so for the simple price of letting him live.
A limited investigation had already revealed that the local drug kingpin went by the name of Zel. When Terry dropped his name the expressions on the two men changed. “What would Zel think about two employees cutting into his business? You could try to handle this yourselves, OR turn me on to Zel, earn serious cred in the organization, sleep reasonably peaceful at night and who knows, maybe even earn a nice cash finder’s fee.”
“Smooth talker,” Agent Sweeney muttered in a nondescrip
