Chapter 2 #3
I gave a few samples to some friends at school, and it wasn’t long before they got the word out about the mind-blowing pot they just tried.
My plan worked. In a matter of days, I started selling to students all over campus, and it wasn’t long before I was able to add another old classroom to the mix and even hired a couple of extra hands—including Braylon.
With their help, I was able to expand my small business into something bigger than I’d expected.
Using the connections my father had made, I gained a huge buyer in Memphis, and with their monthly purchase, we were averaging just over fifty grand a month.
There was just one problem. We had the supply for three to four times our distribution and lots of product was going to waste.
We needed help moving our product which is why I reached out to the Ruthless Sinners. Unfortunately, they were not exactly pleased with my method of contact.
I’d seen him on the Sinner’s security camera footage and knew Viper was a man who demanded attention, but the Sinner’s president was even more intimidating than I was expecting.
He looked like he wanted to wring my neck as he growled, “Billy’s daughter or not, you have a lot of fucking nerve messaging us on Menace’s private account. ”
“I understand that you are upset with the way I handled this meet, but I needed to get your attention. Clearly, I succeeded.” I inhaled a quick breath, then quickly got to the point.
“I think when you hear my offer, you will see that it was worth the unsettling nature of my email to Menace’s account. ”
Viper was absolutely fuming as he barked, “What makes you think the Ruthless Sinners would ever be interested in going into business with you? You’re just a fucking kid.”
“Because I can make you and your club a great deal of money—much more than you make at your strip clubs or by selling coke.”
“How the fuck do you know about that?” he roared.
“It’s my job to know everything there is to know about the people I do business with.
” I could see by the expression on his face that Viper was both angered and confused by the fact that I knew about his club’s business dealings, so I looked over to Menace as I said, “You really should be more careful with your laptop. It’s not safe to just leave it sitting around. ”
“Holy shit,” Menace grumbled. “I knew something wasn’t right.”
“What the fuck is she talking about?”
“I left it on the table. Right there in the wide open. Goddamn it.”
“Not following, brother.”
Menace raked his hand through his hair as he told Viper, “It was back when Parker and I were at Billy’s... Fuck. I just wasn’t thinking.”
“Damn.” Viper turned his attention back to me. After letting out a disgruntled breath, He said, “Enough of the bullshit. Just tell me why you’re here.”
He sat back and listened silently as I told him about my business endeavor, and he seemed intrigued when I told him about how well I’d done and how I’d managed to get a big buyer out of Memphis. “Honestly, I hadn’t expected to ever make it to this point, but I have and now, I need your help.”
“Help with what?”
“Our distribution.” I could see the wheels turning in his head as I said, “My product was in such high demand, I expanded my manufacturing. I overcompensated a little, and now, I’ve come to the point where I have more product than I can move on my own.
I was hoping you and your club could be the answer to my quandary. ”
“So, what you’re saying is that you want us to help move your product for you?” Before I could respond, he grumbled, “I hate to break it to ya, doll, but we’ve got bigger fish to fry than this bullshit.”
“Bigger fish than two to three hundred grand a month, cause that’s what I’m offering.”
“By selling fucking pot?”
“This isn’t just any pot, sir,” I argued. “Like I mentioned, this is the cleanest, purest cannabis on the market. I guarantee it.”
“Okay, it’s good stuff.” Viper shrugged. “Who gives a shit? It’s only a matter of time before they legalize it, and what then?”
“Even if they legalize marijuana in the state, it still isn’t going to be easily accessible.
They will make sure of that, and if they do happen to legalize it, I have options.
I can either sell everything off or continue to grow and become a legal distributor.
Until that times come, we stand to make a great deal of money. ”
“So, if I even consider doing this, how would it work? You supply the goods, and you want us to move it?”
“Exactly.” Feeling like I was finally getting somewhere, I smiled and said, “With a seventy-thirty partnership, we both...”
“Seventy-thirty?” he scoffed. “I don’t think so, little girl.”
“I’m sure we can come to an agreement on the percentages.”
“I just don’t know. Why wouldn’t I just become another buyer? I could buy it outright and sell it on my own. Cut out the need for any kind of cut.”
“I tell you what. Why don’t you come to see for yourself what I’m offering? You can see how I run things, and if you like what you see, we can go from there.”
Viper thought for a moment, then looked over to Menace. “What do you think?”
“I figure we owe it to Billy to check it out.”
“No,” I interjected. “My father has nothing to do with this. If you decide to come, keep him out of it.”
“You know he has ties to us. Hell, we wouldn’t be here if you didn’t. So, he’s a part of it whether you want him to be or not.” Before I could counter, he asked, “When do you want us to come?”
“The sooner, the better.”