Carl called her from an inside line and said, "He insists on choosing the place."
Sheila said, "Fine as long as it public. I'll meet you in the parking lot in five minutes."
"What for?"
"You're going to bring me the biggest box of drugs you can find." She hung up her phone. Second rule of business, if there's someone who can do a job better than you, use them. Carl probably bribed someone to let him bring the kilos of cocaine into Beckman so let him bribe that person to let him bring out the meds. She went down to the parking lot and stood beside her car. Carl approached a few minutes later, empty handed.
"Where-"
"Couldn't chance it." He made a circular gesture with his hand. "Security cameras. There's a vacuum repair shop on Merrill Street in Huntington Beach. You can pick up the box there in about an hour."
"If anything happens to me-"
"Spare me. Be at Dos Hombres in Temecula at seven. The guy you're going to meet goes by Bird."
"How will I recog-"
"He'll find you." Carl started to walk away, but turned back and said, "This is your gig. If something happens and you don't come back, it's not on me."
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