Borgia's Pad
"Just to make sure you aren't carrying more slaves than your paying for," Borgia said to Monroe. "Speaking of which, you have ten slaves. Slaves are normally 1,000 caps a head, but seeing as the Pitt is a regular client, and you are buying in bulk, it'll be 6,000 caps. You can just pay now."
"Something is eating at him", thought Monroe. "Wonder what it is." Monroe did some calculations in his head...6,000 was reasonable. A skilled high-end prosttute like Susan had a re-sale value of around 3,000 caps, after all...even with the defiance issues. She'd make him a lot more than the 2500 caps she will need to buy out the contract, which he was sure she would do. He figured he could probably get Borgia down some more, but decided it was a better idea to take the offer as a gesture to start off on the right foot. Especially since Forty was probably going to come whining to him like a little b*tch about Billy watching his back for him.
"Six thousand is fair....done.", said Monroe. "Billy, pay the man so we can get out of his face."
Billy, the medic, pulled twelve bags out of his knapsack and placed them on the table. Jerry then weighed them in the scale and nodded affirmatively to Borgia.
"They're all yours.", said Borgia. "Or should I say Ashur's?"
"His, for all practical purposes.", replied Monroe. " But Susan, technically, is mine until she fulfills the contract one way or another."
"Fascinating", said Borgia, who wasn't really in the mood for a lesson on Ashur's Legal code. "You aren't afraid she'll cut your throat in your sleep like she did Tom?" To himself he thought "That trollop is making business deals in my pen....glad that scheming little b*tch is not my problem anymore."
"Nope.", said Monroe. "She knows if she does what she's told she's free once she earns enough caps....and if she doesn't she cannot run far or fast enough to escape me or whoever replaces me. Hope is a powerful tool in making slaves more tractable."
"Yes, that is true", said Borgia. "But if you don't mind I have other business to attend to. Have a safe trip back and see you next month."
The audience done, and their business concluded, Monroe and his men left.