<span style="color: #FF80FF"> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;"><div style="text-align: center;">Lea Stevens</div></span></span> </span><br/><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="postlink" href="http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn24/SociallyToxicBeauty/036e0d3a-b28c-47ec-b858-0eaea6c67e4d.jpg">[ img ]</a></div><br/><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="color: #FF80FF"><div style="text-align: center;">"Jazz"</div></span></span></span><br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"We call her now...offer her an exclusive on all the first-hand informations we can offer...But she has to pay for it...enough for you and Renea to never strip again...She will like it, I am sure about that..."</span>Carlos idea seemed pretty solid to Lea, but she had no idea what kind of money she or Renea needed to stop stripping--nor was she sure about how much Mary-Ann made. Even if it gave her the chance to become famous, it didn't mean Mary-Ann would necessarily risk that sort of financial burden. Still, she supposed she could give it a shot.<span style="color: #FF80FF"> "Well, I don't know what would be needed for Renea...and if you are really wanting to do that private eye business eventually, maybe we should estimate how much we will need to start up before we go spouting off numbers...What if we feed her a little bit of information, just enough for her to get her feet wet and want more? If she gets enough coverage, tastes the spotlight just enough, she'll be more willing to pay large sums--and if not, we at least got a quick buck and we can find someone else willing to pay more. It's not like the men in blue are doing so well in the media right now anyway. Someone would love to bring them down a notch further..." </span>Lea voiced her thoughts on the matter, likely spurred by her medication--but it was sound reasoning to her ears.<br/><br/>She figured each piece of information could have its own price tag, and if Mary-Ann was ever not willing to pay the price tag on a piece of information, well they could give it to the next willing customer. It would still get all their information out and they would be able to at least keep a flow of money for a bit, enough to keep their books balanced for the lawyers and legal fees they likely would have. Some news reporters and companies would likely be willing to pay large sums of money once the story began to snowball and show its potential for more viewers. They just had to be careful with what they released and when. They still needed to uncover the more important parts in order to get their asses out of trouble and out of jail for a little while. Details that weren't really necessary, yet still damning against the force, could be released at a slower rate.<br/><br/><span style="color: #FF80FF">"Either rate, I still want my coffee..."</span>Lea said finally as she snuggled a little closer to Carlos. He'd likely have to leave her soon enough to retrieve Alfonzo and the DA. She was waiting on Carlos' final thoughts on her suggestion before she would call Mary-Ann. Since the woman was obviously still downstairs in front of the hospital, she'd be there before the DA and Alfonzo. She took a deep breath, taking in Carlos' scent. He smelled lightly musky and Lea closed her eyes in satisfaction.