<br/>“Oh, she said softly and with a bit of hesitation.” She regarded the shabby treatments around her, wondering how the area had fallen into such disrepair. She sensed there may be another story behind that, the lease monies were being funneled out of the property management company she thought. She brought her mind back to the trail she was following now.<br/><br/>“I thought I’d missed you” she said, advancing on the informant, still unable to see anything but his dark silhouette. “Let’s get down to business, shall we?” She reached into bag drawing three one hundred dollar bills from it. “This is all you get for now, unless I like what I hear.” She was awkward in the negotiations but hoped that it didn’t show. She’d never gone undercover like this before. She wanted him to think she was tough and tried to play hard ball with him. She had agreed on $500 just to meet him that day. She held the cash out in front of him. “So, impress me.”