It started with a look

Date

(Rose POV)

I walk into my mates office and see her slumped over, looking at some paperwork "What cha doin?" I ask as I sit in a chair in front of her desk

"Finances" She groans

"Yikes" I cringe

"I know" She huffs

"Anything I can help you with?"

"Um....." She looks worried as she scans the sheet of paper in front of her

"Look. I'm going to be part of your life from now on, the least you could do is let me in" I sigh "I'm not going to judge you baby, I promise"

She looks at the sheet of paper again before handing it to me. I look it over and can tell it's the sale of drugs. I look it over with no judgement and notice something out of the ordinary. I look at her and she frowns "What?"

"Why are you selling the mediocre drugs in the slums?" I ask

"Because it's cheap and nasty" She shrugs "They won't notice the difference"

"But it costs almost the same to make the higher quality"

"And?"

"Slums maybe poor, but if you sell the good shit there, you'll get more customers and drive out the drug dealers who sell the really bad shit"

"How do you know?"

"I know a few people who live there, they're not friends but acquaintances. They're always looking for the better Shit and always had the money for it"

"So you're saying we should sell the good drugs in the bad area?"

"Yep" I nod "Customers will come in hordes if you do. You might create a war with the other dealers, but I think you can handle that"

"Are you sure?"

"Definitely. Try it out in Roster road for a month,
that's where the selling is high. There are alot of abandoned homes There so you'll be able to keep it from prying eyes. You'll make a killing. If you're still not sure, then go back to the usual" I shrug

"You sure you're okay with this?" She asks warily

"We all gotta make a living baby, and you have thousands to take care of" I tell her reassuringly "Life is what it is. Without you, so many wolves would be homeless or dead, including my best friends mate. You don't force anyone to buy, they do that on their own....but there's some nasty shit out there, shit that'll kill a horse. You make stuff that is clean and pure, that's gotta be better than dying"

"But we just made a huge batch of the crappy stuff" She sighs

"Then sell it to the rich folk and bump up the price" I smirk

"You sly devil" She chuckles, shaking her head "They'll know"

"No They won't, trust me. All they're a doing is trying to look cool in front of their wannabe homies, they'll buy it in the truck load if you say it's better"

"You know a lot about this, huh?"

"I know people" I smirk "Now let me get back to why I'm here" I hand her the piece of paper back and smile "Go on a date with me?"