21. According to Plan
According to Plan
Rob sat contemplating the rising sun. He was tired but happy. The night had been well spent and his plan was moving along nicely.
The sun lit up the waves as it pushed itself out of the ocean. The speed with which it rose into the sky surprised Rob. It always seemed to him that the sun moved faster when it was rising or setting than when it was travelling across the sky. Of course that was just an illusion created by the horizon but it still seemed that way to him.
It only took a few minutes for the sun to fully appear. Satisfied the new day had begun Rob stood up and walked back to the caravan where Rachael was sleeping. She’d had a long night and didn’t wake when he climbed into bed beside her.
When Rob had decided that the two of them should visit Atlantis he had no idea what the place was actually like. He didn’t usually care much about nature or see the beauty of a place; but he could see the beauty of Atlantis.
He thought it was odd that he come to the town to do something ugly and all he could see was its beauty. Not that he’d ever admit feeling that way to anyone. He was a guy and, as he saw it, guys just didn’t say things like that.
Rachael’s connections in Atlantis made it the perfect place to do what he’d wanted to do for a long time. She could find out things that no one else could and she knew what to do with the information she acquired.
Rob liked Rachael. He liked her a lot. More than he’d liked any other girl. He hadn’t told her that; guys just didn’t say things like that. No matter how much he liked her he wouldn’t hesitate to throw her away if she became inconvenient to him. He didn’t see that as a bad thing at all. As he saw it the most important thing was for him to survive.
Rob wasn’t stupid. Quite the opposite actually. He’d come up with a brilliant plan that could see him financially secure for the rest of his life. He was even happy to share the money with Rachael in exchange for her help.
She thought she knew the whole plan. He hadn’t actually said to her that she knew the whole plan but he’d let her assume she did. That way she would be much more cooperative. Besides the part of the plan she didn’t know mightn’t even be needed. He’d only put it in place in case he got caught.
If he got caught he’d made sure that there was no chance of them proving that he’d been involved in the planning or any of the illegal activities. Any major sings pointed at Rachael and various people she knew in Atlantis. Rob was pleased with the way he’d set things up.
Part of him wanted the plan to fail just so he could see how well he’d managed to protect himself. He was almost certain that no one would be able to connect him to the crimes in Atlantis. That meant he didn’t have to spend all his time looking over his shoulder.
When Rob first told Rachael the his plan for getting money out of rich Atlantians she’d been surprised that he’d been able to come up with such a complex plan. She had—and most people did—underestimated his intelligence.
“You came up with all that?” she’d said.
“Well, I didn’t read it on the back of a cereal packet, did I?” he’d replied.
“You came up with that from just what I told you about Atlantis?”
“Yeah.”
“Wow.”
He’d been pleased with the way she’d reacted to his plan. He wanted her respect. As far as he was concerned he deserved the respect of everyone. People had been looking down on him his whole life, but Rachael was different.
Rachael wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed but once she understood something she was almost unstoppable. Rob liked that about her. He didn’t mind explaining things to her because once she knew what he wanted her to do she’d just do it. She trusted him and believed that he wouldn’t let anything happen to her.
Not that she was innocent. Far from it. In fact, he thought, if guilt and innocence was judged on how a person felt about what they were doing she was guiltier than he was. She was actually enjoying cheating people. She wanted to hurt people. She wanted to see them suffer.
As petty as that was he didn’t mind her feeling that way. She was happy doing what she was doing and that meant that she wasn’t questioning him or his plan. If she’d looked at the plan too closely she might have seen the inconsistencies that he’d planted just in case things went bad.
So far things had been going wonderfully. Rachael had started the town gossiping by merely being there. Rob was glad the she had such a huge reputation about town and that it was enough to distract everyone from him.
If things kept going the way they were going the two of them would be rich before the end of August.
Rob sat contemplating the rising sun. He was tired but happy. The night had been well spent and his plan was moving along nicely.
The sun lit up the waves as it pushed itself out of the ocean. The speed with which it rose into the sky surprised Rob. It always seemed to him that the sun moved faster when it was rising or setting than when it was travelling across the sky. Of course that was just an illusion created by the horizon but it still seemed that way to him.
It only took a few minutes for the sun to fully appear. Satisfied the new day had begun Rob stood up and walked back to the caravan where Rachael was sleeping. She’d had a long night and didn’t wake when he climbed into bed beside her.
When Rob had decided that the two of them should visit Atlantis he had no idea what the place was actually like. He didn’t usually care much about nature or see the beauty of a place; but he could see the beauty of Atlantis.
He thought it was odd that he come to the town to do something ugly and all he could see was its beauty. Not that he’d ever admit feeling that way to anyone. He was a guy and, as he saw it, guys just didn’t say things like that.
Rachael’s connections in Atlantis made it the perfect place to do what he’d wanted to do for a long time. She could find out things that no one else could and she knew what to do with the information she acquired.
Rob liked Rachael. He liked her a lot. More than he’d liked any other girl. He hadn’t told her that; guys just didn’t say things like that. No matter how much he liked her he wouldn’t hesitate to throw her away if she became inconvenient to him. He didn’t see that as a bad thing at all. As he saw it the most important thing was for him to survive.
Rob wasn’t stupid. Quite the opposite actually. He’d come up with a brilliant plan that could see him financially secure for the rest of his life. He was even happy to share the money with Rachael in exchange for her help.
She thought she knew the whole plan. He hadn’t actually said to her that she knew the whole plan but he’d let her assume she did. That way she would be much more cooperative. Besides the part of the plan she didn’t know mightn’t even be needed. He’d only put it in place in case he got caught.
If he got caught he’d made sure that there was no chance of them proving that he’d been involved in the planning or any of the illegal activities. Any major sings pointed at Rachael and various people she knew in Atlantis. Rob was pleased with the way he’d set things up.
Part of him wanted the plan to fail just so he could see how well he’d managed to protect himself. He was almost certain that no one would be able to connect him to the crimes in Atlantis. That meant he didn’t have to spend all his time looking over his shoulder.
When Rob first told Rachael the his plan for getting money out of rich Atlantians she’d been surprised that he’d been able to come up with such a complex plan. She had—and most people did—underestimated his intelligence.
“You came up with all that?” she’d said.
“Well, I didn’t read it on the back of a cereal packet, did I?” he’d replied.
“You came up with that from just what I told you about Atlantis?”
“Yeah.”
“Wow.”
He’d been pleased with the way she’d reacted to his plan. He wanted her respect. As far as he was concerned he deserved the respect of everyone. People had been looking down on him his whole life, but Rachael was different.
Rachael wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed but once she understood something she was almost unstoppable. Rob liked that about her. He didn’t mind explaining things to her because once she knew what he wanted her to do she’d just do it. She trusted him and believed that he wouldn’t let anything happen to her.
Not that she was innocent. Far from it. In fact, he thought, if guilt and innocence was judged on how a person felt about what they were doing she was guiltier than he was. She was actually enjoying cheating people. She wanted to hurt people. She wanted to see them suffer.
As petty as that was he didn’t mind her feeling that way. She was happy doing what she was doing and that meant that she wasn’t questioning him or his plan. If she’d looked at the plan too closely she might have seen the inconsistencies that he’d planted just in case things went bad.
So far things had been going wonderfully. Rachael had started the town gossiping by merely being there. Rob was glad the she had such a huge reputation about town and that it was enough to distract everyone from him.
If things kept going the way they were going the two of them would be rich before the end of August.
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