Chapter 88

Megan was in a good mood. Just then, her phone buzzed. The money had come in. The tanzanite had been hers on consignment. From the start, she'd put the paperwork under Jimmy's name so the sale wouldn't point back to her, and they'd worked out the handoff in private. The auction ran on a 70% donor rate, except for the first antique from the 17th century at 50% and the children's drawings at 100%. All other lots followed the 70% rule. On a hammer price of 2.5 million dollars, 70% went to charity while the consignor kept 30%, or 750 thousand dollars. Even after taxes and fees, it was still a lot. Ferrell Group always moved fast. The money landed in Jimmy's account right away, and he wired it to her on the spot. Megan would pick up the cactus drawing later. Items like that went into temporary storage until checkout. "The result isn't bad," Megan said to Jimmy. The tanzanite was only worth 100 thousand dollars. Even after donating 70%, she'd still cleared a healthy sum. Jimmy gave