"One hundred and booze if you fulfill all the criteria assigned," Elena announced, enjoying the negotiations. "You have to be on his desk, topless and shaking it like a junkie stripper; he physically throws you out; you either wink or lick your lips at him while he's manhandling you; and I get video. Oh. And just as he's managed to toss you out, and he's trying to shut the door, you have to tell him, 'Elena says hi.' That gets you one hundred and a case of booze."

She was damn well going to get her money's worth, if the rates kept jumping.