One box after another was salvaged, the packaging intact. Even though it had been soaked in water for a long time, the money inside was still usable.
The money was usable, marking a perfect, satisfying conclusion to this treasure hunt.
When the music ends, the crowd must disperse, but before everyone leaves, it's time to line up and divide the spoils.
Gao Guang had overseen too many divisions of loot—not kidding, really—too many distributions of the spoils. His biggest strength, and the reason he had survived this long, was that his allocations were fair enough to earn everyone's approval.
The first group to handle were the Colombian Armed Organization's Third Division. What they wanted was simple: everything at Dario's camp would be theirs.
