Tony spent a few days scoping things out. He talked to people and he watched the men who lived in the big houses. He even broke into a couple on his scouting mission. He said as tempting as it was to steal some of the gold, it was important to wait until the time was right. Finally, two days before we were going to leave, he set the plan into motion. He told us which house had the most gold and where to find it. I have to say, Tony was good. His directions led us right to the horde. And let me tell you, there was a lot of it!

It was the easiest job I'd ever pulled. We did it during the day when everyone was at work. We found the stash in the wall of the bedroom—right where Tony said it would be—and spent an hour getting it out. There were a few bags of gold ore and dust, but mostly it was gold that had been melted into bars. I didn't know how much it was all worth, but I knew it was a fortune.

Bruce and I took it out the back door into the jungle. It took about five trips each—the stuff was damn heavy. We put the boards back exactly the way we found them. If we were lucky, the guy who lived there wouldn't check on his gold until after we were long gone. Once we were in the jungle, we found a small gully just the right size. We piled in the gold and covered it with dirt, leaves, and rocks. No one would find it there. The day we were leaving we would pack it into some of the empty liquor crates and put it on the boat.

We were in heaven. We were rich! All five of us would have enough to last a lifetime. We included John even though he didn't do the actual stealing. We figured we might need him later. As it turns out, we did.

So when Tony and Vlad met with us later and told us that they didn't get any gold, it was a surprise. But then they said that what they got was even better than gold. We were a little dubious, to say the least. Tony said they hid it and would show us the next day. The made a reference again to the eggs and said it was the find of the century. It didn't make any sense to me.

Sadly, it never made any sense, because I never got to see the eggs. To this day I have no idea what they were talking about. The next day all hell broke loose. First, Tony and Vlad got into a big fight. It seems that Vlad needed to bring those eggs to a contact in the states. He was working for someone. Never found out who, because Tony killed Vlad. Just like that. They had an argument about something and Tony stabbed him right through the heart. Tony says he was defending himself, but we all knew better. He didn't want to share the eggs with Vlad. Since he didn’t want to tell us anything about them, he obviously didn't want to share them with the rest of us either.