If the Author wanted to be mean towards his self insert, he could introduce Merle from the Walking Dead. There is mention that he was a dealer for someone like jessie. An upcoming zombie outbreak would really mess up any plans for retirement. He might have to go back into the trade to get cash for supplies for his girlfriend and himself. The walking dead outbreak did start at the summer of 2010
Thank you for the awesome chapter! He’s not clear untill he’s laundered the money and it’s safe out of reach from everyone greedy. Not his old partner, not his old drugy friends, not the cops, not the cartel bosses interested in holding leverage over him to get him to keep cooking, and not his “probe to doing drugs” girlfriend
If he has been smart so far, he would stash the money away from people and ask the girl Jane if she wants to run away with him to Canada or another country that is away from the drugs. Then start investing that money in stock market and going to get a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and Business Management at university. Also invest in blackwater company when he makes more money in the stock exchange. (Since like most people say, nightmares come back to haunt you)