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Molly and Bill huddle behind the rusted municipal dumpster, the tinny trill of a toy xylophone drifting over the chain-link backyard fence. “Okay, final plan,” Molly says, yanking a neon pink unicorn backpack from her frayed tote. “We pose as last-minute party helpers. I’ll tell the host I’m the substitute face painter, you’ll be the balloon artist who forgot his air pump—just carry scrap latex bits in your pocket and look panicked.” Bill wipes sweat from his jaw, staring at the stack of wrapped presents glinting by the back porch. “Last time your ‘blend in’ scheme had you in a chicken suit at a library book sale, where you stole a signed *Dog Man* copy. The librarian still posts about the ‘mysterious feathered thief’.” “That was a win!” Molly hisses, shoving the backpack into his hands. “We’ll use this to haul all the presents—no one’ll suspect a pair of thieves showing up with a kids’ backpack.” “Wait, what about the mom with the walkie-talkie watching the craft table?” Bill whispers, nodding toward the fence line. “Distraction!” Molly pulls a crumpled whoopee cushion from her jeans pocket. “I’ll plop it on the punch bowl stool and sit down right as we ‘set up’. All the moms will crowd over laughing, we’ll grab the pile and bolt.” Bill gapes at the cushion. “You’re gonna sit on a whoopee cushion in front of a room full of helicopter parents?” “Your call: Either that, or you belt out your ‘steal the loot’ jingle again. The grocery store security guard still brings it up at brunch with his friends.”