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Molly adjusted her ridiculous clown wig and glared across the tiny kitchen table at Bill. “This is the dumbest idea you’ve ever had, and you once suggested we rob a funeral home wearing tap shoes.” Bill leaned forward, eyes gleaming with the manic joy of a man who’d already pictured himself swimming in stolen My Little Ponies. “Hear me out, Mol. It’s brilliant. Twenty screaming kids, one stressed-out mom, zero security. The birthday boy’s getting a bouncy castle. While they’re all hypnotized by sugar and cheap magic tricks, we slip in, we slip out, and we leave with every single wrapped box under that balloon arch.” “You want us to rob a children’s party,” Molly said flatly. “Like actual monsters.” “Robin Hood stole from the rich. We’re stealing from obnoxious parents who spent four hundred bucks on a llama petting zoo. Different vibe.” Molly rubbed her temples. “How do we even get invited? We’re not exactly on the mommy-and-me circuit.” Bill grinned, producing a glittery sheet of paper from his jacket. “Already RSVP’d. We’re ‘Uncle Bill and Aunt Molly from Cincinnati.’ I said we’re in town for a taxidermy convention. They bought it.” “You signed us up as fake relatives? To children we’ve never met?” “Little Timmy thinks I’m his mom’s long-lost cousin who once arm-wrestled a bear. He’s six. He believes anything.” Molly stared at him for a long moment. “We need a better exit plan than running past a bunch of toddlers in party hats. Those little demons are fast when motivated by injustice.” “We’ll use the bouncy castle as a diversion. I cut a hole in the back. While chaos reigns, we load the gifts into the fake UPS van parked out front.” “Fake UPS van? When did we get a fake UPS van?” “Borrowed it from Derek. He painted over the real logo. It now says ‘Super Presents Unlimited.’ Subtle, right?” Molly closed her eyes. “Bill. We’re going to prison. I can see the headline already: ‘Clown Thieves Rob Six-Year-Old’s Pokémon Party, Leave Only Socks.’” Bill waved a dismissive hand. “The socks are decoys. We replace every big gift with a single pair of tube socks wrapped in the original paper. By the time they notice, we’re halfway to Canada with enough LEGO Star Wars sets to build our own Death Star.” Molly leaned in, voice dropping to a conspiratorial whisper. “Okay, fine. But if I have to wear that polka-dot dress, you’re wearing the full mascot head. I want you sweating like a sinner in church while you’re pretending to be Chuck E. Cheese’s depressed cousin.” Bill’s grin widened. “Deal. But I’m bringing the whoopee cushion. Nothing creates more distraction than a strategic fart at the cake table.” “You’re an actual child.” “And that’s why this is going to work. Kids trust other kids. I’m basically five-foot-ten of arrested development. Now pass the juice box. We need to rehearse our characters. I’m thinking I cry during ‘Happy Birthday.’ Really sell the waterworks.” Molly sighed, already reaching for the juice. “If we get caught, I’m telling the cops you kidnapped me.” “Fair enough,” Bill said, clinking his juice box against hers. “To the heist of the century. Or at least the most pathetic one.”