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The warehouse smelled like stale beer and ambition, which suited Molly and Bill just fine. Spread across the table between them was a hand-drawn map of the Hendricks' backyard, complete with a suspiciously accurate rendering of a bounce house labeled "DANGER ZONE." "Explain to me again," Bill said, squinting at the paper, "why we're robbing an eight-year-old's birthday party." Molly tapped the map with authority. "Because, Bill, nobody suspects a clown." "You're not a clown. You're wearing a raccoon costume." "Raccoons are the working man's clown." Bill rubbed his temples. Their entire criminal partnership had been built on nights like this—too much coffee, not enough sleep, and Molly's unwavering belief that petty theft required elaborate cover stories. Still, the presents would be unguarded, piled high beneath a banner that screamed "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIMMY!" in balloon letters. Cash, gift cards, maybe a bicycle if they were lucky. "The parents will be distracted by the magician," Molly continued, sliding a finger along her diagram. "That's our window. In, out, gone before the cake's even cut." "And if a kid sees us?" Molly grinned beneath her raccoon mask, eyes gleaming with the confidence of someone who had clearly never met a determined seven-year-old. "Bill," she said, "we outrun cops for a living."