Run: 2026-07-09-01KX40WCZ17R9K0BDRPQ37H48J

“The plan is simple, Bill. We enter disguised as entertainers.” “Clowns?” “Absolutely not. Clowns attract attention, lawsuits, and geese.” “Magicians?” “You can’t do magic.” “I made your wallet disappear.” “You stole it.” “Semantics.” Molly spread the party invitation across the dashboard. “We’re balloon sculptors.” “I can’t sculpt balloons.” “Make a snake.” “That’s just an inflated tube.” “Children are generous critics.” “So we stroll in, twist snakes, and steal every present?” “Precisely.” “What if someone asks whose parents we are?” “We say we’re with the agency.” “What agency?” “The National Balloon Agency.” “That sounds fake.” “Then say Bureau.” “National Balloon Bureau?” “Official, yet whimsical.” “And how do we carry forty presents out?” “In the giant cardboard birthday cake.” “We have one?” “We will after you steal a refrigerator box.” “Borrow.” “Without permission.” “Long-term borrowing.” “Focus, Bill.” “What if the birthday child catches us?” “Offer a balloon giraffe.” “I only know snakes.” “Call it a giraffe lying down.” “What if the parents notice the cake moving?” “You’ll be inside, carrying presents.” “Why me?” “You have cake experience.” “I ate one cake.” “You ate a wedding cake.” “It was unattended.” “It had a bride beside it.” “She looked busy.” Molly started the van. “Ready?” “No.” “Excellent. Confidence makes terrible criminals.”