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Molly spread the blueprint across the dashboard of the stolen delivery van, weighing it down with a half-empty bag of cheese puffs. Outside, the suburban cul-de-sac glowed with birthday lights—pink and silver balloons tied to every mailbox like festive surrender flags. "We go in at eighteen hundred hours," Molly said, tapping a crayon circle on the map. "The cake cutting is at eighteen thirty. That gives us a twelve-minute window before the sugar crash hits and the parents start crying." Bill peered over her shoulder, his flashlight illuminating a photograph of a bouncy castle shaped like a dinosaur. "Molly, this is a children's party. There are juice boxes. There are four-year-olds. This feels wrong." "Wrong? Bill, have you seen the haul? We're talking a LEGO Millennium Falcon, a drone, and something called a Squishmallow that's worth forty bucks on the black market. This isn't theft. It's retirement planning." Bill rubbed his temples. "Last week we robbed an art gallery. That was classy. This is... balloons." "Exactly. Nobody suspects balloons. The piñata is our Trojan horse. I stuffed it with sleeping gas—well, lavender essential oil and a little Benadryl I crushed up. When it breaks, everyone takes a nap. Clean, quiet, elegant." "You're going to drug a pony?" "It's a mechanical pony ride. And only if necessary." Bill sighed, adjusting his black turtleneck, which had a stain shaped like Italy. "What about the dog?" "Buster? The golden retriever? I've got a bacon strip soaked in peanut butter. He'll be in the kitchen living his best life." "And the parents?" Molly pulled out a clipboard labeled OPERATION CUPCAKE. "We pose as the entertainment. I'm Princess Sparklehood. You're... the wizard." "I'm not wearing a robe." "Bill, commitment to the bit is what separates professionals from amateurs. You wear the robe, you steal the presents, you don't get caught by a woman named Karen who does Pilates." Bill slumped in the passenger seat. "I just think stealing from children teaches them a bad lesson about capitalism." Molly zipped her tactical backpack. "Bill, capitalism already taught them that by charging thirty dollars for a Squishmallow. We're just correcting the curve. Now put on the pointy hat. The presents aren't going to wrap themselves... wait, they are wrapped. That's the point. Let's go unwrap destiny." She slid the van door open, revealing her costume: a sequined jumpsuit and a tiara that said BIRTHDAY GIRL in glitter. Bill looked at the hat in his lap. "This is the worst heist we've ever planned." "That's why it's going to be the best," Molly said, and stepped into the twilight of the party.