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"You want to steal every present from a children's party?" "Yes." "Every single one?" "Every single one, Molly, don't be dense." "I'm not dense, Bill, I'm just horrified." "You'll be horrified with a duffel bag of cash. We're not keeping the toys. We're fencing the boxes." "People wrap teddy bears and board games for eight-year-olds." "And eight-year-olds don't have security cameras." "The parents do." "We've robbed worse." "We've robbed a museum, Bill, not a bouncy castle." "Same difference. Inflatable walls, distracted adults, and a loot table called 'the present pile.'" "You said present pile with a straight face." "I said loot table with a straight face." "There's going to be a magician." "A magician is just a guy in a cape who can't see behind him." "He pulls rabbits from hats. What do you pull? A conscience?" "I pull zippers on duffel bags." "They'll have balloon animals." "We'll have balloon animals too. We'll look festive." "We're going to wear festive clothing?" "We're going to wear black and hold balloons." "That sounds like a cult." "A cult that pays in cash." "Bill, the children will cry." "Children cry when they drop ice cream. They won't even notice until we're across town." "You're heartless." "I'm efficient." "How do we get inside?" "We RSVP'd as 'Uncle Bill and Auntie Molly.'" "We don't have a niece." "We have a target rich environment." "You're unbelievable." "I'm unbelievable and wearing a tie." "A tie?" "It's a party. I blend in." "You blend in like a shark blends into a swimming pool." "Exactly. Silent. Sleek. Possibly wearing a party hat." "I'm not wearing a party hat." "Then you'll look suspicious." "Among the clowns?" "One of them is me in disguise." "You'd be the worst clown. No makeup, just regret." "I'm bringing regret in sack form." "How many presents are we talking?" "Thirty? Forty? Depends on the invite list." "That many?" "Birthdays are supply chains now." "And we're the disruption." "We're the heist." "What's the exit strategy?" "Back door through the garden. There's a gate." "Locked?" "Unlocked if you jiggle it." "You tested it?" "I jiggled it yesterday." "Bill." "It's called reconnaissance." "It's called trespassing." "It's called Tuesday." "You're going to tell me you're bringing rope." "Rope, tape, and a very convincing 'Happy Birthday' song voice." "I can't sing." "You can hum threateningly." "What's the split?" "Sixty forty." "I'm the driver." "You're the lookout." "I'm both." "Then seventy thirty." "Bill." "Fine. Fifty fifty and one extra present for me." "That sounds fair to a robber but not a partner." "Partnership is stealing together." "We're not Robin Hood." "I'm not giving these to the poor unless the poor pay me." "You're monstrous." "I'm organized. I made a list." "A list of toys?" "A list of resale values." "You're going to check the tags?" "I'm going to check reality. Plush sells. Electronics sell faster." "There's electronics at a kid party?" "There's always a tablet someone forgot to wrap." "You're going to steal an unwrapped tablet?" "I'm going to steal potential." "Bill, I have a bad feeling." "Your bad feeling doesn't pay rent." "My bad feeling pays my therapist." "Your therapist can bill me after I cash out." "We need a code word." "Code word is 'balloon.'" "If I say balloon?" "We run." "If you say balloon?" "We also run." "That works for both directions?" "There's only one direction away from chaos." "What if there's a dog?" "Dogs love me." "Dogs bite people with duffel bags." "This duffel bag has treats in it." "For the dog?" "For the dog, Molly. I'm not a monster." "You're stealing children's presents but feeding the guard dog." "It's called balance." "Let's rehearse the entry." "We walk in. We compliment the decorations. We locate the present table." "Then what?" "Then we become ghosts with very good posture." "Ghosts don't carry sackloth." "These ghosts do." "I still think it's wrong." "It's wrong with a profit margin." "One question." "Shoot." "Do we take the cake?" "The cake is non-negotiable, Molly." "So we're stealing sugar now?" "We're stealing joy and converting it to capital." "You're a poet." "I'm a planner. Now grab the balloons." "These are black balloons." "Perfect. Somber. Professional." "I'm not holding a black balloon at a child's party." "Then hold nothing and look like security." "I'm leaving." "You're leaving with me." "Not if I run first." "Then I'll chase you in party shoes." "You don't have party shoes." "I'm buying them with the proceeds." "Bill. One more thing." "What?" "If we do this. No crying in the car." "I don't cry, Molly. I calculate." "Calculate faster. The party starts in twenty minutes." "Then we should wear ties now." "Both of us?" "One for me. One for the illusion of civility." "You're insane." "I'm employed once this is done." "Employed in crime." "Employed in freedom." "Let's go steal some happiness." "Bring the balloons."