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The van smelled faintly of old coffee and stolen ambition, which was how Molly knew Bill had been living in it again. He had spread blueprints across the dashboard, but they weren't blueprints for a bank. They were hand-drawn in crayon, with a big red X marking the bouncy castle. A juice box leaked onto the passenger seat. "Bill, we steal diamonds, not dinosaur plushies." Molly said, peering over her sunglasses. Bill looked wounded, as if she had insulted his mother, his dog, and his limited artistic ability all at once. "Molly, it's not just any party. It's little Timmy Harrington's party." He tapped the crayon map with reverence. The Harringtons were the kind of rich that had a separate fridge just for cheese. Little Timmy was turning six, and according to Bill's extensive Pinterest-stalking, was about to receive more LEGO sets than God. "So your big score is paw patrol and juice boxes?" she asked. Bill shook his head and flipped the blueprint over. On the back, taped with glitter tape, was a classified ad cutout. One solid gold rocking horse, custom made, one of a kind, to be unveiled at the party. Valued at forty thousand dollars. That was not a toy. That was retirement with a bow on it. "Okay, that's actually worth stealing. What's the plan?" Molly leaned in despite herself. He launched into it with the energy of a man who had watched too many spy movies at the laundromat. He would enter as a clown. Molly would be the magician. They would disable the bouncy castle with a strategic juice spill. "You want me to do magic for six-year-olds? I only know how to pick locks." Molly hissed. "Exactly! You'll kill! Literally, you'll make balloon animals disappear into your pockets!" Bill grinned. His clown nose honked sadly when he tapped it, which did not inspire confidence. "And what about security? Harrington hired ex-military." Molly pointed to a scribbled figure labeled DAD with huge muscles and a grill spatula. The man was legendary in the suburbs for his strict no-adults-jumping-in-the-bouncy-castle policy. "We bribe him with burger duty. No dad can resist manning a grill." It was so stupid it might work. Molly stared at the golden horse doodle, then at Bill's earnest, slightly sweaty face. She had robbed casinos, but never had the stakes been this adorable. "Fine. But if I have to sing Baby Shark, I'm keeping all the loot." Bill extended a sticky hand. "Deal. You distract, I grab the horse. We leave before cake." Outside, a minivan full of screaming children pulled up next door, early arrivals for a different party, a terrifying preview of their future heist. "Do we at least get party hats?" Molly sighed and grabbed the clown wig, already regretting everything profoundly. "Yes! And you get to keep the pony, metaphorically, until we pawn the real one!" he cried. "I hate you so much right now, Bill. Let's go steal that stupid golden horse." "We are terrible people!"