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Bill crouched behind the garden hedge with his binoculars pressed against his face, scanning the backyard like a man who'd forgotten he was supposed to be subtle. Streamers fluttered from every tree. A bouncy castle wobbled in the afternoon breeze. Tables groaned beneath mountains of wrapped boxes covered in cartoon characters, ribbons, and enough glitter to choke a horse. Molly lay flat on the grass beside him, studying a hand-drawn map she'd sketched on a napkin during breakfast. She'd marked everything — the inflatable crocodile guarding the east lawn, the clown doing balloon animals near the gift table, and the suspicious number of mothers clustered around the lemonade station like secret service agents. "Tell me the plan again," she muttered. Bill lowered the binoculars and grinned. "We dress as clowns." "That's not a plan. That's a cry for help." But he was already pulling a red foam nose from his pocket with the confidence of a man who believed deeply in terrible ideas. Molly stared at the party, then at Bill, then at the piles of presents glittering in the sunshine. Somewhere inside, a child shrieked with delight over something trivial and replaceable. What lay on that table, however, was a fortune in gift cards and electronics wrapped in dinosaur paper. She tightened her gloves. Professionalism could wear any costume.