Run: 2026-09-23-01M37P0GKPW2SZQ06YHNMQ1ZWW

Molly unrolled the blueprint across the hood of the van. It was a crayon drawing of a bouncy castle. "Where did you get this?" Bill asked. "The birthday boy drew it. I told him I was a castle inspector." Bill squinted at the paper, which also featured a purple dinosaur labeled DAD. He adjusted his fake mustache, which had been sliding toward his chin all afternoon like it was trying to escape the job. "I go in as the clown," he said. "You go in as the clown. I go in as the magician. While you make balloon animals, I make the presents disappear." "I can only make one balloon animal. It's a snake." "Then make it a long snake." Somewhere beyond the hedge, twenty children shrieked at a volume usually reserved for air raid sirens. Bill flinched and gripped the side mirror. "What's the getaway plan?" Molly pointed to a crayon squiggle at the bottom of the page. "The piñata." "We're escaping in a piñata?" "No. We're escaping while they're all distracted by the piñata. Nobody watches gifts when candy falls from the sky." Bill nodded slowly, impressed. "And if the kids get suspicious?" "They're six. We bribe them with cake."