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"Alright, Bill," Molly said, spreading the blueprints across the card table. "The target is Timmy Henderson's seventh birthday party." Bill frowned at the map. "A birthday party? We've hit casinos. Banks. A museum. Now we're stealing from a seven-year-old?" "We're not stealing from a seven-year-old. We're liberating presents from an over-attended social event." "There's a bouncy castle, Mol. How do you plan a perimeter breach on a bouncy castle?" "That's the decoy. Kids go in, they bounce, they exhaust themselves. Meanwhile, the presents pile up unattended on the gift table like a little fortress of shame." "A fortress guarded by whom, exactly? Mrs. Henderson?" "Mrs. Henderson is our problem. She's got eyes like a hawk and a laminated sign-in sheet." Bill rubbed his temples. "You want me to out-stealth a suburban mom with a clipboard." "I want you to out-stealth a suburban mom with a clipboard, yes. You'll wear the costume." Bill went pale. "The costume." "The costume." "I'm not wearing the dinosaur suit again, Molly. Last time I wore the dinosaur suit, I got tackled by a guy named Gary." "That was a mascot gig at a car dealership. This is art. You'll be the party clown." "Clowns give me hives." "Then the hives will be part of your character. You juggle, you distract, I bag the presents and exit through the moonbounce's blind spot." "And if a kid grabs my leg? Kids love clowns. Kids grab legs." "Then you do what clowns do. You honk the horn and keep moving." Bill stared out the window for a long moment. "What's the take, even? What are we getting? Legos? A Fisher-Price drone?" "Per my intel, one of the presents is a Nintendo Switch. Another is a dirt bike. A dirt bike, Bill. For a seven-year-old who can't reach the pedals." "We're stealing a dirt bike from a child." "We're stealing a dirt bike from a family that clearly has more money than sense. That dirt bike will feed us for a month." "It'll feed your fence for a month. I get a cut of a Nintendo Switch and trauma." "You'll get sixty percent because you're wearing the clown suit." Bill sighed, the deep sigh of a man who had already lost. "What's my clown name?" "Bobo." "Bobo. Of course it's Bobo." He pulled the clown nose out of the duffel bag and turned it over in his hands. "If I get arrested at a child's birthday party, I want you to know I'll name you in the deposition." "If you get arrested, I'll be long gone with the dirt bike." "That's very inspiring, Mol. Really. Team spirit." "Meet me Saturday at ten. Face paint on. Balloon animals ready." "Can I at least pick my own balloons?" "No. Balloons are tactical. You'll make dogs. Everyone trusts a dog balloon." Bill pocketed the nose and stood, muttering. "Bobo. Sixty percent. Hives." "That's the spirit. Now go practice your juggling." "I can't juggle." "Then Saturday is going to be very educational for you, isn't it?"