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“Molly, the children’s party starts at noon.” Molly spread a crayon map across the table. Bill adjusted his enormous red nose, which squeaked accusingly at every movement. “Bill, your last balloon giraffe looked like a sausage being strangled by another sausage.” “Perfect. Nobody questions a traumatized clown.” “I’ve studied the floor plan. Presents go on a table beside the cake.” “We take the cake too?” “We are thieves, Bill, not monsters.” “What about security?” “One grandmother with a camera.” “I’ll distract her with card tricks.” “You don’t know any card tricks.” “Exactly. She’ll be furious.” “The birthday boy might notice us.” “I’ve got that covered. We tell him we’re from the Present Inspection Bureau.” “That’s brilliant. What do we say when he asks why we’re loading everything into a van?” “Quality control.” “And if he cries?” “We give everything back.” “Everything?” “I’m a thief, Molly, not a monster.” “So our plan depends on nobody crying at a children’s birthday party?” “When you put it like that.” “Perhaps we should rob the bank instead.” “Good idea. Do banks have cake?” “Sometimes, but don’t ask for a balloon giraffe.” “Why?” “Because the time you did, we had to change banks and our names.”