The Heist
“It was lunchtime, and she’d brought her MacBook, a six-pack of beer, and a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken. She knew that her sister would be at a Mommy and Me gym class with her kids and that Roger would be at work.
Her father greeted her in a polo shirt and chinos and immediately relieved her of the bucket and the six-pack.
“You are the perfect daughter,” Jake said, stepping aside and beckoning her in. “But I will deny it if you ever tell Megan.”
His casita was like a large hotel room and ju...st about as clean and impersonal. There was one bedroom, Jake’s bed always made up as tight as a sarcophagus, and a tiny bath and a kitchenette that opened onto a front room barely large enough for a small table, a love seat, and a flat-screen TV. Jake hadn’t kept any mementos from his career and world travels, except for his medals, which included a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, and a Silver Star. He kept the medals tucked away in his nightstand drawer with his spare change and antacids.MoreLess
Her father greeted her in a polo shirt and chinos and immediately relieved her of the bucket and the six-pack.
“You are the perfect daughter,” Jake said, stepping aside and beckoning her in. “But I will deny it if you ever tell Megan.”
His casita was like a large hotel room and ju...st about as clean and impersonal. There was one bedroom, Jake’s bed always made up as tight as a sarcophagus, and a tiny bath and a kitchenette that opened onto a front room barely large enough for a small table, a love seat, and a flat-screen TV. Jake hadn’t kept any mementos from his career and world travels, except for his medals, which included a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, and a Silver Star. He kept the medals tucked away in his nightstand drawer with his spare change and antacids.MoreLess
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