Prompt: 044. a break in
1. There was supposed to be a fortune in gold bullion packed inside a safe somewhere in the house. All they had to do was break in and steal it.
A. There was supposed to be a fortune in gold bullion packed inside a safe somewhere in the house. All they had to do was break in and steal it.
Harold had been the one to come up with the plan. He’d actually worked for the reclusive millionaire as a caretaker before he’d been fired by “that bitch”, whoever she happened to be. He kept saying that he really liked the old man and didn’t want to harm him, but there was something about him that rubbed Leland the wrong way.
2. They broke into the store sometime before two in the morning. The first thing they did was take out the cameras and destroy the surveillance tapes.
A. They broke into the store sometime before two in the morning. The first thing they did was take out the cameras and destroy the surveillance tapes. Then they began loading everything they could carry into their unmarked van with its stolen license plates and makeshift ramp.
Once they’d taken everything they wanted, they went on a rampage of destruction. By the time they left, they’d stolen or damaged over $200,000 of merchandise.
3. Stealing uniforms and pretending to be members of the hotel staff was the easy part. Now they had to reach their target and secure the package.
A. Stealing uniforms and pretending to be members of the hotel staff was the easy part. Now they had to reach their target and secure the package.
The fact that the package was a ten-year-old girl was something Mike tried not to think about. He wanted to believe that everything was going to go according to plan, they’d get the ransom money, and nobody was going to be hurt. He didn’t want to consider that there was going to be a terrified preteen girl in the mix.
