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s ago, exactly fifteen seconds. Had something gone wrong he wondered. They'd gone over this a thousand times in th

er balancing a tray of champagne walked in. Someone was

ow. Frank smiled wryly as he considered all th

ned it, now there was twenty million dol

and pretended to be on a call

'm not gambling again tonight. Why would

thing. They were thoroughly trained about these things. The casino frowne

o them to ensure you left light. They made sure, though subtly, you gambled away your

metimes walked away with cash winnings but those were too few in comparison to th

door at the end of the corrido

at the elevator door. The downward pointing l

ridor pushing his cleaning things in front

and as the two men passed each other Fran

o walk across the casino floor with a sport bag bursting

r of minutes the casino would find out something was wrong. Then all hell would be let loose. Th

im in the parking lot. He must have ditched the mop buc

an who couldn't have been more than twenty was the only other occupant in the car. She looke

s was not the time to get distracted, he thought,

he numbers over head decreasi

Frank waited, breathless. It was too good

e went wild. Frank didn't know her, not that it mattered now. The distraction her arrival created was exactly what he

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e evening. It was another routine day. His orders were simple. Each time the 'take' hit two million, he w

him badly. It was why he hated weekends when all the degenerate gamblers came into the h

d the scenes. Men who didn't take kindly to money falling short, men who

simple. You kept your desires as frugal

he bookkeeper resembled a bull frog so to receive attention from such a girl was more than his fragile mind could handle. He threw caution to the wind and joyfu

rom him. Some staff said it was the IRA others said the men were the FBI. Both stupid assumptions. Little was immediately directed to take

r than that last business he worked for; a used car dealership that sold

ce old and weary folks to part with the precio

his desk at the dealership and walked off like a man going out for an ice cream break. He

abbing his forehead from the stress. In a fe

their load and pressed th

throbbing leg. The car moved quietly d

wo men rolled out the heav

hed it in. As they got behind

down another corridor

even from the Floor Manager, he typed in

pushed the door in continued into a large room t

e in the center and motioned th

imes and worked now in efficient silence. He

e proceeded to the safe and held the kno

gan, with a befuddl

he lever and the door quietly opened. Little gapped into the safe as t

heels, he shoved the Manager who looked just as con

e alarm button w