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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Prediction from Thank You, Ma'am


My friends and I ran down a back alley behind the bank. I was getting an uncomfortable sensation that seemed to be spreading from my brain, down, and then circulating through my body. I had never gotten this feeling when I was making trouble before, so why now? I stopped. My legs wanted to keep going, but my brain was commanding them to stop.

"Hey man, what are you doin'?" Blackjack asked. We call him Blackjack because his most famous crime was running into a casino, knocking out a blackjack dealer, then stealing the money out of his pocket.

"Yeah man, we are running on a tight schedule here, " said Wiz. Wiz was the brains behind our operations, and he was always concerned about details.

"I can't do it guys," I said.

"Yo, man up. Don't you want yo share of the 500 g's we's about to steal?"  Blackjack asked.

"No I mean… I… Well, I would but Mrs. Jones wouldn't be wantin' me to be startin' this up again." I said.

"Ohh, you scared of a little old lady that you tried to pickpocket?" Wiz said.

"Yeah, she could really get you fo' this one." Blackjack said, while him and Wiz started shoving each other and laughing hysterically.

"She cared about me more than you do," I said, "You just want me fo' my skills, I know neitha' of you is knowin' how to pick a lock, or break into that there bank vault." "Ha, you's guys wouldn't be what you are without me, but you couldn't care less about havin' me as a friend, no you don't. So I'm gonna be startin' my reputation up fresh, now, I quit."

"Alright, be that way. We know how to pick a stupid lock, don't we Wiz," said Blackjack.

"Yeah, sure man. We don't need you to help, it just leaves mo' money fo' us, 25 g's each," said Wiz.

"Yeah, see ya man." said Blackjack, as him and Wiz high fived.

And I did leave. I straightened myself up, found a good friend who let me use his shower, and never did nothin' bad again. I graduated high school, went to college, and then got a job as a lawyer. And boy, did I do a lot of cases against Blackjack and Wiz, cuz they always got caught. I know that either of them ever did find out how to pick a lock. Anyway, I got married, had kids, and lived a perfectly happy life.

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