Diabolical scheme lands cash.. but what else??                              58

She required him to move the gold out and onto the floor in the office. She watched as he loaded it on carts and took it out to dump on the floor. She was delighted to hear the tinkle of the coins as they fell and rolled on the tile floor. When it was all done, she locked him in the vault.  

 She came into the main room of the bank and saw the gold. Her heart raced with plans with the money. She danced and laughed for a while and  then she stood, raised her blade and thanked her own powers that be to help her be the victor she wanted to be. 

She filled the bags with the coins. She found she could carry more with the cart that he left. She took the overly filled cart to the bus stop. Becky knew she would need help getting on board. Looking at her costume, she pulled it off and stuffed it in the bag of coins. As the bus pulled up, many came out to help the young girl   She sat and looked out at the crowds on the streets.  She was anxious to get away before the police arrived. Inside her head, a nagging thought came and went. 

' Truth Yields Honesty '

She lay her head on the window and tried not to think about the fear she instilled in each of them. Becky just kept quiet with that same thought entering her head.

Outside the trucks rolled by, honking as they tried to make the cars get out of the way. 

The bus rolled by a large park. It was full of moms holding little ones hands; dads with with balls and children catching the balls. She could think of her daddy throwing balls as she learned to catch them. Her heart tugged at her yet she let it go. She had to get a job and find a way to live on her own. She shook her head and tried to clear it. The adrenalin was still rushing around in her body. She looked at her coin bag and saw a piece of the costume sticking out. She pushed it in with her toe.

Cops and fire personnel later surrounded the bank. The employees were rescued and the medics checked everyone over. The cops interviewed everyone. Puzzlement grew on their faces. Who could this robber be? A skeleton?

'Funny thing was, they never knew it was a kid.' Most of the time we just had to be calm and think she was trying to sell us something. You know how those crazed coffee goons show up and sing songs and then try to sell us their version of coffee. Well this was not what she was.'

'Why one of the policemen told me he has a daughter that likes to use her skeleton costume too.'

Sharon was startled and had to be talked to gently. She had a feeling who it might be. Her neighbors talked often of a home with young girls. They seemed to do things that made her wonder, did this little girl come from there. She didn't know if she should say anything about this. Sharon finally was able to go home. 

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