I searched the store for my team. Okay, there was Lily, there was Riley, there was Hugo at the exit and there was Jack, not far behind him. I scooped up the beautiful golden necklace and slipped it into my long white glove. I walked over to the paying and stood in line before Riley. I silently dropped the necklace into her bag. On cue, she said, “Look at that!” she pointed out the window, and as the cashier was looking at the huge banner in the sky, that was being flown by Joan as planned, Riley walked to the other side of the check-in, “That’s amazing! Oh, well I must be getting home. C’mon Maya!”

I said, “Thank you! We do have to get going, though,”

As we walked toward the exit I lurched to a stop. No!!! Riley must have forgotten she had the stolen necklace. She was about to walk out of the shop and get caught! I yelled, “Riley!” causing everyone in the store to look at me angrily. I did my best “Oopsy” face and pretended to say, “Riley we are in so much trouble! It’s past 10 O’Clock!” this was not a lie. Thank god Riley realized what had almost happened and said, “We are so busted!”

As planned, nobody was paying attention to us. I mean, why would they? We were just two college girls who were past their curfew. Riley pretended to look for something in her purse but threw the necklace to me. I catched it and saved it inside my stockings. All attention was turned to Riley as she walked out of the store. The perfect distraction for me to take the necklace out of its hiding spot and toss it over the exit to Hugo. While I walked out of the store, Hugo hurled it to Jack who chucked it inside our getaway car.

Mission complete!