The Reckoning
“He checked the doors and looked through the windows of each car he passed, hoping to find something that was worth stealing. He usually had a lot of luck with supermarket car parks; every day he managed to find at least one car to steal from. He didn’t necessarily get much from any one car, but over the course of a week he did alright.
After a little more than half an hour he had finished with the current line of cars and moved on to the next. That was when he struck it lucky. He couldn’t belie...ve it when the door of the Honda Civic came open when he tried it; even more surprising was the sight of the keys in the ignition. Though he had occasionally been lucky enough to find an unlocked car, he had never had the good fortune to find one with the keys.
It was an opportunity he couldn’t pass up; even if there wasn’t anything of value in the car, the car itself would fetch him at least a few hundred quid. He knew a guy who would happily buy the car from him. It took him all of about one second to decide to steal the car; selling it would make him more money than he’d normally make in a fortnight.MoreLess
After a little more than half an hour he had finished with the current line of cars and moved on to the next. That was when he struck it lucky. He couldn’t belie...ve it when the door of the Honda Civic came open when he tried it; even more surprising was the sight of the keys in the ignition. Though he had occasionally been lucky enough to find an unlocked car, he had never had the good fortune to find one with the keys.
It was an opportunity he couldn’t pass up; even if there wasn’t anything of value in the car, the car itself would fetch him at least a few hundred quid. He knew a guy who would happily buy the car from him. It took him all of about one second to decide to steal the car; selling it would make him more money than he’d normally make in a fortnight.MoreLess
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