"One way or another, you are going to return that toy," said the woman, her hands on her hip and a wry smile turning up her lips, "unless you prefer going to jail for shoplifting."
The child's eyes, wide open, darted to the man for reassurance, but met only a victorious grin.
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As some one who has been working in a toy store I totally see this. And I have a great appreciation of it.
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It kind of came to mind after I encouraged X to change his mind about having J crash the car into the capitol. Oddly, he didn't care too much about us going to jail, but he was vehemently opposed to having to live with someone else :)
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