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“Then let’s think of something to do,” she said.
THIRTY-SIX
Eddie went back to the Y with Mac, his buddy. “There’s that thing you said you were going to teach me,” he said to Mac.
“You mean how to pick a lock?”
“That’s what I mean.”
Mac took a pouch from his pocket and unzipped it. “You’ll need a set of these,” he said.
“Where do I get a set of those?”
Mac grinned. “From me, of course.”
“How much?”
“Two hundred bucks.”
“I’ll give you a hundred.”
“One seventy-five or get them somewhere else.”
“And that includes instruction?”
“That’s another twenty-five.”
“Oh, all right.”
They began by taking apart the lock on the door to theirroom so Mac could show Eddie how it worked. They moved on to a more challenging lock on the weight room door, then tried another. A couple of hours later, Eddie was picking locks. He packed a bag.
“Where you going?” Mac asked.
“Out of town.”
“Without me?”
“I got all I need from you.”
“You won’t survive a day on the street without me.”
Eddie thought about that. “Have you got any decent clothes?”
“I got a blue blazer and some khakis. Those’ll work for me just about anywhere.”
“Get packed,” Eddie said.
Mac started packing.
“You know anything about cars?” Eddie asked.
“I know how to drive ’em and fix ’em. Why?”
“I want to buy one.”
“What kind?”
“A Mercedes.”
