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Newspapers in the driveway. Letters overflowing from the mailbox. The same lights on all night, every night. I worked on the back door for a half hour with no luck. Then I pushed on a window. Not locked.
Lesson #1: Always try all the locks first.
Climbing in, I headed straight for the silver. Spent twenty minutes packing it up before I noticed it was only silver-plate. Waste of precious time.
Lesson #2: Don’t take anything not worth stealing.
Dumped it on the floor and headed to the master bedroom for the inevitable badly hidden jewelry, cash and other loot in the same old lousy hiding places. Heard a loud bang, felt a slamming impact and burning pain in my shoulder, and passed out. Woke up under guard in the city hospital.
Lesson #3: Some people are sloppy with their newspapers, mail and lights. But they may be just fine with guns.
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