Short Story: George And The Heist

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One day a man by the name of George Covington and his best friend Eugene were coming home to their mansion in Los Angeles, California. Both men enjoyed being rich, they could pay for anything they wanted. All of his money was inherited from his family. Eugene was George’s best friend. Both of them have had great times living together and were becoming even closer as friends.
While living in the gigantic house, George and Eugene had a good time being rich, but one day George wanted to figure out how much money they had left. He found out the amount of money they had was scarce!
George ran to tell Eugene and he abruptly said, “Eugene! We have spent almost all of our money!” They thought of a plan to gain the money back. Blueprints of the building were needed to help
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The plan was good, but everything needed to work out flawlessly. For them to have more money they were willing to do anything. Their plan to earn money back was to rob a huge bank in Los Angeles. The task was very risky, but they thought they were capable of accomplishing it.
Weapons were going to be required to help them rob the bank. Both of them went to a gun store and bought some guns. That day they were as concerned as a person taking a very important test. The next day came and it was the day of the heist. Waiting the whole day was nerve-racking but they needed to do it at night. Time to go! Two A.M. was when they started to get everything arranged. Then they drove to the bank and parked distant from it. Eugene carried everything they needed to the back of the building. George designed a fake key to help them break into the building. The key worked! The giant safe is where they went to first. George unlocked it. George took one step in and Beep! Beep! All sorts of alarms went off. The sirens were as loud as a little girl screaming. Rushing and taking all the money they could and putting it in their luggage. Lights flashed all

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