Summary Of Karmen's Short Story: The Thief

The thought that Karmen could turn him in, or at least advise Ol' Bob, and his cronies in the bar that they had a theif in their midst, and he'd be awakened to the sight and sounds of a lynch mob banging down the door of his lodgings, to be strung from the nearest tree, or thrown in the town lockup, had crossed Duane's mind. Albeit only momentarily. As much as he occasionally wished it to be the case, the small-time thief didn't really believe that his exploits in the East were of such infamy as to have his face and name plastered on wanted posters two-thousand miles away, or that there'd be an arrest warrant out for him in Nevada, and he'd left the drunks wallet in the bar, so there's was no evidence on his person to link him to any crime. Apart from the bundle of cash he'd stuffed under the mattress, which, with a white lie or three, could easily be explained away as his.

Aside from that, he'd gathered the singer was keen to get away from the town of …show more content…
At 6am, there was plenty of time to gather his posessions, shower and shave, recount the takings from the night before, and be ready to collect Karmen.

Duane slipped out the front door, careful to not rouse the Landlady, with suitcases in hand, and loaded the trunk of the Thunderbird, before he decided to take a walking tour of Reddell. The journey took all of five minutes, but Duke did manage to locate a little mom and pop café and gas station, which was just in the process of being opened for the day, and convinced the proprietors to serve him a mug of coffee to go. And one for Karmen. Beverages in hand, he walked back to the vehicle, did a U-Turn, and parked it outside the Reddell Motel, with nose pointed in the direction of