Chapter 2: Greed

"How much does that one cost? Can I see it?" I asked the cashier as he handed me another gold necklace with a diamond in it.
"It's 20,000" He told me, I new I can't afford it but that didn't matter. The question was, can I steal it? "How about that one?" I pointed to another necklace behind the glass. There were five necklaces out already but in order to steal it, I needed a distraction. He pulled out that necklace and I say that the price tag was a little loose on it. He handed the necklace to me as I tried it on. I slid my fingers through the tag and it easily fell off. "I love it." I said, "I'll buy it, how much is it?" I asked as I handed the necklace to the cashier.

"There's no price on it." He stated in confusion.
"I think it fell to the flood, I think I saw it fall." I misled him. He bend down and tried to find the price tag that I secretly held in my hand, it gave me enough time. I took the 20,000 necklace and I ripped the price tag off of it, then I put the necklace in my pocket.

"I'm sorry miss, I can't find it anywhere." The cashier stated.
"That's ok, I'll come back next time, maybe then I'll find something that I'll like." I told him as I walked out of the store. I got what I wanted and it was right in my pocket.

While on the street, I was happy about my success, I stole again and no one even saw me. I looked around and a sight of beautiful leather and fur came to my attention. It was cold on that street anyways, I went into the fur and leather coat store. It was harder to steal from this store but maybe I'll get a purse or a wallet if someone isn't careful.

The sight of a blond woman got my attention. She was looking through the leather section. Her purse was constantly falling off of her shoulder. "Sonny, come here." The woman called all the way across the store as a handsome man emerged.

"What?" The man said when he came closer to that woman.
"Try this on, I want to see if it fits." The woman told the man and she still tried to fuss with her purse. She finally took her purse off and put it on a coat rack as she handed the man the coat. I pretended to be looking around for a coat until the man and the woman were more distracted.

"It's fits perfectly but it's not my type." The man said.
"It is perfect, just please try it. Who knows, you might actually like leather." The woman told him as she leaned in for a kiss. That was the perfect distraction. I opened that woman's purse and pulled out her wallet. I then left the store.

I was on the street again as I opened up the wallet to see if there was any money in it. It was full of cash and credit cards. I pulled out the woman's drivers licence to find out what is her name. "Caroline Leah Corinthos" it said. If I only would have known then that stealing that woman's wallet would lead to the biggest mistake of my life.