"We'll see.."Ed snickered at her cleaning her face. He was thrilled at having gotten such reward so easily. He stepped back and put his blade away , peaking out to make sure no one was around to see. "Thanks fer tha gif's. Maybe I'll see ya ag'n real soon." The boy chuckled and stepped slowly away onto the main street.

He hugged the jacket close against the cold and thumbed the necklace wondering how much it was worth before he started to run off, not looking back. Not like he cared what happened to her on the way home or if she followed him. In his mind, she'd be running home and crying about the big bad criminal who held her up and robbed her of everything.

He grinned huge at that picture. He was a bad guy.