the blue bag
she could feel beads of sweat on her forehead. she looked at her hands on the steering wheel. they were white. she smiled and loosened them. why had she quit smoking 6 months ago? she needed a cigarette now. if she had a cigarette she would be able to think. mandy almost convinced herself to go to the store and buy a pack. she talked herself out of it quickly though. she could not go any where but home. straight home and keep it under the speed limit. she checked the rear view mirror. no cops in sight. she smiled again. she had never had a speeding ticket. now she was looking over her shoulder. she looked at the seat beside her. it was still there underneath her purse. she could see the corner sticking out and she moved her bag to completely cover it. she had to keep her eyes on the road. she could not have an accident now. she was so excited, so nervous. her heart was beating quickly. she had never felt so happy and so scared at the same time.
she put it in her purse. she fumbled with the door lock and finally was safely inside. mandy didnt stop in the living room. she went straight to her bedroom. she locked the door and sat on her bed. she looked at the bag. now that she had it, she was afraid to open it. what had she done? it wasnt hers. what if someone had seen her? all of the stores had video tape now. what if she was on video? she was a criminal. damn, why hadnt she stopped for cigarettes? she checked her phone. she had two hours until buddy was home from work. time to get busy.
it was almost like Christmas. What would she find in there? She could be rich or it could be nothing but papers. What if it was just checks? Or receipts? Finally she laid the blue bag in front of her and opened the zipper. There were checks. They were in a stack with a large paper clip around them. There was a list. According to the list, there was $426.87 worth of checks. Mandy tried to remember the last time she had written a check. She used her debit card or paid online. Who uses checks anymore? She set them to the side and reached into the bag again. It was a large stack and it was all cash. Her heart leaped. She had no idea how much she had. Her hands were shaking. She sat it on the bed. She didnt think she would be able to count it. She did.
$9,808. nine thousand dollars. almost ten thousand. she had never seen so much money at one time. never. the things she could do with this. a car. a new car. a vacation. maybe a cruise. shopping. she would go shopping. not at the discount stores either. she would go the mall and buy whatever she wanted without looking at the price tag. mandy had not been to the mall since she had lost her job. six months.she started to feel depressed again thinking about being laid off but when she looked at the money she felt better. she thought about Buddy.
Suddenly she realized she could not tell Buddy. She could not tell anyone. She thought about Sherry. Her best friend. since highschool. No. she could not drag Sherry into this either. She was alone. Alone with $10,000 that she couldnt spend. She had no way to explain it. No inheritance. She couldnt say she found it. A lottery? Maybe she could say she won the lottery. No, they would be able to check that.
she could feel beads of sweat on her forehead. she looked at her hands on the steering wheel. they were white. she smiled and loosened them. why had she quit smoking 6 months ago? she needed a cigarette now. if she had a cigarette she would be able to think. mandy almost convinced herself to go to the store and buy a pack. she talked herself out of it quickly though. she could not go any where but home. straight home and keep it under the speed limit. she checked the rear view mirror. no cops in sight. she smiled again. she had never had a speeding ticket. now she was looking over her shoulder. she looked at the seat beside her. it was still there underneath her purse. she could see the corner sticking out and she moved her bag to completely cover it. she had to keep her eyes on the road. she could not have an accident now. she was so excited, so nervous. her heart was beating quickly. she had never felt so happy and so scared at the same time.
she put it in her purse. she fumbled with the door lock and finally was safely inside. mandy didnt stop in the living room. she went straight to her bedroom. she locked the door and sat on her bed. she looked at the bag. now that she had it, she was afraid to open it. what had she done? it wasnt hers. what if someone had seen her? all of the stores had video tape now. what if she was on video? she was a criminal. damn, why hadnt she stopped for cigarettes? she checked her phone. she had two hours until buddy was home from work. time to get busy.
it was almost like Christmas. What would she find in there? She could be rich or it could be nothing but papers. What if it was just checks? Or receipts? Finally she laid the blue bag in front of her and opened the zipper. There were checks. They were in a stack with a large paper clip around them. There was a list. According to the list, there was $426.87 worth of checks. Mandy tried to remember the last time she had written a check. She used her debit card or paid online. Who uses checks anymore? She set them to the side and reached into the bag again. It was a large stack and it was all cash. Her heart leaped. She had no idea how much she had. Her hands were shaking. She sat it on the bed. She didnt think she would be able to count it. She did.
$9,808. nine thousand dollars. almost ten thousand. she had never seen so much money at one time. never. the things she could do with this. a car. a new car. a vacation. maybe a cruise. shopping. she would go shopping. not at the discount stores either. she would go the mall and buy whatever she wanted without looking at the price tag. mandy had not been to the mall since she had lost her job. six months.she started to feel depressed again thinking about being laid off but when she looked at the money she felt better. she thought about Buddy.
Suddenly she realized she could not tell Buddy. She could not tell anyone. She thought about Sherry. Her best friend. since highschool. No. she could not drag Sherry into this either. She was alone. Alone with $10,000 that she couldnt spend. She had no way to explain it. No inheritance. She couldnt say she found it. A lottery? Maybe she could say she won the lottery. No, they would be able to check that.
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