Shortstory 001

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...it was our luck that I had forced Gary to lie down in the footwell, so that he could not be seen from the outside. Sometimes Gary does stupid things.

Those cursed roadblocks.

I let the car roll out and very slowly we reached to the cops: "Sergeant, what's going on, what's that action for?"

From under the shield of his cap, he looked me right into the face - the piercing eyes took me for an infinitely long moment - "Not your problem – Drive on"

Cautiously, I pressed on the accelerator, the engine got louder and with a deep rumble we drove slowly along the police cars.

The red and blue signal lights on the roofs of the cops reflected rhythmically in the paint of our car - 'Gary, just stay down'.

Finally it was over - I accelerated and we left the last roadblock behind.

Quiet giggling Gary got up behind me. In each arm, he had a bag stuffed with banknotes – oh, what a sight!

That was just a small part - the whole trunk was full of these bags.

This time it was worth it - we made it.

In this 'trip' we got about 3 million dollars.

And the best part was, the cops still thought, we would be in the room with the hostages...

(Joseph Buchannon, 30 years after the legendary robbery in the NORTHERN TRUST BANK, Chicago)

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(grid technique, no predrawing)
1. Dark areas
2. Medium areas
3. Light areas (finished drawing)

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