The Amulet

By Saah Millimono
Published:  02 May, 2008

I had always thought of robbing James Bolton, a Canadian-born millionaire, but the odds were so huge I was unlikely to succeed. My initial plan was to grab Bolton in the street at gunpoint as he emerged from a bank, snatch his briefcase, jump into a getaway car, and speed off. But after doing a little thinking, I discarded that idea. There were army checkpoints on every main route in the city, and traffic was usually jammed, crawling at a snail's pace. Bloton's bodyguards would have easily phoned a checkpoint, got the traffic to a halt, and then grab me as I tried to escape in panic.

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