Your plan

"There's no telling some good samaritan wouldnt come around and help him if we go forward with your plan." You replied.

"You need backup in there. We can keep the car running, so when the moment comes we jump and run. It might be a second's delay, but it's worth it. Trust me." You insist. Max stares at you for a moment, analysing both options. Finally, he sighs.

"Alright, let's try your idea. You better be right."

You gulped. Let's hope so.

***

You stepped towards the small jewlery store, hand in hand like some happy couple. You wanted to throw up, but you had to keep your cool for this to work. Max was clearly enjoying this. You had to smack his hand off your ass twice just on the way across the street. But you'll have your way with him later.

A small bell rang signifying your etnrance. The old store clerk's eyes rose from his magazine, smiling warmy at you.

"How may I help you lovely couple today?" He asked. He seemed very nice. You almost felt bad for what you were gonna do next. You opened your mouth to speak, but Max was ahead of you.

"Yes, I'd like to buy some lovely girlfriend here some jewlery." He said with a smile, turning towards you and landing a quick peck on your lips. You had to stop yourself from punching him. He's so gonna get this once this is over...

"Oh? What did you have in mind?" The man asks, turning to you.

"I uh," you stammer for a bit. You were surprised Max was so well articulated. This was harder than you thought. "Whatever my loveley husband, uh, boyfriend is willing to get me. I'm not picky."

Max gave you a slightly demanding look, but went along. "Whatever you want sweatheart. Money's not an issue." He smiled at you.

You smiled thinly at him before turning back to the clerk.

"Alright then." He asnwered warmly, turning his attention towards you. "So what are we thinking? Rings? Earings? Miss..."

"Uh, Deion...a. Diana." You smiled embarassedly. Max was clearly annoyed with you, but he slowly started trailing away, pretending to inspect the rolexes. The clerk's attention was stiffly on you. He seemed a bit confused by your odd mannerisms, but seemed to dismiss it. As you spoke you tried your best to sound like a white girl, which probably only served to make you appear even more out of place. But so far it was good enough.

"Well, uh, those earings look nice." You said, pointing at the display bellow the glass counter.

"Oh the jade? I agree. They're imported from China. They would look lovely with your hair." He took out a small key and opened the panel, taking out the earings. "Wanna try them on?"

You glanced over at Max. He managed to snatch some rolexes out on display, but besides that everything was locked behind bulletproof glass. He motioned you annoyed. You needed the key.

"Uh sure." You replied on instinct. Wait, did you even have earing holes?

Before you could question it, the old man handed you the pair. You smiled nervously, searching your lobes. Luckily, you did.

You put on the earings, and on queue the old man handed you a mirror. You took a glance at your reflection, still unused to seeing your new face in the mirror.

Your eyes instead trailed back to the small Keychain he left on the counter top. You had to find a way to snatch it without him noticing.

"Those seem nice, yeah." You said, keeping on your thin lipped smile. You really hated having to take this role, but this was your idea. Unfortunately, for this to work you had to sink further into this character. "Could you box these for me?" You said, taking them off with some difficulty.

"Sure. No problem at all." The old man turned his back to you, reaching to the box wraps. You quickly took this opportunity, swiftly grabbing the keys and chucking them at Max. He almost didn't catch them.

The old man was about to turn back, not wanting him to see the keys gone, you opted to grab his hand and try to lead him. He was startled, surprised by this strange action but not more than just confused. He held the box in hand as you lead him towards the necklaces display, maling sure to keep his back turned to Max's antics the entire time.

"Can I try some of these?" You asked, putting on the puppy eyes. You acted almost like a child, which you personalmy found revolting.

"Oh, sure darling." He said, getting more conftrable with the objectification. Gross.

He pressed a fingerprint sensor to disable the alarm for this part of the display, then lifted one of the necklaces off the bust, handing it to you.

"Thank you." You said with a gentle smile, rubbing your hand over his arm. He seemed to notice that, but not being able to tell whether it was intentional...

You caught sight of Max in the corner of your eye. He was already behind the counter, hauling all the expensive earings into his hoodie's pockets. You motioned at him anrgily towards the door towards the back. You figured the more expensive shit will be hidden back there, and you wanted to grab as much stuff without the old man noticing. Max nodded, putting the earings back slowly.

You fiddled with the necklace, putting it around your neck. You noticed the clerk's eyes slowly starting to follow your gaze, and went into panic mode. You can't have him see Max! You tried to think of a way to distract him while Max goes in the back. You had less than a second to act. Fuck.