Diamonds

   After I was caught shoplifting at J. B. White's at Richland Mall, and I told my parents it was the first time I had stolen something (which it wasn't), I told them I would never do it again.  I lied.

 Soon after that, I saw the Ian Fleming book "Diamonds Are Forever" in the store, and I wanted it.  For some reason, the paperback cover was sticky.  I took it anyway.  When I got home, my mother asked me how did I get it, if I didn't have any money?  I told her that I had found $3 in an envelope in the mall's parking lot.  I said that it was outside of a bank.  She asked why I didn't return it to the bank, and I said that it was finders keepers.  I told her that I used that money to pay for the book.  She didn't believe me, so she asked me again.  I told her the same story more than once.  Since it had a sticky cover, it stuck to some of my other books and damaged some.  I guess that was meant to be.  

 That still wasn't my last time stealing books.  Mother's Day was coming up, and I needed a present to give to her.  I found a Zip Code Directory at the store and took it for her.  When I gave it to her, she asked why I thought she would like it?  I told her that she wrote a lot of letters, and maybe it would come in handy.  She thanked me and gave it to me saying I needed it more than her.  I still have it.  I stopped shoplifting after that.