The sounds of a slamming cash register drawer filled the inside of the little pawn shop. Sam Hill was finishing up the end of his night at work. Sam has been extremely excited about getting to see his girlfriend after work. She had been away on a long business trip and finally getting back home . Sam was whistling as he dusted off the last of the shelves . The time seemed to slow down to a snails crawl in the last half hour of work as it always did.
Sam has fumbled in his pockets for his keys and energeticly walked to the door to lock it. Suddenly the door burst open before Sam could get there. Three people in all black clothes and masks entered inside the pawn shop. Sam's eyes widen as he thought about his life in that moment and hoped they would take whatever and leave.
The masked man in the lead held a gun up to Sam. " We want every bit of gold in here right now".
A second man in a mask knocked a shelf over just to prove some point. " All the gold" he screamed and threw a giant black trash bag at Sam. " Put it all in that bag".
The third man in the mask just stood behind the others. Sam noticed the third masked robber had one of his hands missing. Noting the missing appendage if he survived this encounter. The trash bag of crinkled as Sam picked it up and went to work collecting all the gold items he could. Rings and other jewelry were the first to be thrown into the trash bag. Next would come any of the rare golden decorative items that were in the shop. Finally Sam finished collecting the gold around the shop.
The third robber made a gesture to the safe " Don't forget the gold you have in there and the gold coins in the back office".
Sam was confused by this. Did any of these robbers know this shop well or possibly work here before? Wondering how they knew about the special gold coins, Sam opened the safe up and cleaned the gold out of it. One of the robbers grabbed a special chalice that was on sale until the third made a gesture and shook his head no. Sam wondered why they had only wanted gold as he noticed the interaction. Letting any other thoughts go besides survival at this point.
Sam was now fumbeling at the office door trying to unlock it. One of the robbers grabbed onto Sam's shirt with anger. " Open the fucking door " pushing Sam against the door hard it flew open. " Now".
A chair back caught Sam and they both tumbled over. Sam began crawling towards the cabinet with the coins. " Please don't hurt me . I will get you what you want".
" Hurry it up. We don't have all night " the robber in the back office snarled.
The clang of the cabinet was sweet sounds to the robber. Sam pulled the coins out of the cabinet inside a safe little green box. Swinging around to finally hand off the last of what the robbers has wanted, Sam felt tears come to his eyes as he saw a gun in his face. The robber snatched the box from Sam and tossed it into the trash bag.
" Now for the rest of these festering shit holes" the other robber stated.
" We have a strict plan to keep to so let's move it"the handless robber bellowed.
Out of all the worst thoughts that ran through Sam's mind what played out next wasn't even thought of. The bells above the door sounded as a woman walked in. It was Christine, Sam's girlfriend who had come to surprise him. The robber that held up the rear knocked Christine down right as she entered.
" Wrong time , lady " the robber said as he brandished his gun pointing down at her.
" Please don't kill her" Sam said loudly. " I gave you what you wanted. Please for the love of God don't kill her".
The robber nodded and it was the slowest minute in Sam's life . The gun shot echoed in Christine's ears as the robber shot Sam down in cold blood. The three of the criminals ran out of the building with the trash bag filled with gold. Christine crawled over to the lifeless body that once was Sam. She held him in her arms sobbing uncontrollably for two hours straight until police finally managed to show up.