Roly Poly broke into a face-splitting grin when he saw the extra thousand dollars in the WeChat account. He was awfully pleased with himself.
"Dumb people are everywhere," he thought happily.
He had to put his phone down when Elizabeth called for him.
"Roly Poly, where are you?" she demanded, "We're surrounded!"
The fat cat immediately put his paws back on the keyboard. "Don't panic! I'm here!"
*
While Roly Poly reveled in his gain, Ishida was burning with rage from his loss.
"Scumbag! How could he swindle a stranger like this?" he spat.
"Should we call the police?" the assistant asked.
Ishida turned to him in disbelief. He kneed him in the shin, causing the man to topple over.
"Have you gone mad? Us?" he said, pointing to himself, "Calling the police? Us? Seriously?"
His stubby right-hand man was at a loss. "Then what should we do?"
