struggle

Struggle.

Jason awoke in a sweat again. The red digital display of the clock radio
told him it was 3:15AM, and although he wanted to go back to sleep, he knew
he wouldnÕt be able to - he hadnÕt had a good nightÕs sleep since his last
job with Mat Johnson. It was the First National Bank on High Street. As soon
as they started grabbing cash the cops were there. Jason had noticed and had
ran out the back door, but Mat was too slow - he got shot in the head. It
had been the end of Jason LennoxÕs career as an armed robber, even though he
thrived on the feeling he got when running out of a bank, a bag full of cash
in one hand, a sawn off rifle in the other. He loved out-running the police,
jumping fences and dodging through thin alleyways, but since Mat died, he
couldnÕt bring himself to do it again even though he wanted to.

Although Jason was no longer an armed robber, he still had to get money, and
now he had to resort to a different way of thieving. Now, he would vis...