Jimmy Valentine Short Story

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Day 1
It’s been a little over a year since ol’ Jimmy Valentine was released from jail. Seeing as there hasn’t been any bank robberies reported recently in his handiwork, Jimmy might just be waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike. Later that same night I drove into the peaceful town of Elmore and wandered around a bit until I found the infamous man that I had come to loathe at the very sight of him. After watching Jimmy for quite a while I learned that he owned the big – shot shoe store in town. It also seems that he has decided to engage a young woman, the local banker’s daughter at that. Seems like Jimmy is up to his old tricks, and it’s only customary for me to prolong my stay just to keep an eye on Jimmy, or Ralph Spencer I should …show more content…

Although I still have my doubts that make me remember the detestable man he used to be. Today Ralph is making plans to leave Elmore and go to Little Rock, the next town over. Now why would Ralph need to leave town? I settled to following him and the Adams down to the bank where quite a ruckus began to stir. It became quite boisterous as I witnessed one of the younger children lock the other in Mr. Adam’s new state of the art bank vault. Her poor mother screamed in horror and I glanced at Ralph to see what his next move would be. He obviously knew how to open that vault and surprisingly he did just that, but before he did he asked Annabel, the banker’s daughter, for the rose pin she wore. In one swift movement Ralph went to open to open the door I was too far to see how exactly he did it, but it didn’t matter seeing as he opened the vault in a few minutes. The young girl was freed and Ralph simply got up and left, ignoring the calls for him I followed him out and it seemed that he was waiting for me. He looked at me and something shone in his eyes, something I had never seen from him before. At that moment I could see the transformation that had taken place. Ralph was no longer Jimmy Valentine he was a changed man who deserved to live out his new life with the woman that he loves. I just looked at him and directed him to the buggy that was waiting for confident that I was sending a new man into the

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