Luther opened the door and laughed. "Todd. We saw it on the news. That was funny, man. You blew the shit out of those guys."
   Todd smiled a little, then turned blank. "Yeah. But now I still have the problem with the law. I think I'm going to go to Mexico."
  Luther looked at Betty and then she said "Let me tell him. Todd, we have some good news for you. We got a mortgage on the house and we can pay you in full!"
   Todd smiled a big one. "Really? How much?"
   Luther broke in. "We got sixty-five thousand. You just tell us what we owe you."
   Todd did some math out loud. "Well, it's really worth sixty-five, but I originally said sixty. You gave me about seven already, so I think you owe me fifty-three, but since you guys have been such good friends, I'd happily take for forty-five."
Luther said "let me get my checkbook." He scratched in it for a few seconds and handed Todd a check. "Here. I think that's fair.
   Todd looked at it and saw fifty thousand. He shook Luthers and Bettys hands and said good-bye.
   As he was walking out the door, Luther said "one more thing. My sister is a travel agent. I could call her and make arrangements for you to travel in another name, if you want."
   Todd smiled. "I hear Mexico's nice this time of year. And I always wanted to learn how to speak Spanish.

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