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Dad built me up, calling me his helper, wingman, and then full partner, so I wouldn’t ask too many questions. And why should I? We were the good guys, the Robin Hoods, who took only from people who would barely miss the money. Except that isn’t true. It was never true. This moment has been building ever since the first day of Mr. Novak’s ethics unit. And now that I realize all this, I can never look at my father in quite the same way again. I feel like crying. My whole life, I’ve worshipped my father. To me, he’s been the coolest, savviest, cleverest, most resourceful human on the planet. I still consider him those things. The El Capitan scheme borders on genius. And what purpose drives all that talent and brilliance? Ripping people off.
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