Chapter 1


Tom rubbed his eyes with his hands as he waited for the 20 minute late train.  The cold, snowy air swirled around him. He shivered. He missed the warmth of his coat that was now sodden and icey. He had dropped it into one of the many slush puddles on the walk to the station.  He searched in his pocket for his phone. When he couldn't feel the shape of it he stood up and felt his back pockets frantically. He sighed when there was no sign of it, Trish had always scolded him for losing his things. Get your bearings, They'd always shout.

 "Wonder what Trish would say now," He murmured to himself.

He stretched to try and get his blood pumping. The cold still seeped through. Tom looked around to see if he could find anything interesting. Most of the people around him weren't doing much though. He looked harder, till he spotted something. There was a little pile of snow near a pillar holding up the station roof. He glanced around and when he was sure no one was watching he sauntered over to it slowly.
As he brushed of most of the snow he saw it was a black plastic garbage bag. The knot on it wasn't very tight so he slipped it open to reveal it was full of $100 bills. He let out a gasp of surprise that was louder than he wanted. He tied it up again quickly and pulled it out of the snow he turned and rammed face first into someone. He held his nose as he looked up to the person. The man was tall and heavy-set.

 "S-sorry, " Tom choked out.

The man was just staring at the bag.

 "What do you have there?"