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The Corner Store was Charles McGill Sr.'s store.

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In 1973, a young Jimmy is working (or pretending to work) in his father's store, while secretly reading a Playboy magazine. A customer comes in and asks Jimmy's father for some money to get a taxi, since he's got a sick kid and his car has stalled. Jimmy, watching the customer, immediately deduces that the customer is actually a con man looking to steal money from the till. He tries to tell his father, but Charles Sr. refuses to listen to Jimmy. When Charles Sr. offers to fix the man's car and goes to the back to get spare parts, Jimmy watches the register. After paying for cigarettes, the con man tells Jimmy, "There are wolves and sheep in this world, kid. Wolves and sheep. Figure out which one you're gonna be." He then leaves the store. As Charles Sr. returns with the parts, Jimmy, watching his father follow the customer outside, quietly begins stealing money from the register. ("Inflatable")

In a flashback, Jimmy and Marco break into the McGill family's abandoned store in Cicero, Illinois. Jimmy retrieves an old Band-Aid box from the ceiling, from which he retrieves his childhood coin collection. Jimmy finds an Indian-head penny that he hopes to use in a con game. He explains that he hid his collection after his father tried to give back a rare George Washington half dollar. He goes on say that his family were better off not owning the store, saying that his father was only popular because he was too generous with money. As he and Marco leave, Jimmy takes the Band-Aid box with him. ("Slip")

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