Seeking Rudy's Help

Rudy and Lucy left the shop, but John came running after them and called out Rudy's name.

"Rudy!"

SIGH!

Rudy turned around and asked, "What?"

"Can I talk to you?"

"Go ahead."

"It's a confidential talk."

"..." Rudy nodded at Lucy and said, "Wait for me for a minute."

Rudy hurriedly walked to John and asked, "What is it?"

"It's about the bank incident."

"..."

Rudy had already expected what John was going to say.

"Those bombs weren't fake. They were real."

"No way! I had no idea!" Rudy exclaimed, but of course, he was acting.

"You put hundreds of lives in danger. Do you have any idea how severe the punishment would be?" John asserted in a solemn voice.

"A week in jail?"

"You can go in for life imprisonment."

The bombs didn't explode, though."

"That doesn't matter. What matter is that hundreds of innocents would have died that day if the bombs had exploded!"