trouble comes in the form of jimmy, a petty criminal whose renegade nature lures jane elizabeth firesheets away from benton lynch. in order to prove that he is as dangerous and ambitious—and thus as alluring—as jimmy, benton lynch takes to holding up convenience stores and sending clippings about the crimes to jane elizabeth firesheets. this wins her affections away from jimmy, but has an unintended side effect: jane elizabeth firesheets pictures herself as bonnie to benton lynch's clyde, and insists that the two take off on a crime spree that ends in the shooting of an elderly store clerk.