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“Well, it looks like you can change a tire. Are you sure you don’t need help?”
“I got it.” I held up my skinny arm.
He smiled. “I have two sons, though. Both are single, but my oldest one… I believe you’d like him.”
“Does he know you pimp him out to women beside the road?”
“He needs all the help he can get.”
“That bad?”
He nodded.
I dropped to my knees beside the flat tire. “I believe I’ll pass, good sir, but thanks for stopping.”
“Shame. He could use someone like you,” he said. “And tit is a more colorful word than boob.”
That time, I was the one laughing as the old man drove away.
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My boss texted me before I got in my car.
No power at the office. Don’t bother coming in.
Danny Hopkins was my boss and a big-time lawyer around those woods. Not that Huntingsburg was a big or well-known place.
I wasn’t going to complain about not having to work, but missing a day’s worth of pay would cut back on my savings. Just like the tires I bought last month. It was a dang mystery how quickly and often I managed to get a flat tire a few weeks afterbuyingnew ones. It was so hard to save when everything,everything,no matter how big or small, went wrong.
Gran used to say, “If I didn’t have bad luck, I wouldn’t have any luck at all.”
I was fond of the hardheaded woman. Her words lived in my head. I missed her so much.
How was I supposed to save money when I had to live?
I sulked and allowed my pity party to go on another thirty seconds before I shrugged and called up my best friend. Holly answered after two rings. “Aren’t you supposed to be working for the creepy, old fart?”
“I’m off today. How soon is your next appointment?” Holly was a hair stylist and the only person I let touch my head.
“I had a cancellation, so not until noon.”
“Good. I’m heading over to redo my red.”
“Fine. I guess I’ll make you pretty again.”
“You’re the best.”
TWO
Hudson
The lunch special was pepper steak over rice. I marinated the meat overnight. Customers were on a seafood and chicken binge that month, which wasn’t unusual. The meat I used differed each week. It just so happened that week, steak wasn’t the preferred choice. All the fresh beef inside the fridge would expire on Friday, so hence, the special.
“Looks good,” Randall said as he fried a burger beside me.
“Stick around.” I smiled. “I might teach you something yet.”
A loud clattering noise came from behind me. I whipped my head around. My grandma Sue was hunched over, trying to pick up the broken plates with her hand. I swore the old woman helped in the kitchen to scare the hell out of me. She knew I’d rather her visit instead of work.
