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Her eyes bugged out. “They were going to charge me over eight hundred down the street.”
No wonder the woman was nervous. Most people didn’t know what was what when it came to their cars, but it was wrong to take advantage of them.
“Why don’t we go inside? I’ll work up a quote and see how quickly we can get the parts.”
The bellabove the door jangled when I opened it. I held it for her. She stared at me like I was the most bizarre thing she’d ever seen. She shook her head again. Weird.
I gestured for her to step in.
Ed was behind the window.
“The lady needs a caliper on a 2014 Explorer,” I said.
She lifted a brow in surprise.
I pointed toward the window. “Ed here will help you. I’m going to take a look at that other side and see if it’s okay. Locking calipers normally puts stress on the braking system but can also strain the transmission. And then things can get expensive.”
Ed was generally a grumpy man, but he had his version of a pleased expression on his face. “Get that VIN number, Dixon,” he said as I went back through the door.
“Be here by seven tomorrow,”Ed grunted once the woman left. I’d already gotten a lecture from my boss this morning, before lunch, and during my afternoon water break.
“No problem.”
“If you’re late again, we’ll have to rethink this.”
If I had my own garage, I could set my own hours.
I’d been working at his shop since I’d decided to stay in New York. He was a friend of my dad’s, but I was the best he had. Ed wasn’t rethinking anything.
“No problem,” I repeated. “See you in the morning.”
I straightenedup the scattered tools around my station, the only one besides Ed left at the garage. I checked my phone. It was after seven. All I wanted to do was go home, take a long hot shower, and imagine a replay of this morning with a different ending.
But I couldn’t go home. Not with her there. I wasn’t ready to face Easy even if it made me a coward. All I could think about was her naked, wet body. Those perfect breasts. That round ass.
My dick grew painfully hard just like it had every time I’d let my mind wander today. It was a wonder I hadn’t poked somebody’s eye out with the thing.
Nope. Most definitely couldn’t go home. I’d embarrass the shit out of myself.
My finger hovered over my brother’s number. I hesitated. He had a new family. A baby. I couldn’t call him.
I scrolled to my sister. She was a single mom. Had her own child to take care of. She didn’t have time to go out drinking with me.
There was only one person left.
“Hey, Dad,” I said when he answered the phone.
“Hey, son.”
I instantly relaxed at the familiar sound of his voice. “You busy?”
“I’m warming up dinner.”
“You eat late for an old man,” I teased.
“I was about to invite you over, but I don’t believe I will.”
“Are you by yourself?”
