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Diesel

“Sure boss, I'll lock up” I listen on the business phone line at the back of the auto e, the owner of Smooth Ride Auto, to thank me I knoon't, but it'd be nice for ratitude one of these days

I don't turn hi up the place on a Friday night I know the drill Been at it for over two years I get in at eight am, workweekday plus Saturdays, and I ae calls it a night and rolls out in his pimped up pickup truck

Not that I have anyone to bla hts that play on repeat in et all too vivid every tiht

But tonight's different He tells me there's one more customer on the way over to pick up a vehicle Which et here, even though I' with barely a break Having to stick around is a pain in the ass, but I've got no choice It's not like I can quit and go work on Wall Street anytiot to earn a living working with his hands and getting dirty for the next dollar

I wipe the sweat froe to object to these unbearable working conditions, telling hi proble up andon Maybe by the tiets here, I'll be done with this fiery red 1969 ZL-1 Camaro

Taking a et all about er as I ad its chroht here is what e to work on a piece of automotive history which is why I don't just perform the lube job listed on the service order Hell no A car like this, I e doesn't ive the custo back for more in a section of the city where there's an auto shop on every other corner

So, this beauty's getting the works Lube change, brake fluid flush, fluid top-ups all round If I have tiet to the front, I give the hood a pat, then get back down on the rolling creeper seat to finish the line flushes I started working on from the underbody The service form says that the owner of this , and it'll be one less thing to do when I get in for my Saturday shift

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Amber

I head out ofI should have left hours ago Like Trent, ht to his annual summer weekend retreat with the boys The only reason I stayed was because three of h as nails potential buyers who needed extra hand-holding to h on their offers, so if they all are accepted by the sellers, that’ll help the bottom line for our office In a way, I can’t bla ht to paradise weeks ago

Too bad I can’t say the sa

I don’t get to plan ahead the way I used to be able to

As ain ht years old, my plate is full on the home front On top of that, my father has dementia It’s the reason the boys and I moved back in with hietI adore s that ever happened to me I can’t picture my life without the I wouldn’t do for him The four of the on me for so many people, people who are absolutely, one hundred percent dependent onand ht now