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Chapter 6
I nodded. “I’ll be fine. We only have a little bit of time left. Then, we’ll be opening up Carl’s Automotive 2.0.”
He shook his head and laughed. “Y’all better not call it that. No one will show up.”
“But that’s the mystery of it! Who is Carl? Why doesn’t he work there? What happened to him?” I smiled as he laughed again.
“You are…something else. Go get me a damn fuel hose so we can get started.”
Skipping away, I headed to the back warehouse of the shop. When I finally found the hose and pulled it, another car had shown up and Emmett was helping them, writing notes on the issues they were coming in with. I kept my head down and bee-lined for Carl.”
“Here you go. I cut it to size, too.”
He took it and slipped under the car, starting the tedious process of replacing it. I managed to help with my slimmer hands as I held the line in place as he maneuvered it where he needed it to be. It was cut perfectly as he reconnected everything.
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My eyes stared down at my bottle before I drained it. “We should head back. I don’t want to get yelled at because we stayed away too long after the she-bitch told us to get out.”Carl chuckled and nodded. “Thanks for the help today.”“Thanks for letting us work.”“Next week then?” Carl held out his fist.I gave him a fist bump, followed by Emmett. He answered, “At the latest.”Carl walked us to the bus, and since it was already dark outside. We waved as we got on and sat in the back.“Think we should pick up dinner?”“If we take it home, you’re holding it. Last time it just got wasted in my hands.”Emmett chuckled. “Maybe we should just eat it there?”I nodded. “The usual place?”“Sure.”We got off after two stops and jaywalked across the street to Giorgio’s. It was our f
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