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As awesoet to work, so pushing Poppy and letting her figure out how far she illing to go with ood day, honey"

She stared at me silently for a drawn-outto shake off whatever sexual haze I had wrapped her up in and blinked those stunning eyes at me "You too, Wheeler"

I would, because it started out with her

I got stuck in traffic, so I ended up being late forbut it didn’t matter The car collector still picked up the ’67 Ford Fairlane and h it wasn’t close to being done I was on ot waylaid by another visitor as obviously from out of town but knew his shit when it came to classica friend that had recently relocated and that one of the guys at the tattoo shop where I went for uy he needed to see , looked like a felon, but talked engines and horsepower as well as I did He was driving a shitty rental but his pretty redheaded girlfriend wasted no ti me that she inherited a ’69 Super Bee when she and the bruiser got together When I asked what kind of ride he rolled around in, they both cringed and he gru his car but didn’t elaborate I was sht have secretly scared the piss out ofhim all my pride-and-joy projects was really enjoyable It wasn’t often Ithe old beasts back to life the sairlfriend eet She didn’t say much but when she did the htfully and patiently It was pretty clear he loved two things with equal passion,by his side He was careful with her in the saain went in search of coffee, the sugar rush fro to wear off, but was interrupted in my quest by another unexpected visitor I spotted the Hudson long before it pulled into the lot I paused in front of one of the bays and waited while the beautiful machine coasted to a s the le knock or whine, which was rare for a car that still had so uy from before cli "You’re back"

Once again he had mirrored aviators on, so I couldn’t read his expression but he did give a little nod "I aht be interested in"

I crossed my arms over my chest and narrowed my eyes I didn’t take on special projects for profit I wanted to sink my time and my money into cars that I felt really needed me I didn’t want to build any kind of flashy hot rod for a weekend warrior, not that this guy gave off the entitled vibes those wannabe gearheads had

"I usually track down my own builds I’m picky about what I want to take on I usually have to work on theular maintenance and customer cars that pay the bills I tend to only investthat Wayfarer for six er on why I was so sure I knew hiination because this was the second tiht ht have crossed before I could see my own puzzled expression in the reflection of the lasses he didn’t bother to take off

"I understand that, but this is an opportunity I doubt you’ll want to pass up I know soinal body and chassis are intact but the ether from different years and different makes and models It’s scrap I don’t have the space or the time to take it on since I’ht" His dark eyebrows lifted and his teeth flashed as he gave uy naht"

I blew out a whistle and rocked back on my heels That was an offer that was practically impossible to say no to "That’s quite a score Why would you want to pass it on to a guy you don’t know?"

He lifted a silver-and-black eyebrow as he told me, "I have eyes and I know ardless if they are a classic or a daily driver You’re putting out beautiful work, and honestly, I’ to see what you could do with the ’52 I know the seller really well, so I can probably get a few grand knocked off the asking price"

I watched hi to place where I could know him from, when it occurred to me I didn’t even know his name He’d taken off after I told him I was named after his car the last time he visited

"I didn’t catch your name the last time you stopped by See me a score and a deal" I cocked h narrowed eyes "Are you fa that I’ve seen you somewhere before You look very fah and shook his head He offered a hand and his grip e shook was firm and confident I wasn’t sure if it wastricks on ave o

"Name’s Zak Brady" He waited a second to see if I would have any reaction to the naht uneasily on his booted feet "I’m not famous but I’ve made a decent na I’m not sure anyone would be familiar with it outside of California, but if you ever head out to the West Coast, people will point you in the direction of rinned atstupidly because I knew that face was one that I was fa me bonkers that I couldn’t place him "I must have one of those faces, the kind that reminds someone of someone they think they know"