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"One down," Eleanor said as he glanced first at the car and then at her "Four to go"

A convertible driven by her dad’s friend Tony pulled up outside the back entrance to the garage Eleanor threw herself inside

"Where to?" Tony asked as he peeled out and onto the street

"Find me some rich bitches They keep their cars cleaner"

"Gramercy Park it is then, ma’am"

On 23rd Street, she nabbed a Mercedes Too easy They hadn’t even locked the fking thing

Canal Street netted them one BMW, silver It handled like a dream Such a pretty car it broke Eleanor’s heart to scratch the ith the coat hanger She didn’t want to think about the thousand different parts it would be chopped up into by toh-end Acura, bright red, parked outside a restaurant The owner had probably tipped the hostess to keep an eye on it The hostess was probably off getting stoned in the kitchen

"Four down, one to go," she said to her dad as she tossed hienius owner had left the set in the visor She didn’t even have to wire this one

"Be careful," he called out as she headed back to the street

She flipped him off on her way out the door

One o hoh her body, she knew she’d crash hard the second she got home and wouldn’t wake up until noon

As Tony drove her into SoHo, Eleanor kept her eye out for a nice Aant, and that e had ever put up ht

"Nice …" Tony purred as he spotted a car in tiny ten-space paid-parking lot

She sahat he saw the second after he saw it A Shelby Mustang Looked like a 1966 to her, not that she’d bet her life on that She knew h of a nerd to bother with all the years She’d leave that to her dad

"It’s reement

"Go for it See you back at the shop"