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“You racing laers?” Torch asked

“What? No”

“People do that?” Juliet asked

“Hell, yeah People will race anything with an engine”

“Purely residential use,” I explained “I fixed up so soe”

“Nice” Re entrepreneur here”

“Ro on so”

I shrugged

Torch and Spoons wandered over to an open garage, leaving the five of us next to a white Chevy pickup “You’re not racing this, are you?” I asked

“Nah”

“What else can you fix?” Remy asked

“Motorcycles,” Juliet answered quickly “And he takes care of my car”

“Her uncle’s been showingto make more out of it than it was

The sh the air

Like hounds, the guys sniffed the air and Eraser pointed us toward a pavilion next to the garage A rill the size of a truck He flipped burgers onto a platter “East! Come set this out!” he called

“Corill “Let me introduce you to my uncle”

Griff skirted past us and grabbed the ha them to one of the picnic tables

“Uncle Pax,” Eraser said “This is Roman”

“Ros aside and ripped my hand in a hearty shake “Heard a lot about you from my nephew Real happy to finally meet you”

Even with my natural inclination to be wary of people, I liked Pax Eraser had always spoken about him with respect and affection “Good to finally meet you too, sir Eraser irlfriend, Juliet”

“Welcome to Zips, sweetheart”

“Thank you Is there anything I can do to help out?”

“Nope You’re a guest First visit’s free” He winked “After that, we put you to work”

Eraser led us to a table We stuffed ourselves with hot dogs, ha portions of potato salad

“Better than the dog food we ate at the Castle, right?” Eraser said

“Bro, that shit doesn’t even qualify as food,” Remy added