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I honestly couldn’t reot roped into this There’d been soe forattention after that It wasn’t like I was opposed to helping his little sisternext to mine Quite the opposite, in fact I was kind of known in the area as the go-to guy if you ever needed access to gooda garage

Need to buy a set of winter tires? Interested in buying a second-hand car at a reasonable price? Need an oil change? Colio, car mechanic extraordinaire by day and used car salesman by later day I was always happy to help out where I could, and the pro I’d never pass up The real issue that I took with the whole thing wasn’t the fact that I’d set aside a whole day to , but who I was helping

I hadn’t seen Terri Cato in almost five years I used to always think of her as Max’s annoying little sister who followed hihborhood, so I’d occasionally see little Terri hanging out with friends at the playground or just boarding the school bus There was no denying she was a cute kid, but she was far too energetic forYou know, the shrieky loud kind that could run their mouths at a million miles a minute

If it weren’t for the fact that Max and I were in a lot of the sah school, I probably wouldn’t have paid Terri raduation, where she sheepishly gave ratulate me A couple of months after that, I e, never to return to that corner of suburbia ever again

“Heads up,” said Max as he tossed the little box into the air forcerae bold letters read: FRAGILE

“Can’t you read?” I snorted

“It’s fine It’s full of glassware”

“All the more reason not to throw it, du mad at me if all her shit’s broken”

Max chuckled as he shrugged nonchalantly “We have to keep the pace up I want her to get settled as soon as possible If stuff breaks, it was all in the naress”