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Authors: Shannon McCrimmon
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stop and chat.
“Hey, hon,” Doris said as she passed by, and then smiled at Finch, who rolled his eyes at Doris and looked in the opposite direction.
Evie opened the truck door and set the bag down next to her. She put the key in the ignition and turned. The engine choked. She turned it again, but the truck wouldn’t start. She pounded her fists against the cracked dashboard, rattling the oscillating fan that Gray had installed the previous summer. She knew the truck sounded different when she started it up earlier that morning and reproached herself for driving it anyway.
She opened her door and jumped out of the truck, heading toward the hood. She lifted it and took a look underneath, not knowing exactly what she was even looking for. It was a maze of hose and wires.
“Your truck not cooperating?” Doris shouted, and Evie glanced in her direction.
She shook her head and yelled, “Damn thing died on me again!”
Doris ambled over to her, with Boris and Mouse in tow.
“We can give you a lift if you’d like,” Doris said. “Might be a while though. Our ride has gone off and forgotten about us.”
Evie’s lips curled up into an appreciative smile. “That’s real nice of you, but I’m sure if I wait around a little while it’ll work again.” She fumbled with some nuts and bolts, unaware of what she was touching.
“Your truck must be female,” Friedrich joked. “On her own time.”
Doris elbowed him playfully and then looked in Finch’s direction. “Finch!” she hollered.
He sighed.
She motioned with her hands. “Come on over here and help!”
“That’s okay,” Evie said. “I can manage.”
“Nonsense.” Doris waved her off. “If it’s broke, he can fix it,” she said. “Trust me.”
Finch strutted to Evie. Without saying a word, he moved to the hood and stood side-by-side with her. He looked at her, and Evie stared into his deep dark eyes, thinking that they were almost like black holes. The pupils disappeared into them.
He gestured with his hands for her to move, and she stood off to the side, watching him as he fiddled with the objects that were so foreign to her. She noticed a pinkish scar on his muscular upper arm. “Can you get inside and start her up?” he asked, breaking Evie from her stare. Did he notice me gawking , she wondered? He had, and he looked annoyed. With her.
He drummed his fingers against the grill of the truck impatiently.
She moved to her front seat and started up the truck. The engine clicked again but there was no reaction inside the compartment.
“You can stop now!” he shouted.
She got out of the car and waited for him to tell her what was the matter.
“You need a new battery, that’s all,” he said it with exasperation, like it should have been obvious to her, and she was the dumbest person on the planet.
“So I just need to find someone with some jumper cables?” she asked him, ignoring his petulance.
“It won’t do you any good. That thing is shot.” He pointed to the battery. “And how will you start it once you’re home? It’ll just die on you again.”
Evie scrunched her face, and bit on her lip, thinking. “Okay,” she said.
“What are you gonna do, Honey Lamb?” Doris asked.
“I’m guess I’m going to Mike’s Garage. He’ll have a battery,” she said. She didn’t know how she was supposed to pay for a brand new battery. Her wallet was empty, and hopefully Mike would have the time to put the battery in her truck. “Thanks,” she finally said to Finch.
He shrugged indifference and shut the hood. He headed toward the front door of The Diner.
“Thank you,” Evie said to Doris.
“Didn’t do anything, Honey Lamb, but you’re welcome.” She flickered a wide grin. “We’ll walk with you to the garage and make sure you’re taken care of.”
“That’s okay. I’ll be fine,” Evie said.
“Nonsense.” Doris brushed her off and turned to face Finch. “You coming?”
“I’m hungry. Like she said,
“Hey, hon,” Doris said as she passed by, and then smiled at Finch, who rolled his eyes at Doris and looked in the opposite direction.
Evie opened the truck door and set the bag down next to her. She put the key in the ignition and turned. The engine choked. She turned it again, but the truck wouldn’t start. She pounded her fists against the cracked dashboard, rattling the oscillating fan that Gray had installed the previous summer. She knew the truck sounded different when she started it up earlier that morning and reproached herself for driving it anyway.
She opened her door and jumped out of the truck, heading toward the hood. She lifted it and took a look underneath, not knowing exactly what she was even looking for. It was a maze of hose and wires.
“Your truck not cooperating?” Doris shouted, and Evie glanced in her direction.
She shook her head and yelled, “Damn thing died on me again!”
Doris ambled over to her, with Boris and Mouse in tow.
“We can give you a lift if you’d like,” Doris said. “Might be a while though. Our ride has gone off and forgotten about us.”
Evie’s lips curled up into an appreciative smile. “That’s real nice of you, but I’m sure if I wait around a little while it’ll work again.” She fumbled with some nuts and bolts, unaware of what she was touching.
“Your truck must be female,” Friedrich joked. “On her own time.”
Doris elbowed him playfully and then looked in Finch’s direction. “Finch!” she hollered.
He sighed.
She motioned with her hands. “Come on over here and help!”
“That’s okay,” Evie said. “I can manage.”
“Nonsense.” Doris waved her off. “If it’s broke, he can fix it,” she said. “Trust me.”
Finch strutted to Evie. Without saying a word, he moved to the hood and stood side-by-side with her. He looked at her, and Evie stared into his deep dark eyes, thinking that they were almost like black holes. The pupils disappeared into them.
He gestured with his hands for her to move, and she stood off to the side, watching him as he fiddled with the objects that were so foreign to her. She noticed a pinkish scar on his muscular upper arm. “Can you get inside and start her up?” he asked, breaking Evie from her stare. Did he notice me gawking , she wondered? He had, and he looked annoyed. With her.
He drummed his fingers against the grill of the truck impatiently.
She moved to her front seat and started up the truck. The engine clicked again but there was no reaction inside the compartment.
“You can stop now!” he shouted.
She got out of the car and waited for him to tell her what was the matter.
“You need a new battery, that’s all,” he said it with exasperation, like it should have been obvious to her, and she was the dumbest person on the planet.
“So I just need to find someone with some jumper cables?” she asked him, ignoring his petulance.
“It won’t do you any good. That thing is shot.” He pointed to the battery. “And how will you start it once you’re home? It’ll just die on you again.”
Evie scrunched her face, and bit on her lip, thinking. “Okay,” she said.
“What are you gonna do, Honey Lamb?” Doris asked.
“I’m guess I’m going to Mike’s Garage. He’ll have a battery,” she said. She didn’t know how she was supposed to pay for a brand new battery. Her wallet was empty, and hopefully Mike would have the time to put the battery in her truck. “Thanks,” she finally said to Finch.
He shrugged indifference and shut the hood. He headed toward the front door of The Diner.
“Thank you,” Evie said to Doris.
“Didn’t do anything, Honey Lamb, but you’re welcome.” She flickered a wide grin. “We’ll walk with you to the garage and make sure you’re taken care of.”
“That’s okay. I’ll be fine,” Evie said.
“Nonsense.” Doris brushed her off and turned to face Finch. “You coming?”
“I’m hungry. Like she said,
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