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It’s a quiet Friday afternoon at Randy’s Auto Repair, and my buddy Cole
and I are the only ones here, working in silence aside from the occasional
clanging of tools. He’s busy fixing up a Chevy while I’m putting the
finishing touches on Cole’s old pick-up. It’s been a huge job. Exhausting.
But I didn’t mind putting in the extra hours. Unlike Cole, I don’t have a
family waiting for me at home, so it made sense for me to take over the
truck repairs for him. It’s taken days of hard work, but it looks like I’m
finally done. His black pickup truck looks awesome after a shiny new paint
job, and it’s running better than ever now that I’ve replaced the battery and
the brake pads.
“Here,” I say throwing Cole’s keys back to him across the garage. “Good
as new.”
Cole abandons the Chevy and joins me in front of his pick-up truck,
admiring my work with a satisfied nod.
“Thanks, buddy. It looks great. Millie’s going to love it.”
Cole’s lips tug into a smile when he mentions his wife, and suddenly he
seems in a hurry to leave. He jumps into his pick-up truck and starts the
engine.
“I’m going to shoot off now,” he says. “Millie’s going out with a friend
tonight so I’m babysitting. See you Monday, man, and thanks again for the
truck.”
I wave off his thanks, watching as he speeds out of the garage and heads
home. Honestly, when Cole’s not busy talking about his wife and kids, he’s
busy finding ways to get back to them as soon as he can. It’s pretty damn
cute, even though I can’t help but feel a twinge of jealousy.
At thirty-six, all I want these days is to be a family man. I want the kind
of family that I never got to have. My dad left when I was still in diapers,
and my mom was more interested in her string of boyfriends than in raising
a kid, so I learned from a young age how to get by with only myself for
company. For a long time, I told myself that I was better off that way, but as
the years passed, I just got more and more lonely.
I’ve tried to date, but
things never worked out, and nobody has ever made my face light up the
way Cole’s does when he talks about Millie. That’s all I want: real, true
love. Corny as hell, sure, but I won’t settle for anything less. Maybe that’s
my problem, maybe I’m expecting too much.
I shake myself from my thoughts with a deep sigh and glance at the
clock. There’s still some time left to work on the Chevvy before I close the
shop for the weekend. Hopefully it will distract me from the fact that the
only thing waiting for me is an empty house.
* * *
It’s damn freezing outside when I finally leave the garage. I stride across
the street, thankful that my house is only a stone’s throw away from my
workplace, when I hear the sound of a voice reverberating from far away.
The hell is that
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