n Colli
only a glaring, blinding light refl
open-market commercial diesel was up three hundred and twenty percent. Every small-time towing outfit, independent trucker, and local biker c
BANG
companied by the muffled, shrill scree
amn door right now! I
k coffee, and walked over to the side entrance. I u
acket and high-heeled boots that were ruined by the slush. Beside her, Bettie had b
ears of cold and rage tracked through her mascara. "You canceled th
past the threshold, but I planted my shoulder
a gloved finger toward my chest. "Or I swear on my late husband's grave, I will go to the r
arms, looking at them like two rabid rac
sure you show them the audit records showing how Chas stole three hund
ore she doubled down on her venom. "That money belonged to Chas th
," I said. "And as
from my pocket and
ear, sharp, and high-pitche
ce I get the alligator riding suit for my engagement party, Chas is g
color drained from her face u
Lexi stammered, stumblin
word,"
lunging forward with her acrylic
who lifts transmission blocks for a living, and shoved her back. Bettie lost her footing
d, looking down at them. "Or watch the re
steel door shut and
r five minutes before the sound of their car
picked up the satellite
s garage at noon. Make sure our legal team is
ckled. "The repo haulers are rol
corner of Industrial Way, parking in the deep shadow of an aba
ckers, escorted by two private sec
oots jumped out, carrying heavy pry bar
age doors, waving his arms
s body in front of the main service bay. "This
he lead cruiser, holding a clipbo
er said coldly. "Move, or the county deputies sitti
y diagnostic computer and the two precision hydraulic lifts, and began winching them onto
stack of tires, beating her knees in sheer, helpless rage. Several neighboring shop owners and
crumble under the weight of its own greed, f
high heels in the slush. She ran toward Chas,
ppened? What a
is eyes wide and completel
er the idling engines. "They're taking the diagnostic rigs. Without t
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