After what could only be termed a terrible divorce, I decided I needed a road trip. I hadn't been anywhere in a long time and before I was married I would often take off for weekend jaunts. It was a way for me to clear my head.
Packing a bag I threw it in the back seat of my vintage Mustang Convertible and headed off. I loved this car, I had bought when I was in college and the thrill of driving it still hadn't worn off. Sure it had it's problems but it was still a great car.
I had gotten about 400 miles from home when my classic Stang started making a terrible noise and started to spit and sputter. "Oh great" I thought. Pulling off the side of the road, I pulled out my cell and dialed the auto club. After assurances that a two truck would be there within the hour I sat and read a book I always had handy. This book was called the Naughty Night Nurse. It was actually pretty accurate in it's medical terminology, but I loved reading about sex.
An hour had passed and soon it had been almost two when I finally saw the truck coming up behind me. Within minutes my car was on a flatbed and I was sitting in the front seat of a very clean wrecker. The driver was probably in his mid-twenties and cute. Conversation was easy between us and before long we pulled into the service station he worked at. He explained it was family run, his father, two uncles and himself worked there.
Climbing out of the truck I felt all their eyes on me. Turning I found all three of them smiling at me. After two hours of waiting in the office, the younger man came out to tell me they had diagnosed the problem and could have it fixed within a few hours.
"There's just one thing, we only take cash."
"I don't only have $200 hundred dollars is that going to cover it?"
"Probably not."
"You take credit cards though right?"
"Nope. Just cash."
"Well is there a machine I can walk to, I can get more."
"Nope."
"Well what can I do?"
"Hang on I'll get my Dad." With that he turned and walked back into the garage. Soon an older man came through the door.
"Tim tells me you don't have enough cash."
"I only have a couple of hundred. If I can get to a machine I can get more."