It had four flat tires and had sat near the lilac bushes for as long as we’d been married.

“Denny likes to drive the price up fast,” Luke said.

“He gets people jumping before they even think.”

“He points his wooden gavel right at you,” Tom said.

“He falls into that fast rhythm and makes you feel like you’re losing the chance of a lifetime.”

“Which is why you need a hard ceiling before you set foot on that gravel,” Tom added.

Tom pressed the enter key one last time and let out a long, slow breath.