Thirty-Nine Million Dollars and a Brown Folder on the Kitchen Table
I leaned in and stood the cinnamon creamer upright.
I didn’t want it spilling on the faded rubber floor mats.
I pressed the passenger door shut.
The metal latch clicked securely into place.
I walked around the front grille of the truck and touched the cold metal hood.
The engine was completely silent.
I climbed into the driver’s seat and pulled the door shut behind me.
The odometer glowed with two hundred thousand miles in faded green numbers.