Tyche
Copyright© 2020 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 92
Sunday is a poor time to buy a car ... we ... Raul and I went anyway.
“You can’t bring a cat on the bus,” she said. After I’d paid. I paid for Raul ... under 18’s ride free.
“Why not ... I see purse dogs on here all the time.”
“He’s huge ... they’re small and cute. Off.”
“Refund my money.”
“No.”
“Then I guess he rides.”
She got on the radio. We were the ONLY passengers. She wasn’t moving. I wasn’t either.
About 20 minutes later the supervisor pulled up in a company truck.
As he was coming in the door, he said, “Cats are not ... holy shit.”
Raul stood on hind legs and washed the super’s face ... the cat had to bend down to do it.
“Awk!”
“I’ve seen dogs on the bus ... you can’t discriminate.”
“Service animals.”
“Purse pups are not service animals.” “We’re only going as far as Tillery. It’s Sunday ... first riders. We’ll get off at Tillery. I’m buying a car. We won’t be riding back.”
“One way only ... never again.”
“You got it.”
“That settles that. Genie ... one way to Tillery. I’ll follow along.” He turned to the cat. “Last ride ... enjoy.”
<Tell him I ride the bus all the time ... on the roof.>
“He used to ride on the roof all the time.” You’re not doing it again.
We rode to Tillery, thanked the driver, got off and loped across the MLK. The super watched as we turned off at 17th. The lights were on in the garage and the door was open.
The little old lady came out of the garage ... she was filthy.
“Just in time ... hey ... nice cat. Come help me with the install.”
“Install?”
“Yup ... I have the LT Chevy engine and transmission out. I’m replacing it with the French V8 engine and Ford four speed ... putting it back in. The metallurgy of the French engines is superior to the Ford. You wanted sedate ... I don’t have the original flathead V8 ... so you’re stuck with my street motor. It’s sedate ... compared to the LT. Well ... come on ... nice you wore old clothes.”
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