Page 32 of Fractured
She smiled at Garrick as she talked to him.
He shook his head, gestured at the board behind us, and then he pointed at me.
She made her way over to me and said, “Hey, so the door on my Jeep got hit. Can you look at it and see if it can be fixed?”
I shook my head and got back to work.
“You won’t even take a few minutes to look at it?” she asked.
I eyed the car that I was working on, then looked at her, “Ain’t got time.”
She nodded, “After you work on this car?”
I shook my head.
“Why won’t you at least look at it? It wasn’t my fault.” She said.
I shook my head, “That’s what you said last time.”
She growled, then shook her head, her shoulders slumping in... defeat.
Then I watched as she walked away, opened the passenger side door, climbed into the car, and then to the front seat, and started her car up.
I sighed as I shook my head and started in her direction; however, she pulled out of the lot before I could make it to her.
It was maybe half an hour later when I watched as Chief Klein’s police issued patrol car pulled into the lot.
I noticed him scanning the lot and then into the bays.
I tagged the red rag off the frame of the car and headed out to him, wiping my hands as I did.
I lifted my chin, “Chief. Help you with something?”
His head turned as his eyes came to me, “Yeah, looking for Talia’s car.”
I sighed. Then I chuckled as I asked, “Other people file a report?”
He lifted a brow then shook his head, “No. I need to get Talia’s statement. I’m hoping she dropped it off here, then headed to the hospital.”
It was my turn to lift my brow, “Hospital?”
He nodded, “Yeah. Some woman backed out into her car. She said her leg was hurting.”
Fuck.
I pulled out my phone and scrolled to her name,Sparkles, then I hit dial.
It rang three times, then went to voicemail, and I knew she was pissed, “This is Talia. If this is Dominik, you can go fuck yourself.”Beep.
That made me feel like shit.
Then I left a message, “Talia, call me back.”
I hung up, then shook my head, looked back at the car I had been working on, sighed, and gazed at the board.
A pissed off customer or knowing that she could possibly be hurt?
I chose her.
