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“You want this one?” he asked holding the file out.
“Yep,” I said jumping across the space and snatching it out of his hand with a wide smile.
“Sure your car is going to make it there? It’s a ten-hour drive?”
“I’ll get there. Have no doubt in her and she won’t let me down.” I had to believe that.
“Alright, but leave this afternoon and stop halfway. Don’t want you driving into the night.”
“Will do, Art,” I said as I sucked down my coffee and set the file on the side of my desk.
I knew if I looked at it now, I wouldn’t get through my morning routine of checking messages and emails. It didn’t matter that there wasn’t many of either, I needed to do it before I left. If I was headed that far away, then I couldn’t leave without making sure everything was going to be set for the next few days. Good thing I remembered to water the half-dead plant at the last minute because I knew Art wouldn’t think of it. Hell, he probably didn’t even know the thing was there even though it was right next to the coffee pot.
Art gave me a nod as I headed out just before noon. This wasn’t my first out of town job but I’d never been that far before.
I had no plans to let him know that I would be making the drive straight through. I had to pinch and save any chance I got and I knew I could handle a ten-hour drive. Hell, with the way I was going to keep the pedal to the metal, it wouldn’t even be ten hours.
Not even an hour later, I had my car loaded up. After only ten minutes of trying to get her to start, I was ready to go. My phone was charged and the address of the one in the file was plugged into my GPS. I just had to stop and get gas and I was on my way.
