“Looks like a miniature Corvette.”I looked up to see Tony, cop and old friend—usually in that order—leaning up against one of my work benches. Today he was dressed casually in a thin shirt and khaki shorts appropriate to the hot summer day. Tony looked a bit frayed around the edges. It had been a little over two weeks since the sorcerer had moved into town and, according to the local news, the crime rate had been skyrocketing.“Good eye,” I told him. “It’s a ’71 Opel GT, designed by the same guy ...who designed the Corvette. Friend of mine bought it from some guy who replaced its wussy original engine with a Honda engine.”“He didn’t do it right?”“He did it fine. Excellent job of refitting it, as a matter of fact. I couldn’t have done a better job myself.” I grinned at him. “Only problem is that a Honda engine turns to the right and the Opel was designed for a lefty.”“Which means?”I patted the sleek fender and grinned at him. “It only goes twenty miles per hour forward, but can break one hundred backward if you use all four gears.”He laughed.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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