Truth-Stained Lies
“Take a right after the red light. Then a quick left. Could you stop by the bank up there and let me run in so I can pay you?”
Holly sighed and made the right turn. Her passenger would probably skip out the back door of the bank without paying. But what could she do? It wasn’t like she could run a credit report every time someone called.
“I have to keep the meter running while you’re in there,” she said, turning into the bank’s parking lot.
“Of course, no problem. I’m not gonna run out on you, i...f that’s what you think. I need you. I just got my license revoked for getting another DUI.”
Holly glanced in her mirror at the woman. “Sorry about that.”
The woman was quiet as she dug into her purse. “Yeah, but I’m going to meetings and trying to get my life together. Don’t want to lose my job just because I can’t drive. So if you’ll just wait while I run in.” She opened the door, started to get out. “You really will wait, won’t you? I really do have to get to work.”MoreLess
Holly sighed and made the right turn. Her passenger would probably skip out the back door of the bank without paying. But what could she do? It wasn’t like she could run a credit report every time someone called.
“I have to keep the meter running while you’re in there,” she said, turning into the bank’s parking lot.
“Of course, no problem. I’m not gonna run out on you, i...f that’s what you think. I need you. I just got my license revoked for getting another DUI.”
Holly glanced in her mirror at the woman. “Sorry about that.”
The woman was quiet as she dug into her purse. “Yeah, but I’m going to meetings and trying to get my life together. Don’t want to lose my job just because I can’t drive. So if you’ll just wait while I run in.” She opened the door, started to get out. “You really will wait, won’t you? I really do have to get to work.”MoreLess
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