“Yeah, a guy named Freddie.”

“Freddie.” Tina said flatly and Alice nodded.

“Yeah, he’s like seventy-eight years old. I used to come down here when I was a kid. Freddie was like a father to me. Whenever I was justfucking mad at the world, I’d come down here and let it all out.”

“How?” Tina said as they moved toward an old shack near the back of the yard. The windows were cracked and clouded, the paint was chipped and peeling and the doors looked as if they would fall off any second. Tina was amazed at the thought that anyone could work there. Alice stopped Tina from moving any further as Shane walked right up to the “office” and peeked into a broken window.

“Freddie? Fred are you here?” Shane called out, peeking in. Shane checked her watch, nodding. “Oh, Fred doesn’t come in till three today. Perfect, that gives us plenty of time.” Shane walked to the side of the shack, lifting the lid and looking inside a big green garbage can. “I knew ole Freddie would pull through.” Smiling, she began to shift it out of its place. It proved to be too heavy for her to move alone. “Guys, help me out here.”

“Oh, yeah.” Alice said, pulling Tina toward the can. Together, they moved it to the middle of the junkyard. When they finished, Tina took the lid off the top, revealing a while can full of empty beer bottles.

“What the fuck?” Tina yelled at Shane and Alice. They had dragged her out into the middle of nowhere, to an old junkyard, to take out the trash for some geezer? Her already boiling blood began to heat up faster.

“Show her.” Alice told Shane, who nodded.

Shane then proceeded to take a bottle from the can, and with all of her might, fling it across the yard. It flew above the mounds of garbage, old cars and car parts, landing with a resounding crack out of the girls’ line of sight.

Tina put her hand on her hips, raising her eyebrow and gritting her teeth. “You took me here to toss fucking bottles around?”

“Don’t knock it till you try it T.K.” Alice said, taking and throwing her own bottle, screaming in delight as it shattered.