He said “ The car you have here on our insurance policy has left our lot and was not signed out for. The only thing in there now is a Mercedes. If you’re going to switch cars you have to sign a new insurance policy. We will not be held responsible for damage to the car while on the road. On our list we have a 1971 Chevelle Malibu SS priced at 75,000. We don’t take to kindly to scam artists ma’am!” While he was screaming at Justine the only words she really heard were “Chevelle” and “left“.

Justine drove over in a panic, scared to death that something might have happened to Tina’s brother’s car, she knew it was the only thing that truly mattered to Tina. The whole time in the car she could only think about the argument her and Tina got into over the security of the car. She thought Tina was being ridiculous to spend that much money just to store a car. She pulled up to the storage building and slammed on her brakes in order not to hit the guard station where a little man sat on his phone arguing with his boss.

Justine rushed out of her car and caught the tail end of his conversation “Yes sir, we’ll call the police with the description of the vehicle. No sir I won’t let anyone in until you arrive.” he hung up the phone and finally addressed Justine with a little anger in his voice as he was frightened by the screeching brakes and foreshadowing headlights “What’s the matter with you, driving like that?! You trying to kill somebody?!“

“You called me earlier and said something was wrong with my car. What happened?“

“Are you Miss Tina or Miss Justine?“

“My name is Justine. Where is my car?!” Justine yelled at him.

“Well we don’t know yet.” he answered sarcastically and with a roll of his eyes and neck. “The secretary is calling the police right now. It says here on your insurance policy that you have a tracking device on the vehicle, so we’ll activate that and see where the car is heading. Ok?” he said upset with Justine, and she still didn’t know why.

“Excuse me what the fuck is your problem?!”

“I’ll tell you what my problem is, one of you stole the car and switched it with a Mercedes. That could cost me my job lady!” he continued under his breath “Speeding out of here like a bat out of hell.”

“What do you mean one of us? There’s only one other per…“ it finally dawned on Justine “Did you say a Mercedes is in there now? Is it red?“ the man nodded his head. “You have to let me in that storage container.“

“Oh no, I was told specifically by my boss not to let anyone in that container until he arrives with the police. Now you really want me to get fired.“ After much debate with the little man and a little bribery he took her to the storage container, and sure enough there was what appeared to be Tina’s car.

The car was washed and waxed surely this couldn’t be Tina’s car, Tina hated having other people wash her car so she either waited until she couldn‘t stand the dirt and washed it herself or let it go as is. As she walked to the driver side window she peered in and saw Tina’s troll mounted on the dashboard as confirmation. She looked a little bit closer and saw Tina’s keys on the front seat and beside them was her engagement ring. It was then that she realized Tina had really walked out of her life.

TBC………………………………..