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Colorado State Patrol - 6. Brake Job
Justice Wagner has become a good buddy over the past couple of years. He owns an auto repair shop on the outskirts of town, with a reputation for having honest mechanics, doing a good job, and charging a fair price. He, and the two guys working for him, have been taking care of me since I moved to Breckenridge. Cops and firefighters make up a big chunk of the shop's clientele.
The guy is friendly and easy to get along with. Probably twenty years my senior, with little hair left on his head, but built solid. Big and strong, like one of those Detroit creations from the sixties he loves to work on. A few of us jokingly call him Big Daddy. When he sent me a text message saying he had something for me, and asking me to stop by the garage after closing time, I smiled. I had a pretty good idea of what he wanted me to come over for. Hell, I did more than smile, I got real excited.
I’m not sure when my fixation on the BMW X5 started; I drool over it every time I see one. Of course, the salary of a Colorado State Trooper isn’t large enough to allow me to purchase and maintain a new one, so I’d been looking for a good used one for a while. I’d asked Justice to keep an eye out for me and let me know if he came across one he thought would fit my budget.
“I’m not sure about this, Justice. I was thinking about something three or four years old, not eight.”
“Don’t be an idiot, bud; you need to buy this car. You can’t beat the price, it’s got under a hundred thousand miles, it’s been meticulously maintained under the hood, and the inside is pristine. There’s a couple of scratches on the paint but who cares about those.”
“Meticulously? Pristine? Who the heck are you and what have you done with my foul-mouthed mechanic?”
“Fuck you, copper. Look, it does need a brake job, but you know I’ll treat you right. Plus, just ‘cause I like you, I’ll give you a free lube job and top off your fluids.”
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