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“How much did you pay for it?” Rod
asked.
“I only paid $800. The salesman told me
they had dropped the price from almost $3000.
Isn’t that a steal?”
“Well, yes, I would have to say someone
got ripped off,” Lenny said dryly, holding his
normal poker face.
We decided we would all have to go for a
ride to appease Buster, so we climbed in. It was
only a two door car, so Lenny and I squeezed in
the front by Buster. We were bigger and could
demand our positions, and we felt that was the
safest place in case of an emergency exit. The
other three folded themselves into the back seat.
Buster eased the car away from the curb,
and it immediately died. He laughed nervously
as he restarted it. The starter whirred a few
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