Ten minutes later, I had faxed in my resignation to the law firm from the hotel office, and Chance and I were arguing in the parking lot over who was going to drive. Chance's temper was quickly fraying.
"The Jeep won't attract as much attention as this... thing."
"It's not like we're traveling incognito," I shot back. "They know we're coming. We don't care if they see us!"
"This thing won't even make it to Chicago," Chance argued. "It's older than dirt."
I puffed up furiously. "This THING you keep referring to is a CLASSIC. I rebuilt every piece under the hood with my bare hands, and restored the whole engine, one component at a time. And if you think I'm going to leave it in the parking lot of this fleabag motel just because your testosterone is threatened by a GIRL driving, you've got another thing coming."
I flounced around to the drivers' side. "So are you getting in, or not?"
Chance just slid into the passenger seat and glowered at me. "Does it get 10 miles to the gallon? Or not that much?"
I ignored him, and was glad he didn't push the issue. The Roadmaster probably hadn't gotten 10 miles to the gallon the day it rolled off the assembly line in 1948.
"The Jeep won't attract as much attention as this... thing."
"It's not like we're traveling incognito," I shot back. "They know we're coming. We don't care if they see us!"
"This thing won't even make it to Chicago," Chance argued. "It's older than dirt."
I puffed up furiously. "This THING you keep referring to is a CLASSIC. I rebuilt every piece under the hood with my bare hands, and restored the whole engine, one component at a time. And if you think I'm going to leave it in the parking lot of this fleabag motel just because your testosterone is threatened by a GIRL driving, you've got another thing coming."
I flounced around to the drivers' side. "So are you getting in, or not?"
Chance just slid into the passenger seat and glowered at me. "Does it get 10 miles to the gallon? Or not that much?"
I ignored him, and was glad he didn't push the issue. The Roadmaster probably hadn't gotten 10 miles to the gallon the day it rolled off the assembly line in 1948.
