“What you got to have for the PT cruiser?” I asked.“That beauty is only fifty five hundred,” Jasper said.I laughed, then headed for my car.“...old on Deacon. You know I have the biggest discount in town for a cash deal. How about forty nine fifty, for cash?” he asked.I continued walking toward the car. “Tell you what Jasper, make it forty five, and throw in a thirty day satisfaction guarantee,” I said. “And we might be able to do something.”“Make it a power train warranty for the first thirty. She’d first congratulated Cindy on her promotion. ‘Good!’ I said. ‘Don’t ever tell this to a soul, but I really wasn’t ready for that yet.’ ‘Could’ve fooled me.’ Cindy replied. ‘You did one hell of a job while you were at it.’ ‘Absolutely.’ said Zoe. ‘A lot of us were hoping the Council would promote you to Chief whether you liked it or not.’ ‘No, I wouldn’t have accepted that. I’m right where I need to be to get done what I need to do.’ I said. ‘But while I was in that position, I had good. Bette watched as his hands glowed very brightly for a full minute and then the glow dulled and he pulled back from the man. Gazza was breathing deeply and sweat beaded his forehead from his efforts.“I’m sorry but that’s the best I can do. There is too much to fix,” Gazza told Bette sadly.“I know I’m dying son,” the old man croaked and then coughed.“Is there someone looking after you?” Bette asked.“No, I sent the senile old biddy they sent me away,” he grumbled.“What about your family?” Bette. 00, less than halve.I told my husband I thought he sounded oldish, but he just laughed and said wishful thinking, so when I rang the doorbell and he opened it, both of us thought we had the wrong door.He was old, very old and as I fumbled for the right words to explain who we were, he just said, 'It's all right dear, I know who you are, come in', and we did.The house was dark and damp, it smelt old, cluttered and a tad on the dirty side.He was alone, widowed for some thirty years he said, and.