The Oil Repairman Drives A Hard Bargain
The Oil Repairman Drives A Hard Bargain By rutger5 (An Original Story – Copyright 2013) _____________________________________________________________________________________ The frozen snow crunched beneath my boots as I cut across the yard on my way to the side door of the large ramshackle house. My breath came out as vapor with the temperature hovering somewhere in the lower twenties. Out at the wooded edge of the township it seemed even colder to me and the weak, pale winter sun was already sinking behind the hills in the distance. My gloved fist rapped on the door and after a brief pause another knock followed. Finally I heard the faint sound of someone approaching from the inside. The click of the deadbolt sliding back was followed by the door partially opening. Standing there was Meg Jackson, bundled up under multiple …