Chapter 22
Jacksonville, FL
Monday morning
WE HIT THE GROUND running Monday morning, and by Wednesday, we’d finished visiting all of the service stations on our list for the month. That evening we sat looking at our schedule for the first quarter of the new year.
“We’re gonna be busy,” Nate said as he examined the schedule.
“You think?”
“Anyhow, I just had a happy thought.”
“Which was?”
“We can go to Chattanooga for Christmas in the new car.”
“Works for me, but what it if snows up there?”
“What about it?”
“Babe, I’ve never driven in snow. Have you?”
“No, but the car has all-wheel drive, and they salt the roads, or whatever, don’t they?”
“Yeah.”
“Quentin,” Nate said, “how long do you think all that legal stuff in Orlando will take?”
“Which legal stuff—the suit for an accounti
