Before I went to see Draven Jones, I received a phone call.“Mr. Charlton, have you given my offer any more thought?”I did not hesitate. “Mr. Shaw, I appreciate it, but I already made myself clear. I am not leaving Starry Auto.”The man on the other end was Gilbert Shaw, the owner of the biggest auto shop in town. He wanted to hire me.Three years earlier, after I left prison, nobody wanted to give me a job because of my criminal record. Then my childhood friend, Draven, called and asked if I wanted to work at his repair shop.I had studied aerospace engineering in college and worked at a research institute after graduation. If I had not gotten into a fight while defending my parents, I never would have ended up behind bars.Draven’s reasoning had been simple. “If you can work on rockets,” he said, “cars should be easy.”He also told me that experienced mechanics sometimes stole parts from repair shops and sold them for cash. His small business could not survive losses like tha
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