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Luke. Deal?”
    “I get to work on a car?” He asked, awed.
    “Sure do. Besides, it’s Luke’s car. He won’t care if you break something,” Leelee winked. Levi grabbed her hand and pulled her over to the car.
    “Don’t forget a pen, Mitch,” Levi called over his shoulder.
    I walked back into the shop while Kurt was on the phone and grabbed a pad of paper and pen. My phone dinged with a text message, and I pulled it out of my pocket.
    Everything OK? I can come pick him up. I shook my head and had to give Scarlett props for waiting half an hour before she texted.
    See, you couldn’t offer to pick him up unless you had a car.
    That’s beside the point, Mitch. Is. He. OK?
    I smiled at Scarlett’s mama bear tendencies. He’s good. He’s tearing apart Luke’s car right now.
    What? Mitch, he’s four!
    And he’s fine. We’ll see you when you get off of work. We’re good.
    I shoved my phone back in my pocket and headed back to Levi and Leelee.
    I fully expected to talk to Scarlett at least five more times before she came to pick up Levi.
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    Scarlett
     
    I set my phone back under the counter and ran my fingers through my hair. I hoped I hadn’t made the wrong decision letting Mitch watch Levi.
    It was dead right now. The eleven to three shift normally was slow, so I had even more, time to worry about Levi and what he was up to.
    A glance at the clock told me I had only been at work for half an hour, and it felt like two.
    Lord help me.
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    Chapter 8
     
    Mitch
     
    “When can we go for a ride?” Levi was sitting in the driver’s seat of the ‘Vette and making race car noises.
    “That is something we are going to have to run by your Mom, bud.”
    “She’ll say no. She doesn’t want me to get hurt like she does.”
    I leaned into the window of the car and ruffled Levi’s hair. “She’s just looking out for you.”
    “But I won’t get hurt like she did if I’m in a car. My daddy hurt her, not a car.” Whoa. I was entering territory with Levi that I wasn’t sure I should be in. “She told me she fell down the stairs, but I know she didn’t.”
    “How old did you say you were?” It was hard to believe that Levi was only four by the way he was talking.
    “I’ll be five August 1st. Remember, I get a Transformer party.”
    “Ah, now I remember. I guess I just needed a reminder.”
    “When Mama gets here, I going to ask her if we can go for a ride. This thing is like a Transformer. I just wish it was yellow like Bumblebee.”
    “Then you’ll have to talk to Kurt. He’s got his car in the garage out back. Yellow just like Bumblebee.”
    “No way!” Levi jumped up on the seat, pushing me back from the window and leaned out. “Mama! Kurt has Bumblebee!” I turned around and saw Scarlett and Kurt standing in the doorway. “Kurt! Can I go see Bumblebee?”
    “Sure, come on,” Kurt said.
    “I don’t think-” Scarlett and I stated at the same time.
    “Please, mama. Just for an hour?” Levi pleaded.
    Scarlett shook her head, laughing while Kurt put his hand over his mouth smothering his smirk. “How about five minutes?” She said holding up five fingers.
    “Yes!” He dove into my arms and climbed down my body before I had a good hold of him. Levi took off like a shot out the door with Kurt following close behind.
    “He really likes cars, huh?”
    Scarlett stood in the doorway, her hands in her pockets looking like she was ready to run. “Yeah. I remember when he wasn’t even walking. He was crawling around making racecar noises as he drove his cars all over the house.”
    “You can come in if you want.”
    She looked around the garage acting like I had just asked her to step through the gates of hell. She took two steps forward and slowly made her way over. She stood in front of the car and crossed her arms over her chest. “Is this yours?”
    “Yeah.”
    “Fancy.”
    “Fast.”
    “That too,” she said as she brushed her hair out of her