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He sighed with relief. “Thank you.”
His face dropped. “What?”
He laughed once, sharp and disbelieving. “You’re joking.”
“You said access costs money. Time costs money.
Wear and tear. Stress. Expertise.
This will take time. Phone calls. Follow-ups.
Maybe days. And I’m very good at it.”
“You can’t be serious!”
“Daniel, yesterday I needed the car to pick up our daughter and my mother from the hospital. You looked me in the eye and told me that didn’t matter.
That fairness meant charging me.”
“So now, you need something from me. And fairness still matters.”
“This is different,” he muttered.
“No. It’s exactly the same.
You made that very clear.”
Silence stretched between us.
Do you know what it feels like to watch someone realize they’ve made a terrible mistake? It’s not satisfying the way you’d think. It’s just sad.
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