Eddie Carson parked his Harley in it's usual spot his garage. He took a look around and saw all five cars were there and he nodded with a smile.

[B][I]Gotta full house today. All-right should get a lot done, and going out tonight with Cecily has all the makings of a great day. [/I][/B]

He got off his bike and entered the already busy garage. Wearing his black leather vest and blue jeans Eddie took off his sunglasses and yelled out, [B]"Good Morning Mean Machine Crew!" [/B] The crew yelled back various greetings as Patti his assistant and a fellow mechanic approached him holding a clip board..

Eddie asked, [B]"Hey there beautiful. How's life treating ya? Have a good weekend?"[/B]

Patti replied, "Not bad. Tommy and I spent the weekend in Frisco caught a Warriors game on Saturday night."

Eddie took the clip board and said with a smile, [B]"Saw that game. Curry and Durrant had a great battle. Loved it."[/B] Just then the cool smile that he had quickly faded as he looked at the clip board. He shook his head and under his breath he said, [B]"That little putz! He did it again."[/B]

Patti said, "Sorry I had to show you that already, but I figured you should see it a-s-a-p."

Eddie nodded and replied,[B] "Yeah thanks beautiful."[/B]

Patti asked, "You want me to get Donnie-J on the phone. He told me to have you call him when you came in."

Eddie shook his head and said,[B] "Oh no. The last time he brought his car in for this same issue I called his dad. He told me if it happened again to call him."[/B] Eddie pulled out his cell phone and left the garage area and went into the back parking area. He spotted the familiar silver and black racing neon of one Donnie Sacrpagio jr. Donnie-J loved going to street race through Mullholland on weekends, and Eddie fixed his car up his car with a Nitro Boost at the request of his dad. However there was flow regulator on it that kept the car from overheating and blowing up. Donnie-J knew about it and twice he tried to "improve" the regulator to the detriment of the car, but Eddie told him not to because he didn't want Donnie-J's death on his conscience. 

Eddie popped the hood and one look told him the whole story. Eddie shook his head and said,[B] "Damn it!" [/B]Eddie dialed the number of Donnie Sacrpagio Sr. A deep gravely heavily Italian accented voice said, "What."

Eddie said, [B]"Mr. Sacrpagio this is Eddie Carlson calling from the Mean Machine shop."[/B]

The voice lightened up as it said, "Hey yo Fast Eddie! What can I do for you my friend?"

Eddie replied,[B] "Just two items of business that I need to tell you about sir. One your limo should be ready by noon tomorrow. The bulletproof armor was throwing your alignment off. We upgraded the suspension and re-mounted the armor you should be fine. That armor will stop a tank shell now"[/B]

Donnie said, "Great job Eddie. What's number two?"

Eddie knew this would make Donnie "annoyed" but he had to do it. He said, [B]"Sir Donnie-j did it again. He played with the flow regulator."[/B]

Donnie's voice was rising as he said, "That nitro gizmo? Again!?!?!? I'M GONNA KILL THAT KID!" Eddie could hear several words being yelled in Sicilian and he was pretty sure they weren't flattering of Donnie-J. After about 30 seconds of this Donnie got back on the phone and said, "Okay Eddie, can you have it ready to go by 5 pm today?"

Eddie replied,[B] "I can have it done by 11 sir."[/B]

Donnie said, "Good I'll have a couple of my associates stop by about 12 to get it. Do not under any circumstance tell my son that you finished it if he calls to check on it. Tell him you need to order parts or something like that. He's not to know that you fixed it. This is now my call. You fix the car, give it to my associates when they come by and that's it. I'll take it from here. Got it?"

Eddie replied, [B]"Not a problem sir."[/B]

Donnie, "All-right Eddie thanks for the call. I'll see you tomorrow when I pick up the limo. Ciao young man."

Eddie hung up the phone and went back into the shop area and said, [B]"Everyone in and listen up!"[/B] One everyone gathered around Eddie said, [B]"Donnie Sr. is taking care of Donnie-J's car situation. We fix and give it to his associates when they come by around noon today to get it. Not a word to Donnie-J that his dad knows about it. It's gonna be a couple of days is what he is to think. We gotta order parts for the engine that kinda stuff."[/B] Eddie shook his head and said, [B]"Better yet so you all don't have to deal with him; if he calls or comes here send him on back to me. I'll take care of it. All-right?"[/B]

Everyone nodded and agreed. Eddie said, [B]"Good okay figured you all should be in the loop. Get back to it I'll take care of Donnie-J's car."[/B]

Everyone got back to work and Eddie hung up his vest, grabbed a pair of coveralls, and headed out to work on the car.