When it got to 5 O'clock Summer sighed in relief. She turned her computer off and packed up her bag. She said goodbye to the staff and left the building, she didn't have any plans for the weekend but she was looking forward to Doing nothing.
It was turning dark already as it was Winter,not that it even got very cold in this part of Australia. She walked down the busy street and reached her car, she unlocked it and threw her bag in while getting in. She went to turn her car on but frowned when her engine started sputtering, she tried again but the engine rattled and then went dead.
"Fuck!" She shouted while hitting the dashboard with her fists.
She shook her head and took her cellphone out, she dialled the local towing garage but growled in frustration when the answer phone said they had closed due to a family emergency. She didn't have many friends who lived around here anymore and her parents who lived down the street to her were on Holiday in Jamaica .
She got out and saw that the streets where starting to dwindle down as everyone was rushing home to start there weekend, she sighed as she realised she would have to walk home. She only lived about 15 minutes away but it was the inconvenience that was annoying her.
"I saw you was having some car trouble , did ya need any help?"
She jumped at the voice behind and twirled around to see the man she saw at the coffee house , this time he had a brown hat on which reminded her on Crocodile Dundee.
"Oh um yeah sorry my Car won't seem to start . It was working perfectly this morning. But it's ok I'm just going to walk home"
The man shook his head and said,
"Nah don't be silly Girlie I can fix it , here let me have a look at it"
Before Summer could say anything , he had walked over and popped the hood of the car and dipped his head in.
"Ahh yeah your spark plugs are Fucked, listen where do you live I have towing cables in my truck I can drive you to your house and you can sort it from there. At least Your car will be at yours and not here for some Fucker to rob"
Summer looked around to see if there was any mechanics around open, she was undecided about hoping into a car with a she couldn't see any she sighed and said,
"Are you sure I mean I wouldn't want to inconvenience you"
The strange man waved his hands and said,
"Nah no trouble at all, hop in and I'll hook your car up"
Summer smiled and sat nervously in his Truck, there wasn't any maps on the dash board or rubbish it was pretty clean , a little too clean considering his unkempt appearance. She jumped when he got into the truck,
"Thank you again I really appreciate it , I live at Dallas Avenue it's only 15 minutes up the road. My names Summer by the way"
He turned to her and smiled , Summer noticed a strange Look in his eyes when he looked at her which unnerved her.
"Mick Taylor, Pig shooter and Outback legend"
"So I'm guessing you don't live in the city?"
Mick chuckled and said,
"Nah too many people, I live in the outback I only pass through to get some things I can't get out there"
Summer nodded
"So where are you from? Your saying your not a tourist but ya accent is British"
"I'm not a tourist! I came to live here when I was 14 . My parents came over here with me from London"
She was getting a bit nervous as she could see Mick giving her these strange glances , she couldn't figure them out but she was relived when he pulled into her road.
"Its just this house here" she pointed
He pulled up and stopped the truck.
"Here ya go Girlie"
Summer smiled and even though she was a little weirded out by Mick , she generally was grateful.
"Thank you so Much Mick, I really appreciate this. If you come down this way again , I work at the doctors office so can I buy you a coffee to say thank you?"
Mick stared at her for a few seconds longer which started to make her feel a little uncomfortable. She smiled nervously and said, "Mick?"
"Oh yeah sure"
He jumped out of the truck and released her car from the hook.
Summer smiled once again and walked back into her house. Mick got into his truck and watched as Summers kitchen light turned on. He smiled like a predator watching his prey.
"Your mine now little piglet" he said as he pulled the set of Spark plugs out of his pocket that he took from her car earlier in the day and threw them on his seat and drove off.