Chapter 61: The Dedicated Visitor

By the time I finished changing and got back to the workshop, Nicole had already found herself a place to stand where she could watch me work. She looked genuinely interested, too, following me with her eyes as I moved between the workbench and the car I'd be working on first.

I got started, expecting her attention to last maybe ten minutes before she'd find something else to do. Instead, she watched closely enough to ask a few questions, and before long, she was making observations of her own. She pointed out something about a customer's spark plugs, then offered a suggestion about a rough idle that had Marcus turning away from the engine he was working on to look at her.

"Hold on." He glanced between Nicole and me. "She knows cars?"

I smirked and nodded. "A little."

Nicole turned toward me, narrowing her eyes at the insane understatement, but I was already looking back at the engine.