Chapter 14. The Call

Rufus’s POV

“Hey Dad we’re back,” Sienna called and I looked up from underneath my truck. I slid myself out from under the vehicle. “Are you working on this heap of tin again?”

“Well, yeah,” I replied with a grunt. “She’s an ongoing project,” I stood to my feet and dusted myself off. My overalls were filthy, covered in oil and dirt from the ground.

“Just buy a new one,” Sienna sighed. “Cut out all the hard work, then you can actually have a life. When’s the last time you saw your friends?”

I couldn’t believe I was getting lectured about life from my own daughter. “Sometimes hard work gives you the best satisfaction in life, kid,” I smiled at my wise life advice.

“You’re not wrong Mr. Crimson,” Freya spoke up as she appeared at my side. I felt the same thrill surge through me as I did this morning when she spoke to me this way. “Hard work always pays off, you sometimes can’t get what you want at first,” Freya smiled so sweetly at me. “We all have