The next day at work Rachel was nervously anticipating Todd's phone call. She had her cell phone in her hand the entire day. She was so ready to get the car back because Will had been distant to her again this morning. She could tell he was still very upset about losing the car.
Finally, after lunch, Todd called her phone. She hurried to get out of the office so that she could have some privacy while she spoke to him.
"Tell me you have good news," Rachel said impatiently as she ducked off into a dark corridor on the 4th floor of her office building.
"Actually, I have good and bad news," Todd said, which made Rachel cringe. "I'll give you the bad news first."
"What now?" she asked desperately wanting to know what the problem was.
"Chino wouldn't budge. I tried to give him the parts he wanted in exchange for Will's car, but he told me to fuck off and said if he wanted the parts that bad he would just take them from me. So, he basically laughed at me for trying to get the car back for those parts I have. I tried to persuade him, but he wouldn't budge. I brought up the time I helped him out of a jam, but he said that it wasn't worth a car."
Rachel's stomach turned over and her knees weakened. She leaned against the wall and nearly vomited. She had went against everything she knew was right and performed sexual acts with not one, but two, of her son's young friends apparently for nothing. Tears started to form in her eyes and she didn't say a word into the phone. That's when she realized that Todd told her there was good news.
"Todd, what is the good news?" she snapped, implying that it better be good.
"Chino said there's a way you can get the car back," Todd replied excitedly.
"How, Todd?" she said impatiently.
"He's willing to race for it. If you beat him, he will give the car back."
"How the fuck am I going to beat him in a street race Todd!" she said angrily.
"I don't know; that's the best I could do. You're lucky he's even considering it."
"You have to race him Todd. That was part of the deal that I get the car back, by whatever means necessary," she said.
"Hell no, I'm not risking my car, that's worth way more than what we agreed on. Besides, Chino would crush me. My car could not beat his. The only person I know with a car that can beat Chino's is David."
Rachel felt faint for a moment. Of all the people Todd could've said it had to be David.
"David could beat Chino?" She asked.
"He's probably the only one around here with a chance." Todd replied.
"I don't know Todd, are you sure this is the only way?" Rachel asked.
"That's the best I can do Ms. Rowland," Todd said.
Rachel stared at the ceiling for what seemed like hours trying to decide just how she was going to proceed.
"Thank you for your help Todd, I've got to go." Rachel said before hanging up the phone. "
Rachel stood there silently for a very long time lost in thought. She knew she was going to have to ask David to help her out, but she also knew that after the last time, doing so might lead somewhere she wasn't sure she should go. The thought of seeing David again gave Rachel chills. Every night for the last few weeks she'd thought about the young man. Just seeing him yesterday was enough to get her breathing heavy.
"What if he won't help me?" Rachel thought to herself.
Rachel thought back to the first time she enticed David to help get her son the car he wanted. She smiled as she remembered the way David was almost drooling as she was bent over the hood of Will's car acting like she was looking at the engine. She knew that if she tried hard enough she could get David to do what she wanted, but was she prepared for the consequences? What was she willing to do if David said he wanted something in return for the favor? As she thought, her mind drifted back to her son Will. She felt so sorry for her son the way he had been acting lately. He wouldn't talk to her much or even glance in her direction. There was no way she was going to go on with things like they were.
"Whatever it takes." Rachel said defiantly as she walked back to her office.
Later that day David was at his house just finishing his shower. He'd spent the better half of the day riding around with Will talking about losing the car to Chino. David felt really bad for his friend but there was nothing he could do. After dropping Will off at home David had washed and waxed his new car. His dad was very proud of him for graduating high school. He spared no expense when he got David a black Dodge Viper. He had to do some calling around because they don't make them anymore but nothing was too good for his son. David had done some work to the massive V10 engine, making it even more powerful. He even secretly added a nitrous kit that even his dad didn't know about. David sat there staring at his car when his pocket began to vibrate.
"Hello?" David asked putting his cell phone up to his ear.
"David....hi. This is Rachel....Rachel Rowland. How are you?" Rachel asked nervously.
"Hi Rach...I mean Ms. Rowland. I'm fine." David replied with his heart beating very rapidly. He'd wondered if he was ever going to talk to Will's mom again after what happened.
"That's good...listen David....I need to talk to you about something. Would it be alright if I came over for a little while?" Rachel asked.
"Uh...umm...sure. I'm at home by myself right now. My dad's out of town and my mom's visiting her sister so if you want to come over that's fine." David replied nervously.
"Ok, I'll be there in twenty minutes. Bye." Rachel said hanging up the phone.
David stood in the driveway with his mouth open for a few seconds before jumping into the air. He was very excited that Rachel was coming over. He didn't think he'd ever see her again but here she was instigating a meeting.
"I'll bet Will's car has something to do with this." David thought to himself. Whatever the reason David didn't care, he was just glad he was going to see Rachel again.
Rachel had just hung up with David and now she was sitting naked on her bed. She'd just gotten out of the shower and she had just barely worked up the nerve to call David. She realized that no matter how long she took it wasn't going to get any easier so she decided to just go for it. She reached into her drawer and pulled out the same black skirt and tube top she wore the first time she went to David needing something. After getting dressed Rachel looked at herself in the mirror. Just the thought of what might happen next caused her legs to tremble. After psyching herself up, Rachel walked downstairs. Before she made it out the door her son Will shouted to her from the living room.
"Hey mom, where you going?" Will asked.
"I've got some errands to run. I'll be back later." Rachel replied as she opened the door.
"See you later, I love you mom." Will hollered back.
Rachel smiled broadly. Her son hadn't said much to her for a few days. Will telling her that he loved her was a welcome change. Rachel smiled as her son's heartfelt comment galvanized her resolve. She walked to her car with a purpose. After a very short drive Rachel pulled up at David's house.