Car trouble Stories

The gas gauge had dipped below empty, the engine protesting as it ran on fumes. “Come on, come on,” Lila whispered, pleading with the vehicle to keep going just a little further. She spotted a dilapidated motel with a flickering neon "Vacancy" sign at the edge of town. Perfect. The truck coughed its final breath as she coasted into the parking lot, coming to a stop behind the building where it couldn't be seen from the ro...

Things were not good for Patricia. Her husband was laid off and bills were piling up, with her part-time jobs barely covering the payments on the house and putting a few groceries on the table. Peter had become lazy and somewhat depressed, having no ambition to find work and hoping for a call-back, and was relying on the small unemployment payments to get by. Patricia wasn't about to lose her house, so she managed to pick...