The next couple of days at work before the weekend were long, putting in all the hours I could. Good thing that, even though I was on a salary, I was still paid things like overtime. Helps that the guys in the workshop were also paid it, so I worked on the basis that if they could earn it, so could I. So far, no-one had raised any concerns, and the extra hours we were open certainly pleased the customers.

Taking Cindy out for dinner on Friday night, we visited our favourite little restaurant that was only a short drive away. We were now such regulars, we knew the owner...