C23

"I'll count to three. Three, two …"

"I'd like to borrow your car."

"Addicted?"

"No, I have a friend whose mother suddenly got sick. Her family lives in a remote town, and since it's so late, she doesn't have a car to go back to, so …"

"Oh."

Oh, so it's over?

Oh, I'm stupid enough. I'm just talking to a stone-cold person