"Oh well" he thought to himself as he cranked the engine and slapped his car into drive, "bad things come in threes, Maria leaves me high and dry, coffee on my leg, one more to go and I hit the trifecta". He flipped the radio on and grabbed his cell. Barely paying attention to the road as he sped up, busy scrolling through his phonebook looking for Susan's name. He found it and hit dial. Tapping the wheel, looking down at the stereo, 2 rings, a voice "hello" and *crash*
Tom shook himself from the airbag that had deployed in his face. "Whah, how, uhhh" He struggled out of the car and saw the mashed front end and leaking radiator fluid. A bit shaken up but no worse for wear he suddenly realized that he had been in an accident. To his left he saw the back end of an Escalade. Crimped but not the accordian his Honda had become. "Hey asshole" a female voice brought him back to reality. "Look what you did to my car!" Tom shrugged. "And that's 3", he said looking over at the leggy beauty who had emerged from the Caddy. "Guess what? The day only get's better from here." He walked towards her and with a wink and a smile extended his hand and with renewed confidence leaned into her and breathed. "I'm Tom"...