Jobless Wife Borrowed My Car; I Charged Per Mile

On the twelfth day after my wife lost her job, she asked to borrow the car for an interview. I didn't hand over the keys right away. Instead, I opened the calculator app. "Sure. But it's forty cents a mile, gas and parking are separate, and there's a three-hundred-dollar deposit. When you get back I'll check the odometer, and we'll settle up either way." Daphne stood in the entryway, still holding the folder with her résumé inside.