He looked at the red Taunus 17m and remebered the colourful Spring of 1967, when Helene choose this car. She could have had a Porsche or a Mercedes Benz, but she chose the small Taunus. They took the train to Cologne in Germany and bought the red Ford new from the factory. Helene drove it all the way back to Zurich, she was very proud of her new car. Peter on the other hand was embrassed, what would the members of the Country Club say if Peter Meyers wife drives a Ford Taunus? They certainly would think he was having money problems. He would buy himself a Rolls Royce Corniche coupe then. He grins a bit as he remebers that Clara always called it Mama's red tub. They drove quite a lot in the the Ford. It never broke down or had any Problems. They drove to Grindelwald to ski there. They had a picknick in the red tub one day he got clara from school and his Rolls Royce broke down on the way home so Helene had to come and picked them up. He screamed at his daughter because she laughed: "Daddy your silly dandy cars break much more often than mums cheap tub." He got mad and slapped her. Helene
had a big argument with him when she arrived and heard of this. So he sad sorry and put her on his shot and told her not to provoke him. He gave her a kiss and they ate bacon and cheese in the car waiting for the towing service to arrive.
A cold breeze took his attention to an old tree across the street.
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The Revision of a Lifetime
Ficção HistóricaThe short story of a very reserved, but depressed and soon to be elderly aged Man who's ex wife died. He wants to commit suicide, but somehow he isn't sure. So he sits in a café in Paris and thinks about wether to kill himself or start living with h...
