A Mechanic Tried to Charge Me $8,000, Thinking I Was Just a Clueless Old Woman — What I Pulled from My Purse Wiped the Smile off His Face

flowered purse before he saw me.”

Nell frowned.

“That wasn’t very smart.”

I smiled and pulled away from the curb.

“No, honey. It wasn’t.”

Brent had looked at me and seen a sweet, harmless grandmother with a credit card.

He never noticed the woman carrying proof.