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It started with a text from Marcus.
Marcus runs a driving school out of his Honda Civic. Four lessons before lunch. Two more after school pickup. Somewhere between parallel parking and merging onto the highway, a student asks if they can e-transfer later.
He says yes. He always says yes. It's easier than making it awkward in the car.
By Friday he has six outstanding payments and a Notes app full of first names and dollar amounts. Tyler, $65? Priya, paid? Did the Chen family ever send that?
Marcus is not bad at business. He is excellent at teaching people not to kill themselves on the highway. The admin just lives everywhere except where it should.



