THIS OLD MAN

THIS OLD MAN STARTED CRYING AS HE HANDED ME THE KEYS TO LOOKED AT ME AND QUIETLY SAID, I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT. I JUST WANT TO SEE IT USED TO BE ONE LAST TIME. AT THAT MOMENT, I REALIZED THIS WASN'T JUST ANOTHER RESTORATION. IT WAS A MAN SAYING GOODBYE I TO A PART OF HIS LIFE. HE LED ME INTO HIS GARAGE, I STOPPED. IN MY TRACKS, A CAR THAT LOOKED LIKE TIME HAD COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN. IT WAS BURIED UNDER YEARS OF DUST, DIRT, AND NEGLECT WHERE IT BARELY A CAR ANYMORE. WITHOUT WASTING A SECOND, I PULLED STARTED CLEANING IMMEDIATELY, STOP THINKING THAT EVERY MINUTE MATTERED THE MOMENT I THE PRESSURE WASHER, SOMETHING INCREDIBLE STARTED HAPPENING. LAYER BY LAYER, THE DIRT DISAPPEARED, AND THE CAR SLOWLY BEGAN REVEALING ITSELF AGAIN. ALMOST LIKE IT HAD BEEN WAITING ALL THESE YEARS FOR SOMEONE TO BRING IT BACK. WORKING, I COULDN'T GET ONE IMAGE OUT OF MY HEAD. THIS SAME MAN; DECADES YOUNGER, PROUDLY DRIVING THIS CAR. HE HAD TOLD ME THIS CAR HAD BEEN HIM THROUGH EVERYTHING. FAMILY VACATIONS, PICKING FROM SCHOOL, AND THE ORDINARY MOMENTS THAT NEVER SEEM IMPORTANT YOU HAVE LEFT. TO THE INTERIOR, WHERE IT LOOKED LIKE TIME HAD SIMPLY STOPPED. I CLEANED EVERY SEAT, EVERY PANEL AND EVERY TINY CORNER UNTIL THE CABIN FINALLY STARTED LOOKING ALIVE AGAIN. MORE THAN ONCE I CAUGHT MYSELF STOPPING FOR A FEW SECONDS IMAGINING THE EXACT MOMENT HE WOULD OPEN THE DOOR FOR THE FIRST TIME. TODAY THE RESTORATION IS ALMOST FINISHED, BUT HE STILL HAS NO IDEA WHAT HIS CAR LOOKS LIKE NOW. IN JUST A FEW DAYS I'LL BRING IT BACK I'LL FINALLY SEE HIS REACTION. WHAT DO YOU THINK HE'LL DO FIRST MILE? CRY OR BE COMPLETELY SPEECHLESS? COMMENT YOUR GUESS BELOW AND TYPE YOU WANT TO SEE HIS REACTION.