Ferrari Fiasco

Alex stood in the doorway, shaking, trying not to pass out.

His mom was calmly drinking coffee on the couch when she noticed him.

She asked what he did this time. He swallowed hard and said,

“So… remember your Ferrari? The red one? The one I’m not even allowed

to breathe near?” Her eye twitched instantly. He said he was “cleaning it”

— which made her stare even harder because he never cleans anything. But he continued

anyway. He said he turned the engine on just to move it into

better light, but the car moved a lot faster than he expected…