Chapter 1632

Rooney set the watermelon down and jogged after Matthew. "Mr. Grant, where are you going?" Matthew grinned. "I'm off to take care of something important." Rooney watched as Matthew headed toward his car and quickly called out, "Wait, didn't you forget? The car's out of gas! The fuel delivery guy won't be here for a while. Why don't we eat some watermelon first?" Matthew simply raised a hand and waved toward a black sedan parked about 30 feet away. "The gas is here!" The car door swung open, and a man stepped out. He walked to the trunk, pulled out a plastic gas can, and grabbed a small portable pump. When he reached Matthew's car, he unscrewed the gas cap, inserted one end of the pump into the tank, and the other into the can. With a press of the handle, the fuel began flowing. Rooney watched, dumbfounded. That car had clearly been waiting there for a while. Realization hit him like a wave—Matthew had planned this all along. The fuel delivery guy had not been delayed. He had bee