Get In The Ring, Daddy.
Beside me, Dale looks like he is praying, though his eyes are wide open and fixed on the mailbox I just nearly clipped.
"Slow down," he says, his voice tight. "The brake is the pedal on the left, Dora. The left."
"I know!" I chirp. I stomp down hard. The car jerks violently, and we both fly forward against our seatbelts.
"Smoothly," he wheezes, rubbing his chest. "Like you are pressing an egg, not a bug."
I nod and shift into gear. At least, I try to. The car makes a horrific grinding noise that sounds like a giant blender full of rocks.