The Pretty Indian Girl

On a sunny day with warm weather the Kadizzles headed to Cochiti Lake to spend the night, as we make our way to winter camp in the Earth Module.  The pickup has been sucking up gas like it is air. Now it is time to make one more stop for gas.  This gas stop was a bit unusual in two ways.  First, was the notice we got to stop.  A passing pickup honked the horn and pointed desperately at the Earth Module.  Something had to be wrong so Kadizzle quickly pulled to the side of the road.  Yup, The Commander who never forgets anything had left the steps to the camper down.  We just drove through tight traffic in Trinidad, Colorado with the steps down.  It was a miracle it did not result in a disaster.

Since we are stopped we may as well pull in and get some gas.  As we pull into the gas station we notice a very attractive Indian girl sitting on the curb stop.   A man gets out of a white van and says to her " It looks like you need some help".  He hands her some bills.  The strange thing is the girl did not ask for help, nor did she have a sign.  It was inspirational and as Kadizzle filled the truck with gas he thought maybe he should also give the girl some money.  As he filled the tank he saw another man walk by the girl and pick up a cigarette that still had some smoking left in it, and then he looked around for more good butts.  In the meantime The Commander got out of the pickup and asked Kadizzle if we should donate to the girl.  Kadizzle agreed and the Commander handed her ten bucks.  Kadizzle had instructed The Commander to find out what the story was.  The girl said she just got a job and an apartment, but had no money until her first paycheck.  It all seemed on the up and up, after all the girl gave no sign she was wanting money or anything else.  The strange thing was the guy picking up cigarette butts.  He was sitting in a car very close to the girl.  The entire back window of the car was broken out.

As Kadizzle pulled away with The Commander he could not help but wonder if this was a scam.  If it was it was very clever.  It depended on just the good nature of people.  Was the guy working with the girl? Why was he just sitting there?  Obviously the guy was broke also.   So either we did a good deed or we got taken.