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This isn't a story about Elvis Presley. This is a story about Chuckie Walaach and me and Chuck's wife, Carol. Carol should have been my wife but sometimes things don't work out the way they should and so she became Chuck's wife instead. Carol got pregnant right after our senior year at Stimson High. It's true that Carol and I hadn't actually had a date since eighth grade but I would have married her anyway, even though I had plans for accounting school and I knew it couldn't really be my baby. Even in junior high I'd been too much of a gentleman for something like that to happen. But not Chuckie Walaach. Carol admitted it was Chuck's baby so he was the one got to marry her. That's pretty much Chuck Walaach in a nutshell. Unfortunate luck, I call it. During sophomore year the senior quarterback pulled a groin muscle coming over the console in Tamara Newsome's father's mustang and knocked himself out of four games. Chuck wound up getting the credit for the whole winning season. When it came time to cast for the year end Stimson High Musical, they needed a beefy type lead and because Petey Boyd Beasley had laryngitis, who do you suppose got the part over yours truly? Chuckie Walaach. Don't get me wrong, I have to admit that even then he had an unusual voice. Deep, sort of croony and slurred like he'd just had a mouthful of something the rest of us would never be lucky enough to taste. Chuck always got the babes, even Carol. I rest my case. Girls are the reason he got to be class president, too. Brawn for brains should have been his platform. Tight jeans and duck ass hair. But all that happened about twenty years ago. I'm a mature man, forgive and forget. Except. Because of Carol's indelicacy right out of high school, Chuck's father took him immediately into the family business and made him a junior executive. Meantime, I went off to college where I was doing fine until my father shredded his foot with the wheat combine and my mother took ill with a rare type of swine breeder's syndrome and I had to come home to help out. There's only one place off a farm in Stimson to work: the Walaach School Bus Body Manufacturing Plant. Now I don't want to come off like I'm some kind of a certified public accountant, because I'm not, but I do have a talent with numbers. Chuck knew about that from my days on the score-boards at the Stimson High games, plus which I completed better than four community college classes. Walaach Bus moved me right in to head up their inventory department. The general public would be surprised at all that goes into making a school bus body. It's more than just kid-sized padded metal seats,

metaline yellow paint and oversized amber/red flashers, I can tell you. There's an engineering trick to opening that folded front door from the outside that - But this isn't about the inventory, design and construction of school bus bodies, either. It's about Chuck and his Elvis impersonation. I don't know, maybe it's because Chuck's been here longer than I have, but since he became company president, he doesn't seem to be all that interested in the bus body business anymore. In fact, for this last year I've practically been running the whole shebang for him. Partly that's because I'm better at it than he is but mostly it's because Chuckie Walaach thinks he can be Elvis. He's grown sideburns and instead of letting the gray come naturally, as I do, he's started dying all his hair black. It's disgusting. I'm not talking just about the puffed up pompadour or the cheap cheek hair. I'm talking about those little tufts that come out through the vee in his shirt front. Oh yes, Chuckie stopped wearing a tie to the office when his father stepped down out of the bus body business two years ago. If Chuck weren't in the driver's seat now, he'd never get away with the stuff he does. At this year's company picnic, Chuck came in a white and gold lame skin suit with three back-up singers and a full rhythm band. Myself, I think he was assisted by some spandex body support, too. The men who work the line cheered for him. Gave him a standing ovation, in fact, but what does that mean? They gotta work for the guy two hundred sixty-one and a half days of the year (less three weeks vacation if they've been here over five years). And Carol! Well, she came to that company function in a short flared skirt with some kind of net stuff swirling out the sides that didn't belong up on a stage above eye level, what with all that open strut-work underneath. She cheered him on, too. But of course she has to, she's gotta live with the guy a full three-hundred sixty-five days of the year, no planned vacation. And she's still a good looking woman. Not every woman over forty could wear a poodle skirt and that flip platinum hair with the class she does. She's got too much style for Chuckie Walaach and when she leaned down under the stage to ask if I'd like to crawl out and eat lunch at her private table, I could tell that she'd finally gotten bored with the shallow excuse for a man that Chuck really is. I also realized how much fulfillment she and I could bring into each other's aching, empty lives. This induced me to work out a plan. I already knew that come March, Chuck had paid the application fees to perform in an Elvis Look-Alike Contest. Chuckie Walaach is certainly not the only man in the world who thinks he could pass

for Elvis. Apparently a hundred and thirty-six other mousse haired fools think the same thing. This was to be a battle of the Elvis's. Elvis's? Whatever. So. Since I've accumulated over eighteen weeks of back vacation time in my years with the company, I asked for two of them at the time of the Elvis contest. I bought myself some temporary black dye and a snub nose Saturday Night Special like the ones Elvis favored towards the end and I booked a room at the Elvis Contest Hotel. I did not, however, give my real name, nor did I enrol myself in the contest proper. It was a good plan. Almost foolproof, I've got to say. Just picture the police putting out an all points bulletin on an Elvis assassin who looks like Elvis in a town with one hundred-thirty-seven Elvis's walking around. Who could give a de-scription? I didn't even have to hide, I just walked into the Elvis Grand Ball Room, pulled my gun, shot my Elvis, dropped the gun and walked back out before any of those other Elvis's could swivel a hip.

Then I immediately got on a plane back to Stimson, rinsed out my midnight-blue pomp and reported for work the next morning. And who was there? Chuckie Walaach, third runner up in the Battle of the Elvis Look-Alikes. I needn't have worried that someone would ask me how was my vacation in Kenosha; all eyes were glazed on Chuckie as per usual. He was full of news about this contest and the killing. Seems that the number two Elvis — the one who was killed — was wanted for serial murders in three entirely different states. The bullet which killed him just grazed lucky Chuckie and now Chuck is being treated like some kind of hero in the whole affair. Pictures in all the papers, national news coverage. Even people who should know better have started treating him like he had superstar status, especially Carol. She even had the nerve to ask me if I'd like to drive them back to the airport. Seems the Elvis Contest Hotel has gotten so much publicity, they've decided to give the hero and his adoring wife a week long vacation in their hearts-bouquet honeymoon suite.

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57 SHOGUN SPORT TROJAN 2.5TD SILVER 9600 MLS 1ONR £11995

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05 BMW 330 SPORT AUTO IN GREY 59K FSH LEATHER £11995

07 KIA SPORTAGE XS 138TD IN SILVER 41K £11495

53 MERCEDES E270 CDI 6SP ELEG SILVER 47K FSH 1ONR £10995

53 MERCEDES E320 CDI ELEG AUTO SILVER 1ONR FSH 82K £10995

05 RAV 4 GRANITE 2.0 AUTO 5DR 25K FSH £10995

06 GOLF SE 1.6 5DR AUTO A/CON FSH 25K £ 9995

05 RAV 4 GRANITE 5SP LWB SILVER 43K FSH £ 9995

56 COROLLA VERSO 1.8 T2 7 SEAT 5SP SILVER 28K £ 9995

05 KIA SORENTO CRDI XE 5SP FSH 1ONR 24K £ 9995

04 JAGUAR S TYPE 3.0 SE AUTO IN SILVER FSH 41K £ 9995

53 BMW 325 CI SE AUTO ASH BLACK 57K FSH £ 9495

58 FIESTA ZETEC CLIMATE 1.4 DURASHIFT AUTO 5DR 400M/S £ 8995

53 JAGUAR S TYPE V6 SPORT AUTO LEATHER 20K FSH £ 8495

07 ZAFIRA CLUB 1.6 5SP IN SILVER 26K FSH £ 8395

57 ZAFIRA LIFE 1.6 EASYTRONIC AUTO ULTRA BLUE 2500 MILES £ 7995

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07 FIESTA GHIA 1.4 5DR IN BLACK 20K FSH LEATHER £ 7995

05 PEUGEOT 307 CC 2.0 FSH 31K A/CON £ 7995

06 MEGANE DYN 1.6 CONVERTIBLE IN BLACK 46K £ 7995

53 LEXUS IS200 AUTO SE SILVER FSH 30700MLS £ 7995

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06 FOCUS 1.6 GHIA 5DR AUTO SILVER 30K FSH £ 7495

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04 CRV SE SPORT 5SP IN GREY 63K FSH £ 7495

07 FOCUS ZETEC CLIMATE 1.6 5DR AUTO OCEAN BLUE 42K FSH £ 7495

58 CORSA CLUB 1.2 A/CON 3DR AIR BLUE 9000MLS £ 7495

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56 CORSA LIFE 1.0 5DR (NEW) IN BLACK A/CON 25K £ 6995

04 307 CC 2.0 5SP 1ONR 40K FSH LEATHER £ 6995

04 307 CC 2.0 IN SILVER 35K FSH A/CON £ 6995

56 ZAFIRA CLUB 1.6 IN BLACK A/CON 32K £ 6995

56 SCENIC 1.6 DYNAM 1.6 5SP FSH 20K A/CON £ 6995

06 FOCUS LX 1.6 AUTO 5DR IN BLACK 30K £ 6695

52 BMW 318I SE 2.0 5SP STEEL BLUE FSH 64K £ 6695

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54 AVENSIS T4D-4D 5DR 1ONR FSH 79K £ 6495

56 FIESTA FREEDOM 1.4 5DR ASH BLACK 42K 1ONR £ 6495

56 XSARA PICASSO EXCL 1.6 FSH 43K £ 6495

54 AVENSIS T3X 1.8 5DR 1ONR 38K FSH £ 6495

55 MICRA S 1.25 5DR AUTO ICE BLUE 4600M/S £ 6495

05 PICASSO EXCL 2.0 AUTO IN SILVER A/CON 50K £ 6495

56 ASTRA LIFE 1.8 AUTO ULTRA BLUE 19K A/CON £ 6495

56 ASTRA 1.8 LIFE AUTO SILVER LIGHTNING 11000M/S A/CON £ 6495

56 KANGOO 1.6 AUTO EXP IN SILVER 6000MLS £ 6495

06 CLIO 1.4 DYN 5DR (NEW) 1ONR 24K FSH £ 6495

56 ASTRA LIFE 1.8 AUTO LIGHTNING SILVER 20K FSH A/CON £ 6495

56 ASTRA LIFE 1.8 AUTO 5DR SILVER LIGHTNING 46000MLS £ 6495

04 COROLLA 1.6 COLOUR COLLECTION 5DR AUTO 1ONR FSH 44K £ 6295

56 CLIO 1.2 EXTREME 3DR (NEW) IN BLACK A/CON 14K £ 6295

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55 MEGANE DYN AUTO SILVER 55K A/CON £ 4995

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54 307S 1.6 3DR SILVER 35000MLS A/CON £ 4995

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04 307 1.4 ENVY 5DR 5SP 2ONRS A/CON 32K FSH £ 4995

04 VECTRA DESIGN 2.2 AUTO 5DR 54K £ 4995

52 YARIS CDX VVTI 1.3 5DR AUTO A/CON FSH 27000MLS £ 4995

56 HYUNDAI MATRIX GSI 1.6 5SP 23000MLS A/CON £ 4995

54 ASTRA 1.6 CLUB 5SP 40000MLS £ 4995

04 VECTRA LS 5DR 1.8 2ONRS 49K A/CON £ 4795

05 PICASSO LX 1.6 5SP PAS 15000MLS £ 4695

04 SCENIC EXP 1.6 5SP A/CON GLASS ROOF 48K £ 4595

54 YARIS T3 1.0 3DR SILVER 29K PAS £ 4495

55 CORSA BREEZE 1.2 5DR EMBER RED 31K A/CON £ 4495

54 FIESTA LX 1.2 3DR TONIC 2ONRS 35K £ 4495

02 JAGUAR X TYPE 2.1 5SP SILVER 2ONRS 91K FSH £ 4495

54 CORSA LIFE 1.0 5DR EASYTRONIC AUTO 29000MLS £ 4495

53 ZAFIRA ACTIVE 1.6 5SP 45K A/CON £ 4495

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52 ZAFIRA COMFORT 1.6 5SP POLAR SEA BLUE 66K £ 4295

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56 CLIO CAMPUS 1.2 3DR 1ONR 58K £ 4295

02 COROLLA T3 1.4 5DR IN SILVER A/CON 59K FSH £ 4295

52 ZAFIRA COMFORT 1.6 5SP SILVER FSH 41K £ 4295

54 JIMNY 02 SOFT TOP 1ONR 25K £ 3995

53 206 1.45 3DR SILVER 31K FSH A/CON £ 3995

56 CLIO CAMPUS 1.2 3DR 31K FSH £ 3995

04 MAZDA 2 S 1.2 5DR FSH 1ONR 48K £ 3995

X FREELANDER XEI 5DR 5SP IN SILVER 1ONR LEATHER 49K FSH £ 3995

52 CIVIC S 1.4 5DR 68K A/CON FSH £ 3995

51 ZAFIRA CLUB 1.6 5SP POLAR SEA BLUE A/CON 50K £ 3995

55 KA STYLE PEPPER RED COLOUR CODED 50K £ 3995

04 CLIO 5DR DYN IN SILVER 35K A/CON £ 3995

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52 MEGANE SCENIC FIDJI AUTO A/CON 65K £ 3995

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Y COROLLA 1.6 GS AUTO 5DR A/CON 1ONR 23000M/S £ 3995

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51 ZAFIRA COMFORT AUTO 1.8 IN SILVER 60K £ 3995

N MERCEDES E220 AUTO COUPE FSH 73000MLS £ 3995

56 KA STYLE IN SILVER COLOUR CODED 16600MLS £ 3995

02 FIESTA LX 1.4 5DR AMPORO 1ONR FSH 48K A/CON £ 3795

02 FIESTA 1.4 GHIA 5DR (NEW) IN BLACK 59K £ 3795

51 COROLLA GS 1.4 5DR 43K A/CON £ 3695

02 CORSA SXI 5DR IN SILVER FSH 71K £ 3695

03 MICRA E 1.0 3DR PAS SILVER 2ONRS FSH 37K £ 3695

02 FOCUS ZETEC 1.6 PEPPER RED 67K FSH £ 3495

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