joeislove's 100-word story for July 22, 2025

joeislove wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on July 22, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

My HVAC guy loves to see my name on his caller ID. The first time he saw my system, he just shook his head, thought about it a minute, and finally said, "It ain't gonna be cheap." I had just sighed and said it's gotta be done and when can he start? You could almost see the dollar signs flash in his eyes, like in those old cartoons. It just takes a lot of cooling power, you know? And with this many systems all tied together, it's complicated. But a hellmouth puts out even more heat than you think, so....

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